Welcome!
Welcome to the website for the Secularity and Sexuality Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Feel free to browse through the site to find out about what we do and who we are. Information for prospective students and community resources are provided as well.
Our lab studies how belief systems influence mental health and sexuality, with an emphasis on nonreligious worldviews. We seek to use critical perspectives, acknowledging the ways in which sociopolitical context influence lived experiences, as a framework for our explorations. As such, we're particularly interested in the ways oppressive systems of power like White supremacy, patriarchy, heterosexism, cissexism, classism, and others influence people's wellness and sense of liberation. Consistent with this framework, we often use qualitative and mixed methods approaches to examine our research questions and center the narratives of the people and communities we hope to support through our research. Take a look at the Research page for a list of our current projects.