Education

• Ph.D. in Sociology University of Oklahoma 2024
• M.Sc. in Applied Psychological Research University of Dundee, Scotland 2006
• B.S in Psychology Oklahoma Christian University 2005

Background

Dr. Elizabeth McElroy is a Postdoctoral Fellow on the DAMSS team and specializes in sexual health, religion, gender, and quantitative methods.

Selected Publications

Articles

McElroy, Elizabeth. 2024. "Book Review: Conceiving Christian America: Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics, By Risa Cromer." Gender & Society . doi: 10.1177/08912432241249943 .

McElroy, Elizabeth E., Samuel L. Perry, and Joshua B. Grubbs. 2023. "How Much Pornography Use Do Americans Think Is 'Average' for a Man and Woman? Findings from a National Survey." The Journal of Sex Research 1?16. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2229317 .

McElroy, Elizabeth E., Samuel L. Perry, and Joshua B. Grubbs. 2023. "Mating in Captivity: The Influence of Social Location on Sexual Satisfaction through Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 9:237802312311738. doi: 10.1177/23780231231173899.

Perry, Samuel L., and Elizabeth E. McElroy. 2022. "Protection or Patriarchy? Gender Ideology and Support for Anti-Pornography Legislation, 1988?2018." Sexuality Research and Social Policy 19(1):233?47. doi: 10.1007/s13178-021-00537-2 .

Perry, Samuel L., Elizabeth E. McElroy, Landon Schnabel, and Joshua B. Grubbs. 2022. "Fill the Earth and Subdue It: Christian Nationalism, Ethno-Religious Threat, and Nationalist Pronatalism." Sociological Forum 37(4):995?1017. doi: 10.1111/socf.12854 .

Perry, Samuel L., Joshua B. Grubbs, and Elizabeth E. McElroy. 2021. "Sex and Its Discontents: How Moral Incongruence Connects Same-Sex and Non-Marital Sexual Activity with Unhappiness." Archives of Sexual Behavior 50(2):683?94. doi: 10.1007/s10508-020-01860-2 .

Perry, Samuel L., and Elizabeth E. McElroy. 2020. "Does the Bible Tell Me So? Weighing the Influence of Content versus Bias on Bible Interpretation Using Survey Experiments." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 59(4):569?85. doi: 10.1111/jssr.12679 .