Andrew Smiler

I am a research psychologist who studies masculinity and young men’s sex lives. I now teach in the psychology department at Wake Forest University, but I used to be at SUNY Oswego.  I got my PhD at the University of New Hampshire and did a 2 year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan.  Before that, I spent 5 years working as a family therapist in the Philadelphia suburbs.  During those 5 years, I started teaching undergraduates and leading continuing eduction seminars for professionals.

Masculinity is something that anyone can do, male or female, but people do it differently based on whether they call themselves boy or girl.  It also changes as we got older, and it looks different if you identify yourself as a “jock” or a “nerd.”   We learn about masculinity from a lot of different sources, especially the media and our family, but these sources don’t always give us the same messages.

My research on young men’s sex lives looks at how guys age 15-25 learn about all aspects of sexuality: dating, romantic relationships, and sexual behaviors from kissing through intercourse.  My focus is on identifying what’s typical and when people do those typical things.

For information about my research, click here.

For more about my university teaching, click here.

For more about my continuing education seminars, click here.

To see my appearances in the media, click here.

If you want to reach me privately, I’m “andrew.smiler” at gmail.com .