SEXUALITY, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY STUDIES
St. Jerome’s University at the University of Waterloo
Interesting SMF Projects
Social Activism
Vulvanomics 2011
Joining The New View Campaign in its challenge of the medicalization of sex, in November 2011, SMF students, professors, and staff protested outside of Kitchener City Hall to raise awareness about female genital cosmetic surgery, questioning the implications of these procedures, especially for young people. Read more here.
Domestic Violence Awareness Event 2014
On the International Day to End Violence Against Women in 2014, SMF students set up at Central Fresh Market in Kitchener to raise awareness, educate, and provide resources about intimate partner violence. SMF students Naomi Wilkes and Caitlin Copland coordinated the event and invited other SMF students to join them. Read more here.
Breaking the Silence 2015
In response to a video raising awareness about sexual violence and rape culture created by a University of Waterloo fraternity, SMF offered an informational event called “Breaking the Silence: Sexual Assault on Campus.” This event was organized by SMF professor, Dr. Denise Whitehead, with the assistance of SMF graduate Caitlin Copland. Read more here.
Research: Publications and Academic Conferences
The applied-focus of a degree in SMF is a definite strength of the program, but did you know that SMF students also apply their learning via research presentations at academic conferences and publications in academic journals? Check out this sampling of research projects produced by SMF students and faculty that have received academic acknowledgement. Students from other programs (such as Psychology, Sociology and Legal Studies, and Knowledge Integration) also seek out SMF faculty to supervise their research.
Sleightholm, M. & Serafini, T. (2011, June). Family Structure, Identity Development, and Parental Attachment in Emerging Adulthood. Poster presented at the 72nd Annual Canadian Psychological Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Burris, C. T., & Redden, E. K. (2012). No other gods before Mario?: Game preferences among atheistic and religious individuals. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 22, 243-251.
Rye, B. J., Fullerton, T., Meaney, G. J., & Loomis, C. (2012, June). Assessing women’s condom and hormonal contraceptive use with the Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills model. Poster presented at the 34nd Annual Guelph Sexuality Conference, Guelph, Ontario.
Fullerton, T., Rye, B. J., Meaney, G. J., & Loomis, C. (2013). Condom and hormonal contraceptive use by young women: An Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills assessment. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Sciences, 45(3), 196-209.
Burris, C. T., & Schrage, K. M. (2014). Anxiety, social threat, and the diversion of sexual interests. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 21, 187-202.
Burris, C. T., & Schrage, K. M. (2014). Incognito libido: Introducing the Sexual False Self Scale. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 21, 42-56.
Rye, B. J., Serafini, T., & Branbenner, T. (2014, June). University Women’s Attitudes toward BDSM. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Guelph Sexuality Conference, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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Liargovas, A., & Burris, C. T. (2015, February). Letting the beloved count the ways: Positive relationship illusions and partner narcissism. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, California.
Prince, J., & Burris, C. T. (2015, February). Funked hybrids: Desire for offspring predicts ingroup-specific arousal in response to unprotected sex. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, California.
Rye, B. J., & Underhill, A. (2015, August). More than pro-choice or pro-life: Abortion attitudes as a function of four prototypes. Presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario.
Rye, B. J., & Underhill, A. (2015, June). Attitudes toward abortion. Presented at the 37th Annual Guelph Sexual Conference, Guelph, Ontario.
Rye, B. J., Serafini, T., & Bramberger, T. R. (2015). Erotophobic or Erotophilic: What are young women's attitudes toward BDSM?. Psychology & Sexuality, DOI:10.1080/19419899.2015.1012108
Burris, C. T., Schrage, K. M., & Rempel, J. K. (2016). No country for girly men: High instrumentality men express empathic concern when caring is “manly.” Motivation and Emotion, 40, 278-289.
Serafini, T. E., Rye, B. J., & Rowell, A. (2016, March). Body-Identity Connections: Shaping Identity Through Body Projects. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
Waye, L., Rye, B.J., & Hovey, A. (2016, June). Working with People who have Sexually Offended from a Restorative Justice Framework. Presented at the 38th Annual Guelph Sexual Conference, Guelph, Ontario.
Serafini, T. E., Rye, B. J., & Puodziunas, S. (2016, October). Digital Connections: Exploring Online Dating Among Canadian Post-Secondary Students. Oral presentation at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Quebec City, QU.
Rye, B. J., Traversa, M., Serafini, T., Bramberger, T., & Maslen, C. (2017, June). Attitudes toward BDSM. Poster presented at the SEXposium, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON.
Rye, B. J., Traversa, M., Serafini, T., Bramberger, T., & Maslen, C. (2017, June). An Exploration of Attitudes toward BDSM. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Conference, Toronto, ON.
Steffler, A. & Whitehead, D. L. (2017, June). What some women want: A qualitative study on women and polyamory. Presented at the 39th Annual Guelph Sexuality Conference. Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Serafini, T. E., & Fleischauer (2017, October). Dating without the binary: How non-binary people approach and navigate romantic and sexual relationships. Oral presentation at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Fredericton, NB.
Rye, B. J., Traversa, M., Serafini, T., & Bramberger, T. R. (2019). Sexual Liberalism Scale. In Milhausen, R., Sakaluk, J.K., Fisher, T.D., Davis, C.M., & Yarber, W. (Eds) The Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures (4th Ed.). Taylor & Francis.