Research Projects

I have three on-going studies which concern men and women's sexual health. The first concerns the impact of abstinence-only education policies on young people's sexual development. The second study is an analysis of psychological and clinical measures used to assess female sexual health after cancer diagnosis and treatment. The third project examines definitions and patterns of sexual satisfaction using large scale survey data and Q methods.


Current Grants 

National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health
Systematic Review of Measures of Sexual Quality of Life for Female Cancer Survivors
Tracey A. Revenson, PI; Sara I. McClelland, Co-PI

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Selected Publications

McClelland, S.I. and Fine, M. (2008). Writing on cellophane: Studying teen women's sexual desires; Inventing methodological release points. K. Gallagher (Ed.), The Methodological Dilemma: Critical and Creative Approaches to Qualitative Research. London: Routledge. PDF here / Order book here

McClelland, S.I. and Fine, M. (2008). Rescuing a theory of adolescent sexual excess: Young women and wanting. A. Harris (Ed.), Next Wave Cultures: Feminism, Subcultures, Activism. London: Routledge. PDF here / Order book here

McClelland, S.I. and Fine, M. (2008). Embedded science: Critical analysis of abstinence-only evaluation research. Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies, 8(1): 50-81. PDF here

McClelland, S.I. (2008). Book Review: Adolescent Sexuality: A Historical Handbook & Guide, C. Cocca, Ed. Journal of Sex Research, 45(3): 315-317. PDF here

Fine, M. and McClelland, S.I. (2007). The politics of teen women’s sexuality: Public policy and the adolescent female body. Emory Law Journal, 56(4): 993-1038. PDF here

Opotow, S. and McClelland, S.I. (2007).The intensification of hating: A theory. Social Justice Research, 20(1): 68-97. PDF here

McClelland, S.I. and Metzl, J.M. (2007). Impotence and sexual dysfunction. M. Flood, J.K. Gardiner, B. Pease, and K. Pringle (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities. London: Routledge. PDF here /
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Fine, M. and McClelland, S.I. (2006). Sexuality education and desire: Still missing after all these years. Harvard Educational Review, 76(3): 297-338. (abstract) PDF here