Consensual Non-Monogamy and African American College Students: What Are Their Experiences?

Abstract: Studies concerning the CNM population and its intersections with race, health, education, law, and other external factors have begun to permeate academia; however, literary apertures still need to be approached. The experiences of Consensually Non-Monogamous African American (CNM-AA) college students are one of those apertures. This study, using a phenomenological research method with a social constructionist epistemology, explored a sample of CNM-AA college student lives to provide a preliminary look into their experiences. Overall, this study's findings reinforced and deepened the existing literature's determinations, and several recommendations are made to colleges/universities, CNM-AA college students, and researchers.