Posters from Research Days 2026
Isabella Ring, Sarah Kramer, Natalie Girard, Madeline Murnin, Marit Epstein, Ashley Kiefer
Just Talking or Just Stalling?: How College Students Conceptualize Motivations For "Just Talking" Relationships
Nicole Quintanilla, Spencer Alenik, Chole Cohen, Zelan Kim, Lydia Luo, Mari McLaughlin
"I Don't Like Labels, But...": Expansion and Avoidance of Sexuality Labels
Mari McLaughlin
Where are All the Bisexual Men? Analyzing the Effects of Belief in Traditional Gender Roles and Strength of Gender Self Concept on Attitudes Towards Homosexuality Compared Between College-Aged Men and Women
Haille Mark
And They All Lived Happily Ever After? A Study of Children's Movies' Impact on Traditional Gender Roles in Female College Students
Supriya Mandke, Emma Fitzgerald, Clarissa Covey, Zoe Gonzalez, Haille Mark, Matthew Bitterman
The Big Bang Theory: Decoding Modern Trends in Orgasms of College Students
Gavin Eubanks, Sarah Nabi, Victoria Dubuisson, Fiorella Amaini Quinonez, Haven Collinsworth
Man-ufactured Masculinity: How Does Social Media Create Masculine Men?
Matthew Bitterman, Haille Mark, Emma Fitzgerald, Zoe Gonzalez, Clarissa Covey, Supriya Mandke
"Ugly", "Toxic", or "Mommy Issues": Discussing Red Flags and Green Flags in Short-Term vs. Long-Term Relationships
Posters from Research Days 2025
Kristen Lodge
Are College Students Turning Down the Heat? Investigating The Decrease of Sexual Activity Among College Students
Sarah Kramer, Isabella Ring, Brianna Barzola, Michelle Zhang, Lexi Spiegelman, Jason Tran, Hannah Pitkofsky
Accidentally Attached: What College Students Say 91社区 鈥淛ust Talking鈥 Compared to How Their Relationships Unfold
Alaina Gumble, Sarah Mergott, Nicole Quintanilla
Queering Consensus: How Current Non-Heteronormative Identities Navigate Sexual Behavior, Attraction, and Fantasy
Natalie Destro, Alexandra Itty, Mari McLaughlin, Harper Weiss
Why Are We Boxing Me In? Nuances in Family Acceptance and Rejection for Queer Young Adults
Matthew Bitterman, Lili Pitkowsky, Aadi Shah, Haille Mark, Deanna Capobianco, Emma Fitzgerald
Someone I Could Spend My Life With鈥
Sarah Mergott, Nicole Quintanilla, Alaina Gumble
Trending Queer: Shifting Sexual Attraction in Female College Students
Haille Mark, Lili Pitkowsky, Matthew Bitterman, Aadi Shah, Deanna Capobianco, Emma Fitzgerald
Ring by Spring? A Study of College Students鈥 Gender Role Driven Relationship Expectations
Posters from Research Days 2024
Lucinda Temerian, Rebecca Smith, Abby Williams, Adam Tartsky, Kristen Lodge, Lili Pitowsky
Sensitive Material Ahead! What are College Students鈥 Perceptions 91社区 Trigger Warnings?
Isabella Tavarez, Tavarez, I. C.
