Publications & Presentations
Manuscripts Under Review
Wuyts, E., Doyle, A., Coppens, V., Huys, W., Schuerwegen, A., Tarleton, H. L., Davis, J. M., Goethals, K., Sagarin, B. J., & Morrens, M. (under review). Under the eye of God: The association between religion and BDSM interests.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Casey, K. G., & Sagarin, B. J. (in preparation). Authority transfer relationships: Illuminating a consensual inegalitarian relationship form.
Tarleton, H. L., & Sagarin, B. J. (in preparation). Consent norms in the BDSM community: Strong but not inflexible.
Presentations
2024
Making Better Meetings, Research in Kink Organizations, and DEI in Kink Organizations at the 2024 Leather Leadership Conference.
The Science of BDSM at LRA.
2023
The Egalitarian Monogamist and Other Embarrasing Identities: A Study of Stigma within the BDSM Community and Are You Satisfied? The Role of Attachment in BDSM and Authority Transfer Relationships at the 2023 Annual Conference of The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS).
"Uncaged Kink": Illuminating POC Entry Stories into BDSM, The Unique Benefits of Master/slave, and Mistakes Were Made at the 2023 Master/slave Conference.
The Prosocial Sadist and The Dimensions of Master/slave at the 2023 Guild of Deviated Standards conference.
A Conversation at the Intersection and Stigma Within the BDSM Community at the 2023 Southwest Decadence.
2022
The Dimensions of Master/slave, The Complex Nature of Consent, The Prosocial Sadist, and The Man I Loved But Never Knew at the 2022 Master/slave Conference.
The Prosocial Sadist and Subspace: The Final Frontier at the 2022 Beguiled Conference.
2021
Lifecycle of a Research Project at the 2021 Kinky Kollege Virtual.
Behind the Scenes with the Science of BDSM and A Deep Dive into "Partner Selection, Power Dynamics, and Mutual Care Giving in Long-term Self-defined BDSM Couples" at MsC 2021 WORLDWIDE.
BDSM Sadists Demonstrate Prosocial Manifestations of Sadism at the 2021 Midwestern Psychological Association's annual meeting.
2020
BDSM Tops Versus Internet Trolls: Is BDSM a Prosocial Manifestation of Sadism? at the 2020 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference.
Chat with Dr. Brad Sagarin about the Science of BDSM hosted by Galleria Domain 2 and Twisted Tryst.
The Science of Affirmative Consent at the 2020 Beguiled Uncon.
The Science of Affirmative Consent through the Erotic Hypnosis Discord Server.
2019
The Science of BDSM at the 2019 Beguiled Conference.
The Science of Authority Transfer Relationships and A Conversation at the Intersection of Race and Kink at the 2019 Master/slave Conference.
The Science of BDSM and The Many Faces of Masochism and Sadism at the 2019 Beat Me in St. Louis Conference.
Results from 2018 BMV Research at the 2019 Beat My Valentine Conference.
Subspace: The Final Frontier at Galleria Domain 2.
The Science of BDSM, What the BDSM Community Can Teach a Kinky World, and Why We Hunger for Hurt at The Journey! Conference 2019.
Challenges at the Intersection of Race and Kink at the 2019 Multiplicity of the Erotic Conference.
Exploration of Racial and Ethnic Inclusivity Within the BDSM Community at the 2019 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Conference.
Sexual and BDSM Activity With Romantic Partners and Play Partners at the 2019 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Conference.
Bottoming to the Universe and Lifecycle of a Research Project at the 2019 Southwest Leather Conference.
What the BDSM Community Can Teach a Kinky World at the 2019 SouthEast Consent Summit.
A Conversation at the Intersection of Race and Kink at the 2019 SouthEast LeatherFest.
The Science of BDSM at the 2019 Thunder in the Mountains Conference.
2018
The Science of BDSM: The Cutting Edge at the 2018 Great Lakes Leather Alliance Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Science of BDSM: Bottoming to the Universe and The Science of BDSM: The Diverse World of Power Exchange Relationships at the 2018 Master/slave Conference in Washington, D. C.
The Science of BDSM: What the Community Can Teach a Kinky World at the 2018 Power eXchange Summit in Columbus, Ohio.
The Science of BDSM: The Many Faces of Masochism and Sadism at the 2018 Cleveland Leather Annual Weekend (CLAW).
Cognitive and Affective Differences from Extreme Ritual Participation at the 2018 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Conference.
The Diverse World of Consensual Power Exchange Relationships at the 2018 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Conference.
