Rate My Professor Amy Moors

Dr. Amy C. Moors is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences at Chapman University, where she joined in 2018 as an Assistant Professor. She also serves as a Faculty Affiliate in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department of the Fowler School of Engineering. Since 2017, Moors has been a Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University. Prior to her position at Chapman, she was Director of the Social Science Research and Evaluation Program in the College of Engineering at Purdue University from 2016 to 2018. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at the National Center for Institutional Diversity in the Department of Women’s Studies, the ADVANCE Program, and the Energy Institute at the University of Michigan from 2015 to 2016. Moors earned her Ph.D. in Psychology (Personality and Social Contexts) and Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan in 2015, her M.S. in Experimental Psychology from Villanova University in 2009, and her B.A. in Psychology and Women’s Studies from William Paterson University in 2007.

Moors directs the ONWARD lab at Chapman University, where her team conducts mixed-methods research on the impact of inequity on people’s belonging and well-being in intimate relationships and professional settings. Her research examines diverse expressions of sexuality, including stigma effects on sexual minorities and individuals in consensually non-monogamous relationships, as well as strategies to promote inclusion in higher education through evidence-based interventions and policy development. Key publications include “Five Misconceptions about Consensual Non-Monogamy” in Current Directions in Psychological Science (2023), “Monogamy in Question: Predictors of Perceived Shifts in Attitudes toward Monogamy and Consensual Non-Monogamy during the COVID-19 Pandemic” in Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality (2025), “The Fewer the Merrier?: Assessing Stigma Surrounding Consensually Non-Monogamous Romantic Relationships” (2013, 650 citations), and “Prevalence of Experiences with Consensual Nonmonogamous Relationships: Findings from Two National Samples of Single Americans” (2017, 486 citations). She has received the Rising Scholar award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and Fellowships from the Institute for Academic Feminist Psychologists. Moors co-chairs the American Psychological Association’s Division 44 Consensual Non-Monogamy Task Force, develops workshops on inclusion and allyship, and her work has been featured in TIME, Scientific American, and The Atlantic.