Nini Longoria (Anna Maree)

MSc Social Psychology Student

University of Western Ontario

Biography

Nini Longoria is a Social Psychology student doing sexuality research at the University of Western Ontario. Her research interests include sexual satisfaction, sexual identities, gender, feminism and intimate relationships. She is a former McNair Scholar and has most recently published a paper about sociocultural and sexual factors influencing orgasm frequency and sexual satisfaction in women. She is also a registered yoga teacher (RYT 200), and has attended several workshops connecting mindfulness, yoga and mental health.

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Interests

Sexual Satisfaction & Desire
Sexual Identities
Gender and Women’s Studies
Intimate Relationships

Education

MSc in Social Psychology, 2021-Present

University Western Ontario
BA Psychology, 2021

Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
BA Business Administration, 2015

SRH University Applied Sciences, Germany

Experience

Teaching and Research

Teaching Assistant

Western University

Sep 2021 – Present London, ON

Lab Instructor | Research Methods and Statistical Analysis in Psychology, Dr. Riley Hinson

Lab Member

Methodology and Relationship/Sexual Science Lab

Aug 2021 – Present London, ON

MaRSS Lab, Dr. John Sakaluk, Dept. of Psychology at Western University

Lab Member

Sexual and Social Identities Lab

Sep 2019 – Present Corpus Christi, TX

SASI Lab, Dr. Yuliana Zaikman, Dept. of Psychology & Sociology at Texas A&M Corpus Christi

Teaching Assistant

Texas A&M Corpus Christi

Aug 2020 – Dec 2020 Corpus Christi, TX

Introduction to Social Psychology, Dr. Yuliana Zaikman

McNair Scholar Fellowship

U.S. Department of Education

Aug 2019 – Jun 2021 Corpus Christi, TX

Received grants funding two research projects conducted under the guidance of Dr. Yuliana Zaikman

Blog Posts

Analyzing Music in R Using Spotify

This blogpost will show you how to do two things: analyze music by scraping data from Spotify, and visualize that data.

Last updated on Dec 1, 2021 12 min read

Animating Plots in R

This blogpost will show you a few ways to animate plots using ggplot2.

Last updated on Dec 1, 2021 10 min read

Sexual Assertiveness, Orgasm Frequency and Sexual Satisfaction

This blog post will briefly visualize the relationship between sexual assertiveness, orgasm frequency and sexual satisfaction.

Last updated on Dec 2, 2021 2 min read

Featured Conference Presentations

“Kind of a mix between kinky and slutty”: Defining promiscuity using qualitative analysis.

Previous research has described, but not operationally defined, promiscuity. This study aims to describe the behaviors, personalities and attitudes that encompass it.

Last updated on Dec 1, 2021

Cougars and Silver Foxes: Gender Perceptions, Relational Age Gaps and The Sexual Double Standard

People tend to be more prejudicial towards relationships with an age gap. Due to the sexual double standard, it’s possible that women are judged more negatively in such relationships. We examined how endorsing the SDS impacts people’s perceptions of age-gap relationships.

Last updated on Dec 1, 2021

The Big “O”: Social influences on the frequency of orgasms in females

Previous research has found that women experience less orgasms than men do. This study examined whether orgasm frequency and sexual satisfaction had a relationship with several social, sexual and demographic factors.

Last updated on Dec 1, 2021

Publications

In Print and In Preparation

Anna Maree Longoria (Lentz), Yuliana Zaikman (2021). The Big “O”: Sociocultural influences on orgasm frequency and sexual satisfaction in women. Sexuality and Culture.