Dr. Elizabeth Morgan is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychology and is the current director of the Family Studies Initiative. She received her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 2008. Dr. Morgan’s research focuses on adolescent and young adult sexual and romantic relationship development in the context of parent-child relationships, peers and the media. Much of her work emphasizes sexual orientation and sexual identity development, especially among women. Concurrently she is interested in the development of narrative identities and makes frequent use of qualitative methods in her work. Her other interests include sexual dysfunctions and sex therapy, as well as women’s sexual health in general. In addition to teaching several psychology courses, Dr. Morgan recently received a Service Learning Course Development Grant.
Articles
Not Always a Straight Path: College Students’ Narratives of Heterosexual Identity Development, Sex Roles: A Journal of Research (2012)
Research has recently begun to examine heterosexual identity development, providing preliminary evidence of variation...
Associations Between Young Adults' Use of Sexually Explicit Materials and Their Sexual Preferences, Behaviors, and Satisfaction, Journal of Sex Research (2011)
The present study examined how levels of sexually explicit material (SEM) use during adolescence and...
Interpersonal Identity Formation in Conversations with Close Friends About Dating Relationships (with Neill Korobov), Journal of Adolescence (2011)
The present study explores how close same-sex friendship groups participate in the co-construction of identities...
Processes of Sexual Orientation Questioning Among Heterosexual Women (with Elisabeth Morgan Thompson), Journal of Sex Research (2011)
Because very little is known about heterosexual identity development, this study assesses and describes sexual...
Image and Video Disclosure of Substance Use on Social Media Websites (with Chareen Snelson and Patt Elison-Bowers), Computers in Human Behavior (2010)
The present study examines young adults’ use of social media websites, such as MySpace, Facebook,...
Presentations
A Typology of Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adult College Students, 5th Conference on Emerging Adulthood (2011)