Research


If you've been perusing my website, you know by now that I'm passionate about many things. In particular, I'm very enthusiastic about love. I love learning about love, I love teaching about love, and I love writing about love. Hell, I love being in love too. But most of all, I love conducting research about love so that I can discover ways that individuals can maintain or enhance their own love. My broad research interests include communication skill training and development, romantic relationships, and relationship maintenance behaviors. Much of my current research focuses around the actual skills needed to effectively communicate about sex in romantic relationships. In fact, my dissertation developed and tested a sexual communication skill training program. Click on the links below to learn more about my research endeavors.