Dr. Rhonda Balzarini is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Texas State University and a Research Affiliate at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University.

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She also serves as the Associate Editor of Archives of Sexual Behavior and Personality and Individual Differences, and as Chair of the The Love Consortiums Marketing and Public Relations Committee.

 

Dr. Balzarini is a social psychologist whose research examines romantic and sexual relationships and the changing ways people form and maintain intimate connections. Her research program focuses on three interconnected areas: the social and structural factors that shape opportunities for in-person intimacy, the growing role of digital technologies and artificial intelligence in romantic and sexual connection, and the implications of these changing contexts for sexual health and relationship well-being.