Dr. Elisabeth “Eli” Sheff is a researcher, expert witness, coach, speaker, and educational consultant. With a PhD in Sociology and certification as a Sexuality Educator from AASECT, Dr. Eli specializes in gender and sexual minority families, consensual non-monogamy, and kink/BDSM. Sheff is the foremost academic expert on polyamorous families with children, and her 25+ year Polyamorous Family Study is the only longitudinal study of poly families with children to date. Dr. Eli has served as faculty at seven universities and currently chairs the CNM Legal Issues Team for the American Psychological Association, Division 44 Committee on CNM. Sheff has published four books, over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters, and is currently editing a series of books on relationship and sexual diversity.
Learn more about Dr. Sheff and her work:
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/DrEliSheff
Bonding Project: https://www.bondingproject.com/
Sheff Consulting Website: http://elisabethsheff.com
Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-
door
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/drelisheff.bsky.social
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drelisheff/
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drelisheff/
Email: drelisheff@gmail.com
Dr. Eli’s books are, in order of publication:
The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple Partner Relationships and Families, reports on the findings from the first 15 years of the Polyamorous Family Study.
https://tinyurl.com/3bs2pyuk
When Someone you Love is Polyamorous, a brief guide to understanding polyamory
written to explain it to a non-polyamorous audience
https://tinyurl.com/drkzxedx
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