Books & Boys is a paid longitudinal study on cis hetero Black women's collegiate romantic experiences, sexual self-definition, and sexual health. This study will be one of the first to focus on Black college women’s intimate lives, beginning with their first semester, throughout their college career, and following up with them after college.
The principal researcher on the Books & Boys project is Dr. Mercedez Dunn-Gallier, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health. She’s also an affiliate faculty member in Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies.
She is a proud alumna of Spelman College (C’2013) and earned her Master of Public Health in Health Behavior and Health Education and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Michigan.
Interested in participating? Visithttps://umbc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9NaPwgR7CKam7oG.
For more information on the study, contact Dr. Dunn-Gallier at mdunn@umbc.edu.