11 Facts About Terri Conley

Terri Conley was raised in the small town of Greenfield, Indiana, by her closeted lesbian mother.

Terri Conley then went on to earn her MA in social psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1995.

From 2004 to 2008, Terri Conley worked as an assistant professor of psychology and women's studies at the University of Missouri at both the St Louis and Kansas City campuses.

In 2008, Terri Conley became an assistant professor of psychology and women's studies at the University of Michigan.

In 2013, continuing at the University of Michigan, Terri Conley became an associate professor of psychology and women's and gender studies.

Terri Conley has since conducted many more studies confirming her suspicions about the original Clark and Hatfield study.

When discussing her research, Terri Conley says: "I like to look beyond conducting research that confirms existing stereotypes".

Terri Conley describes the importance of the research she conducts, specifically in terms of consensual non-monogamy, mentioning that "anywhere in the US, an employer can say they're firing you because you're in a consensually non-monogamous relationship, and there's nothing you can do", citing that visibility and challenging stigmas will help move society in the right direction.

In Terri Conley's study replicating Clark and Hatfield's 1989 study mentioned above, she found evidence that negates the gender differences asserted in the original study.

In conducting research on consensually non-monogamous relationships, Terri Conley found that people in consensually non-monogamous relationships are more likely to use condoms and use them more correctly than monogamous people who are secretly cheating on their partner.

Terri Conley describes how she is perceived as having a connection to the consensually non-monogamous community because of her research, or that she "just want[s] everyone to be polyamorous", due to the fact that she conducted research that had positive findings about non-monogamy.