Archived News – March 2015

Mar
23
2015
March 21, 2015
Married couples who make it past their golden wedding anniversary have a “slight rebound” in frequency of sexual activity, according to a study by sociologists at Baylor University, Louisiana State University and Florida State University. The permanency of the relationship, as well as the emotional investment, may contribute to that, researchers say. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, pitched this story to numerous national outlets. She covers sociology research and faculty.)
Mar
12
2015
March 11, 2015
Although a couple’s sex life generally tends to dwindle over time, there’s a slight boost in sex when a marriage reaches the 50th anniversary mark, according to a study by sociology researchers at Baylor University, Louisiana State University and Florida State University. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, pitched and placed this story. She covers sociology research and faculty.)
Mar
6
2015
March 5, 2015
New research by Baylor University, Louisiana State University and Florida State University found that a slight rebound in sexual activity occurs for couples whose marriages endure longer than half a century. Quoted are Samuel Stroope, Ph.D., former researcher with Baylor who now is an assistant professor of sociology at LSU, and co-author Jeremy Uecker, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, pitched and placed this story. She covers sociology research and faculty.)
Mar
5
2015
March 4, 2015
Column by Jerry Park, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences and an affiliate fellow in the Institute for Studies on Religion, claims that many Americans mistakenly believe that race relations improve naturally over the course of time, a characteristic that plagues many conversations about race relations. Park’s research interests include American race relations, religion, social identities, culture and civic engagement, with a focus on Asian Americans. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, covers sociology research and faculty.)
Mar
4
2015
March 3, 2015
A modest rebound in sexual activity occurs for those whose marriages last longer than half a century, according to a study by researchers from LSU, Florida State University and Baylor University. Quoted is former Baylor researcher Samuel Stroope, now an assistant professor of sociology at LSU. Researcher Jeremy Uecker, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, was a study co-author. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, pitched and placed this story originally in the Feb. 23 edition of The New York Times. Goodrich covers sociology research and faculty.)
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