UBC experts are available to comment on topics related to Valentine’s Day:
Marina Adshade
Vancouver School of Economics
Tel: 604-822-0815
Email: marina.adshade@ubc.ca
- economics of sex, love and marriage
*unavailable Tuesday, unavailable Wednesday morning
Alec Beall
Department of Psychology
Cell: 604-551-6915
Email: alec@psych.ubc.ca
- romantic relationships, sexual attraction, emotions, parenting
Lori Brotto
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Cell: 604-605-6032
- sexual health, mindfulness
*Available Feb. 12, 1:30-4 p.m. and Feb. 13, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and after 3 p.m.
Mandy Catron
Department of English
Email: catron@mail.ubc.ca
- romantic love in popular culture, love stories, feminism, psychology of love and relationships, marriage, cultural ideas and trends in romantic love
Lisa Cavanaugh
UBC Sauder School of Business
Email: lisa.cavanaugh@sauder.ubc.ca
- emotions, relationships, and how those things affect consumption
*available primarily after 3 p.m., but earlier times could be arranged by email
Darren Dahl
UBC Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-1890
Email: darren.dahl@sauder.ubc.ca
- consumer behaviour, retail/business aspects of Valentine’s Day
Joey Hoegg
UBC Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-827-4541
Email: joey.hoegg@sauder.ubc.ca
- consumer behaviour
Carrie Jenkins
Department of Philosophy
Email: carrie@carriejenkins.net
- romance; monogamy; polyamory, ethical non-monogamy, consensual non-monogamy; construction of love; biology of love; “natural” and “unnatural” love; gender and love
*unavailable Tuesday afternoon
Yue Qian
Department of Sociology
Email: yue.qian@ubc.ca
- marriage, divorce, intimate relationships, gender
*unavailable Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Jocelyn Wentland
Department of Psychology, UBC Okanagan
Email: jocelynwentland@gmail.com
- emojis and romantic/sexual relationships, modern dating, dating apps, casual sex relationships, attachment and dating relationships