Gender and Feminist Psychology Area Chair; Professor of Psychology
About
I am open to accepting a graduate student for Fall of 2025. I am NOT currently accepting students who are interested only in sexuality research or who want to focus on a particular participant population.
My current research addresses three main topics: 1) consequences of nescience (that is, the belief that there is no truth or that truth is unknowable), subjective perceptions of bias, and gaslighting; 2) irrationality in perceptions of risk, particularly surrounding either STIs or COVID; and 3) explaining gender differences in sexuality with a particular focus on the role of orgasm.
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
- Gender and Feminist Psychology
- Joint Program in Women's and Gender Studies and Psychology
