2025-2026 End of Year Lab Party
We celebrated the end of the 2025-2026 year and found some time to celebrate all that we accomplished this year. Thank you, Professor Curley, for all of your mentorship!
PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH POSTERS PRESENTATION
The Lab presented six posters at the Psychology Research Posters Presentation on April 23rd in Beckham Hall:
Emma Nielsen (Master's Thesis)
“Exploring Psychological, Sexual and Body Outcomes of ‘Situationship’ Experiences for Sexual Minority Participants”
Sairah Mamik (Undergraduate Honors Thesis)
“Beyond Dissatisfaction: Age, Gender, and Racial Identity as Predictors of Body Appreciation and Social Physique Anxiety”
Chloe Pacetti, James LaCroix, Maya Yanowitch
“Meet Cute Psychology: Are We Emotionally Impacted By the Ways We Meet Our Situationships?”
Elizabeth Berke, Chau Nguyen (Undergraduate Honors Thesis)
"You Live and You Learn: How the Quality of High School Sexual Education Impacts the Identity Formation and Psychological Well-Being of LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults"
Yuyang Zhang, Jasmine Jhun, Chau Nguyen
“Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game: How External and Internal Factors Affect the "Situationship" Experience”
Lucy Meyer-Braun
“Embracing Your Birthday Suit: Analysis of Body Image and Associated Facets of Well-Being Among Nudist and Non-Nudist Individuals”
The Sexuality and Well-being lab had a great time at the WesWell Sex Carnival! Thank you to everyone who stopped by the booth, took a pamphlet, and tried our trivia on history, pop culture, and sexual health facts!
We handed out this pamphlet at the WesWell Sex Carnival, which is a compilation of research from our Situationship study.
The lab’s end-of-year celebration was a meaningful experience, featuring trivia and games that marked the close of a successful 2024–2025 academic year and a heartfelt farewell to our graduating seniors.
Three of our research assistants will be presenting SWB Lab research at the Wesleyan Psychology Department's Poster Session. Join us in Beckham Hall on Thursday, April 24th between 11:40am and 1:20pm to learn about our research, and other interesting projects by Wesleyan students!
Wow! What a fun way to learn more about sexual health! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth and took a turn putting their minds to the test. Trivia topics included anatomy & biology, sexual health & relationships, legislative & history, and (crowd favorite) STIs.
We are very excited to announce that SWB Lab will be having our own booth at the Sex Carnival this Friday (Feb. 14th). We will be in Beckham Hall from 12-2PM. Stop by to test your sexual health trivia knowledge, learn about our lab, and win some prizes. Bring your friends, your situationship, your Valentine, or yourself!