Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology
Emily Prior鈥檚 degrees from California State University, Northridge, include a BA in Psychology, with minors in Anthropology and Human Sexuality and an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies, combining Sociology, Anthropology, and Archival Methods. She is an adjunct at several colleges in Southern California, co-editor-in-chief of the听Journal of Positive Sexuality, Executive Director of Center for Positive Sexuality, researcher, and guest lecturer.
Research Interests:
Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, Identity and Representation, Deviance, Marginalized Subcultures, Social Problems, Mixed Methods and Multi-Discipline Research (Qualitative, Quantitative, Sociology, Social Work, Anthropology, and Psychology)
Publications:
鈥�Wait, go back, I might miss something important!鈥� Applying leisure 101 to simplify and complicate BDSM.听Journal of Positive Sexuality,听2015
Do we always practice what we preach? Real vampires鈥� fears of coming out of the coffin to social workers and helping professionals.听Critical Social Work,听2015
Domination and submission (D&S) and Dominatrix, Pro-Domme. In P. Whelehan & A. Bolin (Eds.),听The Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality.听West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015
Contemporary polyamory: A call for awareness and sensitivity in social work.听Social Work,听2015
Moving Full-Speed Ahead in the Wrong Direction? A Critical Examination of US Sex-Offender Policy from a Positive Sexuality Model,听Critical Criminology,听2015
Does BDSM Power Exchange Among Women Reflect Casual Leisure? An Exploratory Qualitative Study,听Journal of Positive Sexuality, 2015
Introducing a Multidisciplinary Framework of Positive Sexuality,听Journal of Positive Sexuality, 2015
Empowering Voices, Building Bridges, Creating Solutions听Journal of Positive Sexuality, 2015
From SSC to RACK to the 4Cs: Introducing a New framework for Negotiating BDSM. 听Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality,听2014
Resolving Social Problems Associated with Sexuality: Can a “Sex Positive” Approach Help?听Social Work, 2013
Women’s Perspectives of BDSM Power Exchange听Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, 2013
Other Positions:
Psychology Adjunct, Sober College
Sociology Adjunct, College of the Canyons
Sociology Adjunct, California Lutheran University
Sociology Adjunct, Pasadena City College
Sociology Adjunct, Idaho State University
Executive Director, Center for Positive Sexuality
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