Academy Forum: Justin Garcia - How We Date, Mate, and Navigate Our Love Lives

Dating and relationships can be messy.  The apps, the expectations, the endless options—it’s a lot.  But there’s real science behind how people connect, commit, and build a relationship with someone who will “be there when you need them the most.”  So how to find such a person, especially in such a world?

Fortunately, we have a guide!  Dr. Justin Garcia is the executive director of the Kinsey Institute, the premier research center on human sexuality and relationships, where he leads a team that has been delving into precisely those questions for almost 80 years.  He’ll discuss how people have evolved to need relationships, what we need in a relationship (sometimes not what we think we need!), and how people are negotiating the desires for intimacy and committed relationship in a landscape characterized by casual sex, casual dating, and rapidly changing technologies.

In addition, Dr. Garcia will discuss what science has found…