Dr. D. Joye Swan received her Ph.D. in Applied Social Psychology from Claremont Graduate University. Her research interests include sexual risk-taking, sexual orientation/bisexuality, intimate relationships, and political influence. She writes a monthly column in Psychology Today called 鈥淯p Close and Personal鈥� focusing on sexuality and intimacy. Dr. Swan was a 2016 recipient of a summer academy fellowship from the International Society of Political Psychology. Her book, Bisexuality: Theories, Research, and Recommendations for the Invisible Sexuality, co-edited with her former student, Dr. Shani Habibi, is the winner of the Diverse Sexualities Research and Education Institute鈥檚 2020 Book Award.
Dr. Swan鈥檚 most recent research publications include:
- Swan, D. J., Fisher, C., & Kauth, S. (in preparation). Consistently inconsistent: measuring self-identity, behavior, and attraction to define sexual orientation.
- Swan, D. J. (2018). Models and measures of sexual orientation. In D. J. Swan and S. Habibi (Eds.). Bisexuality: Theories, research, and recommendations for the invisible sexuality. Springer Publications: New York
- Swan, D. J. & Habibi, S. (Eds. 2018). Bisexuality: Theories, Research, and Recommendations for the Invisible Sexuality. Springer Publications: New York.
- Swan, D. J. & Habibi, S. (2017). When is a bisexual really bisexual? Testing the 鈥渙ne and done鈥� rule for male bisexuality. Psychology of Sexualities Review, 8(2), 41-54.
- Swan, D. J. & Thompson, S. C. (2016). Monogamy, the protective fallacy: Sexual versus emotional exclusivity and the implication for sexual health risk. Journal of Sex Research, 53(1), 64-73.
- Swan, D. J. & Habibi, S. (2015). Heterosexuals do it with feeling:聽 Heterocentrism in heterosexual college students’ perceptions of bisexuality and heterosexuality. Journal of Bisexuality, 15(2), 1-15.
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Education
PhD, Applied Social Psychology, Claremont Graduate School
MA, Social Psychology, Claremont Graduate School
BA, Psychology, California State University, Northridge