Dr. Eli Sheff is an Educational Consultant and Expert Witness Serving Sexual and Gender Minorities.
On Monday Feb. 18 at 11 am I am interviewing on National Public Radio's 1A to discuss polyamory with the host Joshua Johnson and a panel that includes Janet Hardy, Ron Young, and Crystal Farmer. If you have any questions you would like to ask on air, you can leave questions and comments at 855-236-1212, or use the app, 1A VoxPop. https://the1a.org/ ... Continue Reading →
Demetria Mosley at Chicago Red Eye just wrote an article on polyamorous valentines and interviewed me for the piece. It is cute and short, but erroneously credits me with research that my esteemed colleagues on a team led by Dr. Teri Conley at the University of Michigan actually conducted. It was Dr. Conley and her... Continue Reading →
Joli Hamilton is conducting new research on jealousy in polyamorous relationships. Call for Participants A Phenomenological Study Exploring Jealousy in Polyamorous Individuals If you are a polyamorous or ethically non-monogamous person who has experienced the feeling of jealousy and would like to share how jealousy feels for you, please consider participating in this study. My... Continue Reading →
My new post on Psychology Today looks at the ways polyamorous and other consensually non-monogamous relationships can have various kinds of fidelity -- it's not all about the sex! #article #fidelity #love #cheating #sexuality Image is of a smiling person with dark hair wearing a white t-shirt and denim shorts jumping high with outstretched arms... Continue Reading →
Join me in Palm Springs later this month. I am excited to be a presenter at the 2019 Finding Freedom LGBTQ Symposium in Palm Springs, January 24-26th. In addition to bringing forward relevant information for best practices in supporting the LGBTQ community with co-occurring disorders, this conference offers:18 CE Hours, Community, Beautiful Weather, and Fun. On Friday... Continue Reading →
Review of Is Monogamy Dead? By Rosie Wilby I loved this book far more than I expected to. When I saw the number of chapters I cringed inside, thinking that I was really screwed if this book sucked and I had to slog through that many pages. To my absolute delight, instead I found myself... Continue Reading →
Recently Olivia Goldhill at Quartz interviewed me for a new piece, Polyamory is the most quietly revolutionary political weapon in the United States. You can find it here https://qz.com/1501725/polyamorous-sex-is-the-most-quietly-revolutionary-political-weapon-in-the-united-states/
In my newest blog on Psychology Today, Against Compulsory (Non)Monogamy, I critique both compulsory monogamy and the new mandate in some social circles that everyone should be non-monogamous. https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201812/against-compulsory-nonmonogamy. Image is black and white photo of an adult foot wearing a white sock trying to squish itself into a tiny white baby shoe with laces... Continue Reading →
Julia Pugachevsky, a sex and relationships editor at Cosmopolitan, recently interviewed me for the online magazine. You can find the resulting article at Your Everything Guide to Starting an Open Relationship. https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/advice/a6121/open-relationship-tips/ Image is of a group of people at a summer cocktail party with a red wall in the background with the word Cosmopolitan... Continue Reading →
Sheff’s television appearances include CNN, and the National Geographic, and she has given more than 20 radio, podcast, print, and television interviews with sources from Radio Slovenia to National Public Radio, the Sunday London Times to the Boston Globe and Newsweek.