Romantic Partners and Play Partners: Relationship Between Sexual and BDSM Activity and Partner Types at the 2018 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Conference.
Altered States of Consciousness in Extreme Rituals at the 2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference.
A Possible Benefit of Kinky Authority Transfer Relationships: Conservation of Willpower at the 2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference.
The Science of BDSM: What the BDSM Community Can Teach a Kinky World at the 2018 Beat My Valentine.
The Science of BDSM: What the BDSM Community Can Teach a Kinky World at the 2018 Winter Wickedness.
The Science of BDSM: Data Blitz at the 2018 Southwest Leather Conference.
2017
The Science of BDSM: What the BDSM Community Can Teach a Kinky World at the 2017 Great Lakes Leather Alliance Conference.
The Unique and Diverse World of M/s Relationships: Insights from the M/s Interview Study Part II at the 2017 Master/slave Conference.
The Science of BDSM: Lifecycle of a Research Project at the 2017 Master/slave Conference.
The Science of BDSM: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future Research on Consensual Power Exchange at the 2017 Power eXchange Summit.
Stereotypical BDSM Practitioners? Depends on Role, Gender, and Who You Ask at the 2017 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Conference.
The New Science of BDSM: Moving Beyond Pathologization toward Destigmatization at the 2017 Sexuality Preconference at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference.
2016
The Science of BDSM: Perceptions and Realities of BDSM Practice and the BDSM Community at the 2016 Master/slave Conference.
The Essence of the Master, the Essence of the slave: Insights from the M/s Interview Study at the 2016 Master/slave Conference.
The Science of BDSM at Galleria Domain 2 in 2016.
The Surprising Normality of Self-Identified Sadists at the 2016 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Conference.
Extreme Rituals and Negative Affect, Stress, and Social Bonding at the 2016 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Conference.
Being Kinky Is Related to Lower Rape-Supportive Beliefs at the 2016 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Conference.
The Science of BDSM: What the BDSM Community Can Teach a Kinky World at the 2016 Southwest Leather Conference.
2015
Charting the Course of Research on Master/slave Relationships at the 2015 Master/slave Conference.
The Science of BDSM: The Many Faces of Masochism and Sadism at the 2015 Master/slave Conference.
Sadomasochism without Sex? Exploring the Parallels between BDSM and Extreme Rituals at the 7th Alternative Sexualities Conference in 2015.
Predicting Kink from a Dominant/Submissive Implicit Association Test at the 2015 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Conference.
Participation in Extreme Rituals Induces Altered States of Consciousness at the 2015 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Conference.
The Science of BDSM: The Many Faces of Masochism and Sadism at the 2015 Southwest Leather Conference.
2014
Master/slave Relationships: A New Scientific Frontier at the 2014 Master/slave Conference.
The Science of BDSM at the 2014 Master/slave Conference.
Evidence of Altered States of Consciousness during Hook-pulls at the 2014 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Conference.
Hooked together: Investigating a hook-pull in a BDSM context at the 2014 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Conference.
Stress, Sex, and BDSM at the 2014 Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Conference.
Norming BDSM at the 2014 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Conference.
Evidence of Altered States of Consciousness during BDSM Play at the 2014 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Conference.
The Science of SM: The Cutting Edge at Frolicon 2014.
The Science of SM: The Cutting Edge at the 2014 Southwest Leather Conference.
2013
Hormones, Pain, and Altered States: A Scientific Search for the Essence of Sadomasochism at the 2013 conference of The Community Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities (CARAS).
The Science of SM at the 2013 Leather Levi Weekend.
Theories and Data: Measurable Changes in Body and Mind during SM at The Society of Janus in 2013.
The Science of SM at Cleveland Leather Weekend (CLAW) 13 in 2013.
Sadomasochism without Sex: A Research Study on the Dance of Souls and a Search for the Essence of SM at the 2013 Southwest Leather Conference.
The Science of SM: Part Deux at the 2013 Southwest Leather Conference.
2012
From de Sade to the Dark Triad: SM in Shades of Gray at the 2012 Southwest Leather Conference.
2011
The Science of SM at the 2011 Southwest Leather Conference.
Additional Publications
Data
The dataset from Lee et al. (2016) is available for download below. To protect the anonymity of participants, we have removed open-ended questions and some demographics from the dataset. For questions regarding this dataset, please contact Ellen Lee (EllenMorganLee@gmail.com) or Brad Sagarin (bsagarin@niu.edu).Â