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HI THERE! I’M ALEXANDRA LIEPMANN

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I am currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado Boulder under the supervision of Dr. Chelsea Kilimnik. Broadly, I am interested in how couples cope with challenges in their relationships and their sex lives.​

 

Previously, I completed my M.A. in Social and Personality Psychology at York University under the supervision of Dr. Amy Muise at the Sexual Health and Relationships (SHaRe) Lab and my B.A. Honours in Psychology at the University of Ottawa and conducted my honours thesis under the supervision of Dr. Krystelle Shaughnessy in the Individual and Social Influence of Technology (INSITE) lab.

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PUBLICATIONS

  1. Liepmann, A., Cross, E. J., & Muise, A. (2026). Division of Household Labor and Sexual Desire: The Role of Gender and Benevolent Sexism. The Journal of Sex Research, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2026.2656775

  2. Liepmann, A., Tu, E., & Muise, A. (2025). A Content Analysis of Lay Definitions of Romantic Chemistry. Archives of sexual behavior, 54(3), 943–956. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03105-6

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ORAL PRESENTATIONS

  1. Liepmann, A., Gauvin, S., Maxwell, J., Merwin, K., Sakaluk, J. K., & Kilimnik, C. D. (2025, October). Self vs. partner focus in the sexual goals and communication of those with and without nonconsensual sexual experiences. Oral presentation presented at Society for Sex Therapy & Research (SSTAR) annual meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 

  2. Liepmann, A., Gauvin, S., Maxwell, J., Merwin, K., Sakaluk, J. K., & Kilimnik, C. D. (2025, October). The association between sexual goals and sexual communication: The role of nonconsensual sexual experience histories. Data blitz presentation at the Canadian Sex Research Forum (CSRF) annual meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 

  3. Liepmann, A., Cross, E., & Muise, A. (2024, October). Division of household labour and sexual desire: The role of gender and gender-based attitudes. Data blitz presented to the Canadian Sex Research Forum Annual Conference. Halifax, NS, Canada.

  4. Tu., E., Liepmann, A., Reis, H. T., & Muise, A. (2024, July). “We just click with each other”: Development of the Romantic Chemistry (RoCh) scale. Oral presentation presented at the bi-annual meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research, Boston, MA, USA.

  5. Liepmann, A., Cross, E., & Muise, A. (2023, October). Financial (In)Security is Tied to Personal Well-Being for Men and Relationship Well-Being for Women When Women Endorse Sexist Attitudes. Data blitz presented to the Canadian Sex Research Forum Annual Conference. Montreal, QC, Canada.

  6. Tu, E., Liepmann, A., Reis, H. T., & Muise, A. (2023, October). An unexplainable spark: Assessing the Reliability and Validity of a Measure of Romantic Chemistry. Data Blitz to be presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Sex Research Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada.

  7. Liepmann A., Joseph, M., Sykora, M., Elayan, S., Grübner, O. & Shaughnessy, K. (2021, October). The #MeToo Movement: What Can We Learn from Eight Different Emotions? Oral presentation presented at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Annual Conference. Virtual Conference.

  8. Liepmann, A., Joseph, M., Czechowski, K., Sykora, M. & Shaughnessy, K. (2021, May). The first month of the #MeToo movement: A fine grained sentiment and content analysis. Oral presentation presented at the 10th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in Psychology. Virtual Conference.

  9. Ashley, M., Shaughnessy, K., Crookall, S., Laverty, E. K., Liepmann A., Courtice, E. L., & Czechowski, K. Noorishad, P. G., & Corsini-Munt, S. (2020, November) “Seeing each other even if you can’t be together in person”: Technology use with romantic and sexual partners during physical distancing due to COVID-19. Oral presentation presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Sexuality preconference. Virtual Conference

  10. Liepmann, A., Shaughnessy, K., Braham, J. & Laverty, E. (2020, August). Social connections via technology during COVID-19 may not benefit mental health. Oral presentation presented at Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) 2020 Virtual Series.

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POSTER PRESENTATIONS

  1. Liepmann, A., Cross, E., & Muise, A. (2025, February). Division of household labor and sexual desire: The role of gender and gender-based attitudes. Poster presentation to be presented at the 2025 Annual Conference for the Society for Sex Therapy & Research. Philadelphia, PA, USA.

  2. Liepmann, A., Cross, E., & Muise, A. (2025, February). Division of household labor and sexual desire: The role of gender and gender-based attitudes. Poster presentation to be presented at the 2025 Annual Sexuality Pre-Conference for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Denver, CO, USA.

  3. Liepmann, A., Cross, E., & Muise, A. (2025, February). Division of household labor and sexual desire: The role of gender and gender-based attitudes. Poster presentation to be presented at the 2025 Annual Close Relationships Pre-Conference for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Denver, CO, USA.

  4. Tu, E., Liepmann, A., Reis, H. T., & Muise, A. "We just click with each other": Development of the Romantic Chemistry (RoCh) Scale. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA.

  5. Tu, E., Liepmann, A., & Muise, A. (2023, February). An electric feel: Identification and measurement of romantic chemistry. Poster presentation presented at York University of Toronto Social, Personality, Abnormal (YUTSPA) 2023 Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA.

  6. Liepmann A., Lemay, E., & Muise, A. (2023, February) Metaperceptions of sexual evaluations in romantic relationships: Do anxiously attached people know how their partner views them? Poster presentation presented at The Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2023 Annual Convention. Atlanta, GA, USA.

  7. Tu, E., Liepmann, A., & Muise, A. (2023, February). An electric feel: Identification and measurement of romantic chemistry. Poster presentation presented at The Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2023 Annual Convention. Atlanta, GA, USA.

  8. Liepmann A., Tu, E., & Muise, A. (2022, October) What is Romantic Chemistry? A Content Analysis of Lay Definitions of Romantic Chemistry? Poster presentation presented at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Annual Conference. Waterloo, ON, Canada.

  9. Liepmann, A., Boyd, K., Cotton, M., & Shaughnessy, K. (2020, October). Early sexual debut and physical sexual health: A brief systematic review. Poster presentation presented at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Annual Conference. Virtual Conference.

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EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER

August 2025 - Present

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

  • Supervisor: Dr. Chelsea Kilimnik

YORK UNIVERSITY

September 2021 - June 2023

M.A in Social and Personality Psychology

  • Thesis: Financial (In)Security is Tied to Personal Well-Being for Men and Relationship Well-Being for Women When Women Endorse Sexist Attitudes

  • Supervisor: Dr. Amy Muise

UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

September 2016 - April 2021

B.A Honours in Psychology

  • Thesis: The First Month of the #MeToo Movement on Twitter: A Fine-Grained Emotion and Content Analysis

  • Supervisor: Dr. Krystelle Shaughnessy

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