Dr. Elizabeth Ribarsky, Dating and Sexual Communication

Style Zephyr

After QUITE the hiatus, the Zephyr is back with a brand-new episode, catching up from an early-Covid 2020 interview with one of my professors from the University of Illinois at Springfield, Professor Elizabeth Ribarsky. Beth has a passion for Communication and how to convey new information to her students with Dating and Sexual Communication in creative and dynamic ways. Beth talks about her research on dating expectations and how various gender roles actually translate in real-life versus say, from The Bachelor, and how men and women present themselves, be it from how we dress to online dating apps. Gain some great incite about how social media and culture has affected individuals on how we handle rejection, interacting with each other, and how we affect each other nonverbally. Additionally, Beth had a hand in developing a fantastic textbook, "Activate Your Superpower" which was a collaborative effort for encouraging individuals to be advocates for applying practical themes and ideas that are designed to help people live better lives and helping improve the lives of others with kindness and compassion.