Dr. Eli Sheff is an Educational Consultant and Expert Witness Serving Sexual and Gender Minorities.
Image: Color photo of three people who appear female, wearing backpacks and standing together outside on grassy hill with arms around each other. My colleague Dr. Justin Mogilski has collected a team of experts (including me, Dr. Eli) to study how people in polyamorous and other consensually nonmonogamous relationship mantain their multiple-partner relationships. So far... Continue Reading →
Image: abstract figure seated at desk with computer with text bubble The Multi-partner Relationship Maintenance Study is seeking participants! An international team led by Dr. Justin Mogilski (and including me, Dr. Eli) is conducting research on how people sustain their multiple-partner relationships. If you are currently in one (or more) romantic and/or sexual relationship(s), please... Continue Reading →
Words written on black background with white font and polyamory symbol, which is a red heart interwoven with the infinity symbol. Dr. Manijeh Badiee at the California State University (San Bernadino) is studying the experiences of BIPOC people in polyamorous relationships who seek mental health counseling or therapy. This is very important research on a... Continue Reading →
Image: Ithaca College logo Please see the message below from Zoe Hadley who is conducting research on groups of friends who have sex with each other. ************************************************** I'm an undergrad sociology major (with minors in Gender Studies and African Diaspora Studies) at Ithaca College and I'm currently conducting a research study exploring the phenomenon of... Continue Reading →
Image: three black and white hearts nested wtihin each other Are you currently in, or have you been in a consensually non-monogamous relationship (e.g., swinging, polyamorous, or open relationship) and want to contribute to science? My colleagues and I are conducting a study looking at the practices and guidelines that people in CNM relationships follow... Continue Reading →
Image: Cover of journal Sexualities An amazing team of polyamory researchers is putting together a special issue of the journal Sexualities focusing on parenting in polyamorous families. If you are researching or serving parents in polyamorous families, consider submitting an abstract. More info below: Image: Laptop on desk with coffee cup and notebook Photo by... Continue Reading →
Image: Lots of words describing study with blue side. A doctoral student, Melissa Manley in the Department of Psychology at Clark University, is conducting research on parents in polyamorous relationships. If you are interested in participating, check out the details below. ***************************************** Hi all,I am writing to ask for help recruiting for a study on... Continue Reading →
Image: Black cover of journal Sexualities Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Sexualities:Parenting, Polyamory and Consensual Nonmonogamy. Critical and Queer Perspectives.Guest Editors:Daniel Cardoso (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)Christian Klesse (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli (Deakin University, Australia)Michael Raab (Associate Lecturer, Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Germany)Cornelia Schadler (University of Vienna, Austria)Mimi Schippers... Continue Reading →
Image: Consensual NonMonogamy Task Force logo with rainbow colors In my decades of studying polyamory in the United States I have seen the locus of research shift from the discipline of sociology (pretty much just me for the first 10 years) to psychology, and the Task Force on Consensual NonMonogamy is both a symptom of... Continue Reading →
Image: Hand writing RESEARCH on transparent board There are two new research projects coming out of the powerhouse team associated with Division 44 of the American Psychological Association Task Force on NonMonogamy lead by Drs. Amy Moors and Heath Schechinger. Scholars are recruiting for two new studies aimed at understanding the experiences, well-being, and relationship... 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.
