Author, Sociologist, Sex Researcher, Professor
Alicia M. Walker, PhD is an Associate Professor of sociology at Missouri State University, whose research focuses on intimate sexual relationships, sexual identity and behavior, and gender with a focus on closeted behaviors.
Her new book, Bound by BDSM: What Practitioners can teach Everyone about Building a Happier Life, coauthored with Arielle Kuperberg, is due in print Fall 2025. It joins her two previous books: Chasing Masculinity: Men, Validation, and Infidelity and The Secret Life of the Cheating Wife: Power, Pragmatism, and Pleasure in Women’s Infidelity.
She is currently working on a new book on highly sexual women; a sociology of sexuality textbook with Arielle Kuperberg.
Contact
AliciaWalker@MissouriState.edu
Areas of Work
Books
Dr. Walker’s two books are available for purchase on Amazon.
Her new book: Bound by BDSM: What Practitioners can teach Everyone about Building a Happier Life is due in print Fall 2025!
Chasing Masculinity: Men, Validation, and Infidelity
The Secret Life of the Cheating Wife: Power, Pragmatism, and Pleasure in Women’s Infidelity
Publications
Dr. Walker has published a number of papers related to her studies and research on human sexuality and related behaviors.
Media
Dr. Walker has appeared across media outlets to discuss her research and offer education to the general public.
“My goal is to contribute to preventing people from being able to utter all kinds of nonsesense about the social world.”