Professor of Psychology
About
I am interested in accepting graduate students for Fall of 2023. I am currently not accepting students who are interested only in sexuality research or who want to focus on a particular subject population.
My current research addresses three main topics: 1) explaining gender differences in sexuality with a particular focus on the role of orgasm and 2) consequences of nescience, subjective perceptions of bias, and gaslighting and 3) irrationality in perceptions of risk, particularly surrounding either STIs or COVID.
Selected Publications
Conley, T.D., Gusakova, S., & Piemonte, J. L. (2019). Love is political: How power and bias influence our intimate lives. In R. Sternberg & K. Sternberg (Eds.), The New Psychology of Love (2nd Edition), pp. 117-137. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Conley, T. D. & Klein, V. (2022). Women get worse sex: An unacknowledged confound in explanations for sexuality gender differences. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1-19.
Conley, T. D., Matsick, J. L., Moors, A. C., & Ziegler, A. (2017). Investigation of consensually nonmonogamous relationships: Theories, methods, and new directions. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12, 205-232.
Conley, T. D., & Piemonte, J. L. (2020). Monogamy as public policy for STD prevention: In theory and in practice. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 7(2), 181-189.
Area
- Joint Program in Women's and Gender Studies and Psychology
- Personality & Social Contexts