Dr. Eli Sheff is an Educational Consultant and Expert Witness Serving Sexual and Gender Minorities.
Researchers from Stony Brook University are conducting a study of people in consensually non-monogamous relationships. If you participate you can choose to enter a drawing for a $50 gift card. Click HERE to participate. https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0uDXC7QXLkSkJLL
Image is dark outline of butterfly filled with glowing lights In my newest blog on Psychology Today I explore the ways in which some people cultivate personal growth through consensually non-monogamous relationships.
Image: Marriage & Martinis written in white against a purple background next to a martini glass with a pair of wedding rings. Recently Adam and Danielle at Marriage and Martinis interviewed me from a monogamous perspective to understand what polyamory might have to teach monogamous folks. #marriage #polyamory #love #podcast https://www.marriageandmartinis.com/podcast/episode/d525482e/conversation-with-polyamory-expert-dr-elisabeth-sheff
Lexi Sylver at Seek Discover Create interviewed me for her podcast -- you can find our chat here https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/voice-america/sdc-presents-seek-discover-create-with-lexi-sylver/e/59121662 Image is of a split frame with a person who appears to be a smiling white woman with dark curly hair wearing black and red (on the right side of the frame) and an abstract heart... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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.
