BEHIND THE SCREENS: ONLINE DATING AND DECEPTION

The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s 2nd annual Behind the Screens Symposium focusing on Online Dating and Deception will be held on November 13, 2019.

In partnership with CSULB's Communication Studies and Women’s & Gender Equity Center, this symposium is an interactive session with food, content conversations, and a design sprint where attendees apply what they’ve learned to creative solutions to address the online dating and deception phenomenon. Campus and Long Beach community members over 14 yeas old are welcome to attend this free event.

Participant Bios

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Dr. Aesha Adams-Roberts

Dr. Aesha Adams-Roberts

As one of the top dating & relationship experts for successful women, Dr. Aesha has masterfully coached celebrities, professional athletes and powerhouse professionals to delete their dating apps because they’ve met the man of their dreams (faster than they thought possible). Dr. Aesha is the creator of the Be Found Dating Methodology which empowers women with tools to navigate the modern dating world of online dating, swiping, texting and ghosting so that they can create healthy, sustainable relationships. A highly sought-after speaker, she has been featured on Lifetime TV, OWN’s Black Love Docuseries Live Summit, Aspire TV, The Chicago Tribune, Madame Noire, The Game Show Network, MELD, The Great Love Debate, and BlackAndMarriedWithKids.com.

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Dr. Richard Dowlat

Dr. Richard Dowlat

Richard Dowlat is a PhD in social psychology, studying the world of online dating and the psychology of attraction. He received his degree from Claremont Graduate University in fall 2018 with a dissertation titled "Interracial and Intraracial Marriages from Online and Offline Backgrounds: The Bolstering Effect of Capitalization." Dr. Dowlat currently works full-time as a Senior Analyst at Kaiser Permanente while also teaching Intro to Psychology part-time at Rio Hondo Community College and working on the Wingerly dating app alongside CEO and co-founder Melissa Jefferies.

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Melissa Jeffries

Melissa Jeffries

Melissa Jeffries has a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Yale and created Wingerly after being tired of the lack of transparency on dating apps.  Swiping wasn’t enough to give her an idea of what the person on the other side would be like in real life.  Instead of giving up hope, Jeffries decided to launch her own dating app with one special element.  Wingerly is a video dating app that allows you to browse clips of singles answering questions, so that you can hear their voice, see their body language, and get a glimpse of their personality before you talk on the phone or go on a first date!

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Dr. David M. Markowitz

Dr. David M. Markowitz

Dr. David M. Markowitz is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. He uses language data from natural repositories to make inferences about what people are thinking, feeling, and experiencing psychologically. A large part of his research focuses on how deception affects language, such as how fraudulent scientists write their research papers compared to genuine scientists. His work has appeared in outlets such as the Journal of Communication, Communication Research, and Journal of Language and Social Psychology. He received his PhD from Stanford University and his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Cornell University.