Dana Weiser

Dana Weiser joined the Texas Tech Department of Human Development and Family Sciences in 2013. She is also a faculty affiliate in the women’s and gender studies program at Texas Tech. Her program of research mainly focuses on how family experiences shape adults' relationship experiences and sexual behaviors. Her work explores how parents communicate and model behaviors that later influence individuals as they enter their own relationships and become sexually active. Weiser studies how and what families and broader society teach us about infidelity, sexual health, and sexual violence as well as predictors of and reactions to infidelity. Her work utilizes a variety of theoretical perspectives, including feminist theories and social cognitive theory.

At Texas Tech University she has primarily taught:

• Human Sexuality from a Lifespan Perspective (undergraduate)
• Development of Intimate Relationships (undergraduate)
• Research Methods (graduate)

Weiser is an active member of the International Association for Relationship Research and the National Council on Family Relations and will serve as chair of the NCFR Feminism and Family Studies section starting November 2021.

Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Social Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, 2012
M.A. in Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles, 2007
B.A. in Psychology (Honors) and Government, Claremont McKenna College, 2005