Current Projects:

Launching SOON (Jan 25):

Open Relationships Study

Open Relationships Study: Looking for folks w/experience participating in open relationships (polyamory, negotiated monogamy, consensual non-monogamy, etc.). Opportunity to complete a survey [link coming] or to participate in an interview (phone or email; your choice!), contact AliciaWalker@MissouriState.edu IRB approval: IRB-FY2025-176 12/18/24

Queer Highly Sexual Women Study

Queer Highly Sexual Women Study: Looking to speak to women who identify as LGBTQ and highly sexual about your sexual experiences, your perceptions of those experiences, and navigating being a highly sexual woman in a world that frowns on that. To participate in an email or phone interview, contact AliciaWalker@MissouriState.edu
IRB approval: IRB-FY2024-288 12/18/24

Paused Projects

  • Study on current and former teachers (left within the last 10 years).
    Interview (currently over Zoom; phone interviews coming)
    Email AliciaWalker@MissouriState.edu
    Survey: tinyurl.com/teacherpaysurvey

Recently Closed Projects

  • Highly Sexual Women--Study on women who self-identify as highly sexual. (Data Collection Closed) Book forthcoming

  • BDSM--Experiences of BDSM practitioners. (Data Collection Closed) Book forthcoming

  • Study on Situationships.
    Seeking folks w/experience in ill-defined romantic/sexual relationships or "situationships." Current college students or recent college grads (w/in 5 years) w/ experience in open relationships.

  • Research study on the characteristics of great sex

  • Seeking participants ages 18 & up for interviews. Goal of the study: to understand perceptions of what "great" sex is based on personal experience. We want to speak w/folks of all identities & orientations with previous experiences of great, good, and bad sex.

  • Research study on Open Relationships among College-aged folks.
    Seeking folks w/experience in open relationships for interviews. Current college student or recent college grad (w/in 5 years) w/experience in an open relationship, we want to hear from you!

  • Research study on Romance.
    We want to talk to all ages and identities to learn how individuals define romance and how people perceive their current or past partners’ ideas of romance.

Contact Dr. Walker

Media requests may E-Mail Dr. Walker at aliciawalker@missouristate.edu