Mimi Schippers is Professor of Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She has been practicing CNM and polyamory for several decades and researching polyqueer sexualities for 15 years. She is author of Polyamory, Monogamy, and American Dreams:

The Stories We Tell about Poly Lives and the Cultural Production of Inequality
Beyond Monogamy: Polyamory and the Future of Polyqueer Sexualities
Rockin’ Out of the Box: Gender Maneuvering in Alternative Hard Rock

She is currently working on her 4th book tentatively titled:
Feeling Poly: The Affective Dimensions of Polyamory and the Politics of Belonging.