It has been a joy to work on this report, and I am so proud of the end result!

To learn more about the tension between Gen Z’s deep desire for closeness alongside their hesitation to create it, download the full report on the Hinge newsroom!

🫣 48% of Gen Z men hold back from emotional intimacy because they don’t want to seem ‘too much.’

😩 42% of straight Gen Z women feel like the men they date don’t want to have deep conversations on the first few dates; 
however, 65% of straight Gen Z men say they do!

💕 84% of Gen Z Hinge daters want to find new ways to build deeper connections with the people they’re dating.

In this report, we explored how gendered expectations shape the ways we show up in dating today, resulting in challenges to being authentic and building connection. Through surveying over 30,000 Hinge daters, we found:

Thank you!!! It has been such an incredible way for me to connect with people - I really do hope it stays ❤️

Congratulations, Roxanne!!! 🎉 As a @ucf.bsky.social alum, I’m particularly thrilled for you 🙌🏻💕

On Sunday at 11am, Denise Solomon (Penn State) will be sharing our longitudinal exploration of relational turbulence and serial arguments on behalf of myself, Yuwei Li & Kellie Brisini (LSU)!

On Friday at 4pm, my collaborators Yifei Lu and Mimi Brinberg (Ohio State) will be presenting our research exploring how attachment style impacts language use in text messages for daters in the first year of their relationship!

If you read this far, thank you! I am looking forward to connecting with folks in Communication, Relationship Science, UX research and beyond 😁

Tomorrow, I start my first day at Hinge where I will be a Lead UX Researcher on the Labs team! I am really, really excited to bring my relationship science expertise to a product org 💖

Ive spent the last 2 years at a digital experience consulting firm called WillowTree as a Sr. Product Researcher - I helped companies strategize their digital solutions based on the needs of their consumers.

In the last six months, I helped shape WTs consumer insights research program!

I started my TikTok account in January of 2021 where I post relationship advice content rooted in science and research - it’s helped me learn how to be a more accessible scientist!

Through making TikTok’s, I was offered the Relationship Doctor podcast host position, which I held & loved for a year

I took that as an opportunity to finish and defend my dissertation!

I left my PhD program before finishing my degree to take a job as a UX researcher at Ashley Furniture where I was running the A/B testing program

After four months, we were sent to work from home indefinitely as we navigated COVID. My 1-year olds daycare was shut down.

It was a disaster.