Author: chlobro

Reflecting on my first blog post makes me very proud! I knew this fellowship was going to be an exciting challenge, but I didn’t expect it to also give me the direction that it has. I can see myself seeking out opportunities to research the crossroads of psychology and women’s and gender studies after my…

With every task assigned by my mentors, I am learning or working to perfect a new skill. I have learned how to most efficiently best utilize academic articles–reading them faster, becoming familiar with their structures, and knowing the databases available to me that can provide them to me. I think I have found myself struggling…

My research project is studying the common notions involving sexuality differences and disparities between genders. To gather our data, we monitor surveys taken by paid participants through prolific. Our focus is on the casual relationship scene: we hypothesize that if we control for “anticipated orgasm”, any disparity in casual sex acceptance would dissipate. We use…

Hey! My name is Chloe Brookes and I am a rising Sophomore studying Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan. For my summer research project, I will be working alongside Dr. Terri Conley and her team in hopes of better understanding sexuality differences as they relate to gender. Specifically, we are…