Performative Understandings of Sexual Consent Relate to Rape Myths and Sexual Regrets
Alaina Gumble, Nashaan Howard, Keonna Hyacinth, Jillian Holen
"Can I Touch You?": Understanding the Impact of Consent Education on Consensual Practices
Siena Edwards, Nicole Quintanilla and Beatriz Ongan
A Crisis Beyond Gay Men: Pride and Stigma in the History of Gay Men鈥檚 Health Crisis (GMHC)
Adam Tartasky, Rebbeca Smith, Abagail Williams, Kristen Lodge, Lilli Pitkowsky
The Ick Factor: A Study on Age Gap Relationships
Alexandra Itty, Rachel Del Fierro; Natalie Destro; Quinn Horan; Penelope Paldino; Maya Turcotte; Harper Weiss
"Mine Was Pretty Normal": LGBTQ+ Young Adults鈥 Experiences with Coming Out and their Conceptualizations of Family Acceptance and Rejection
Jillian Holen, Sarah Kramer, Jossy Abraham, Brianna Barzola, Riya Nobi, Michelle Zhang, Isabella Ring
"What Are We?": Relationship Talks and Monogamy within "Just Talking"
Posters from Research Days 2023
Briana Lopez-Patino
An Interactive Timeline of GMHC and the AIDs Epidemic
Ilana Plotkin, Emily Presutti, Jada Charter, KT Fitzgerald, Briana Iba帽ez, Adam Tartasky, Lucy Temerian
Digital Indecency: Exposing the Dark Side of Online Communication
Emily Presutti, Ilana Plotkin, Jada Charter, KT Fitzgerald, Briana Iba帽ez, Adam Tartasky, Lucy Temerian
My Body, Your Choice? Attitudes about Abortion in College Students
Leora Wasserman; Angela Win; Sherrina Abdool; Jennifer Ranaldo; Gianna Deni; Madison, Tierney, Samantha Tomasi
An Investigation of "Just Talking": Assigning an Operational Definition to a Contemporary Dating Phenomenon
Emily Presutti
Fleeing Sexual Immorality: Effect of Religious Background on Gender Role Socialization and Attitudes on Casual Sex
Goldberg, Phoebe; Doyen, Aubrey; Powers, Skyler; Chen, Justin; Manginelli, Brianna; Adeyemi, Moyosola; Appel, Rebecca; Kovic, Maya; Puglisi, Cassandra
Consent During the Growing Age of Virtual Sexuality
Claire Goldstein, Eden Lowinger, Casey Adrian, Yi Qian, Briana Lopez-Patino
Trending Queer Study: Additional Data Supporting Rising Queer Identification/Attraction/Behavior in Emerging Adult Women
Anta Noor, Maya Kovic, Madison Mark, Alexandra Itty, Rachel Del Fierro
Nothing 91社区 Us Without Us? A Systematic Review of the Literature on Sexuality and People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Posters from Research Days 2022
Eden Lowinger, Briana Lopez-Patino
Sociocultural Impact of AIDS Understanding on Prevention Education and Treatment Accessibility
Casey Adrian, Sarah Morea
A New Educational Paradigm: Identifying the Foundations of GMHC's Sex-Affirming HIV Prevention Education
Dan Pergel, Claire Goldstein
Gay Men鈥檚 Health Crisis鈥 (GMHC) Struggle to Respond to Changing Epidemiological Trends in the First 15-Years of the AIDS Epidemic (1981-1996)
Juan Riestra, Danielle Kinches, Coral Nizen-Jacobellis, Emily Presutti, Ilana Plotkin
Not a One Night Review... How Sexual Hookups Have Changed Over the Past 10 Years: A Literature Review
Maya Kovic, Emily Jebens, Madison Mark, Crystal Zhu, Vlad Rosenberg, Anta Noor
Anxious Emotions Lead to Anxious Solutions? Examining the Relationships Between Emotions, Alcohol Consumption, and Consent
Leora Wasserman, Gianna Deni, Emma Immediato, Jennifer Randaldo, Samantha Tomasi
"Oh, We're Just Talking": Operationalizing a Contemporary Dating Phenomenon
Current Research
We have many different programs of research currently underway, and we often explore multiple topics at once. Some of our featured topics include:
- The Hookup Survey: This survey is released every semester and explores an array of topics including many recurring elements with a spot for exploring new themes (i.e. sexual consent, virtual sexual encounters, etc.). This survey was recently adapted and released at a national level.
- Masculinities