Publications
Family Formation via Assisted Reproduction
Mate Choice
Other Topics
Family Formation through Assisted Reproduction
2024
Valido, A.A., Harbour, V. & Scheib, J.E. (2024). Increase in open-identity sperm donation in the United States since 1996. Fertility & Sterility. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.09.012
2023
Scheib, J.E., McCormick, E., Benward, J. & Ruby, A.H., (2023). Now what? Donor-conceived adult feelings and choices after learning the donor’s identity through an open-identity program. Fertility & Sterility, 120, e17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.08.101
2021
Indekeu, A., Maas, A.J.B.M., McCormick, E., Benward, J. & Scheib, J.E., (2021). Factors associated with searching for people related through donor conception among donor-conceived people, parents, and donors: A systematic review. Fertility & Sterility Reviews, 2, 93-119. doi: 10.1016/j.xfnr.2021.01.003
2020
Scheib, J.E., McCormick, E., Benward, J. & Ruby, A. (2020). Finding people like me: Contact among young adults who share an open-identity sperm donor. Human Reproduction Open, 2020, hoaa057. doi: 10.1093/hropen/hoaa057
Scheib, J.E. & McCormick, E. (2020). Adults from donor-conceived families: Some good news (from a longitudinal study). Fertility & Sterility, 114, 764-765. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.06.025
2018
Scheib, J.E. & Benward, J. (2018). Information transfer: From gamete providers and parents to DNA database members? Commentary on McGovern & Schlaff (2018). Fertility & Sterility Dialog.
2017
Pasch, L.A., Benward, J., Scheib, J.E. & Woodward, J.T. (2017). Donor-conceived children: The view ahead. Human Reproduction, 32, 1534.
Scheib, J.E., Ruby, A. & Benward, J. (2017). Who requests their sperm donor’s identity? The first 10 years of information releases to adults with open-identity donors. Fertility & Sterility, 107, 483-493.
2016
Goldberg, A.E & Scheib, J.E. (2016). Female-partnered women conceiving kinship: Does sharing a sperm donor mean we’re family? Journal of Lesbian Studies, 20, 427-441.
Rueter, M.A., Connor, J.J., Pasch, L., Anderson, K.N., Scheib, J.E., Koerner, A.F. & Damario, M. (2016). Sharing information with children conceived using in vitro fertilization: The effect of parents’ privacy orientation. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 34, 90–102.
Scheib, J.E. & McCormick, E. (2016). Choosing a sperm donor. In A. Goldberg (Ed.) SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies (pp. 1108-1113). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Scheib, J.E., Ruby, A. & Lee, S. (2016). Relationships with families who share the same donor. In A. Goldberg (Ed.) SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies (pp. 924-929). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
2015
Goldberg, A. E. & Scheib, J. (2015). Female-partnered and single women’s contact motivations and experiences with donor-linked families. Human Reproduction, 30, 1375-1385.
Goldberg, A.E. & Scheib, J.E. (2015). Why donor insemination and not adoption? Narratives of female-partnered and single mothers. Family Relations, 64, 726–742.
2014
Ravitsky, V., Guichon, J., Blyth, E., Stevens, B., Pratten, O., Kramer, W., Scheib, J.E., Greenbaum, M., Cameron, A. & Frith, L. (2014). Pinpointing identity: Donor conception workshop. International Innovation: Disseminating Science, Research and Technology, 138, 10-12.
2012
Scheib, J.E. & Hastings, P.D. (2012). Donor-conceived children raised by lesbian couples: Socialization and development in a new form of planned family. In D. Cutas & S. Chan (Eds.) Families – Beyond the Nuclear Ideal (pp. 64-83). London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic Series.
2010
Ravitsky, V. & Scheib, J.E. (2010). Donor-conceived individuals’ right to know. Hastings Center Bioethics Forum 40 (4).
Scheib, J.E. & Hastings, P.D. (2010). Lesbian mothers and their donor-conceived children: Family processes, child development and long-term outcomes. In D. Funcke & P. Thorn (Eds.) Die Gleichgeschlechtliche Familie mit Kindern: Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zu einer neuen Lebensform (Same-Sex Families: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, pp. 285-318). Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag.
2009
Scheib, J.E. & Ruby, A. (2009). Beyond consanguinity risk: Developing donor birth limits that consider psychosocial risk factors. Fertility & Sterility, 91, e12.
2008
Scheib, J.E. & Ruby, A. (2008). Contact among families who share the same sperm donor. Fertility & Sterility, 90, 33-43.
Scheib, J.E., Ruby, A. & Benward, J. (2008). Who requests their sperm donor’s identity? Analysis of donor-conceived adult requests at an open-identity program. Fertility & Sterility, 90 (sup. 1), S8-9.
Shehab, D., Duff, J., Pasch, L.A., Mac Dougall, K., Scheib, J.E. & Nachtigall, R.D. (2008). How parents whose children have been conceived with donor gametes make their disclosure decision: Contexts, influences, and couple dynamics. Fertility & Sterility, 89, 179-187.
2007
Scheib, J.E. & Cushing, R.A. (2007). Open-identity donor insemination in the United States: Is it on the rise? Fertility & Sterility, 88, 231-232.
Mac Dougall, K., Becker, G., Scheib, J.E. & Nachtigall R.D. (2007). Strategies for disclosure: How parents approach telling their children that they were conceived with conceived with donor gametes. Fertility & Sterility, 87, 524-533.
2006
Fulcher, M., Sutfin, E.L., Chan, R.W., Scheib, J.E. & Patterson, C.J. (2006). Lesbian mothers and their children: Findings from the contemporary families study. In A. Omoto & H. Kurtzman (Eds.), Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: Examining Identity and Development in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People (pp. 281-299). Washington, DC: APA.
Scheib, J.E. & Ruby, A. (2006). Impact of sperm donor information on parents and children. Sexuality, Reproduction & Menopause, 4, 17-19.
2005
Scheib, J.E., Riordan, M. & Rubin, S. (2005). Adolescents with open-identity sperm donors: Reports from 12-17 year olds. Human Reproduction, 20, 239-252.
2004
Scheib, J.E. (2004). Experiences of youth and sperm donors in an open-identity program. In Psychology/Counselling Nursing, pre-congress course publication for the 19th annual meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, Berlin, Germany, pp. 22-25.
2003
Scheib, J.E., Riordan, M. & Rubin, S. (2003). Choosing identity-release® sperm donors: The parents’ perspective 13-18 years later. Human Reproduction, 18, 1115-1127.
2002
Braverman, A.M., Benward, J.M. & Scheib, J.E. (2002). Views and practices about record keeping and dissemination in donor conception. Fertility & Sterility, 78 (sup. 1), S29-30.
2001
Riordan, M. & Scheib, J.E. (2001). A sperm bank prepares for donor identity-release®. In S. Franz & D. Allen (Eds.), The offspring speak: An international conference of donor offspring (pp. 34-37). Report to Health Canada. Toronto: Infertility Network.
2000
Scheib, J.E., Steele, A.C., Shaver, P.R. & Riordan, M. (2000). Why leave a donor insemination program before conceiving? Fertility & Sterility, 74 (sup. 1), S190.
Scheib, J.E., Riordan, M. & Shaver, P.R. (2000). Choosing between anonymous and identity-release® sperm donors: Recipient and donor characteristics. Reproductive Technologies (now Reproductive BioMedicine Online), 10, 50-58.
1998
Emond, M. & Scheib, J.E. (1998). Why not donate sperm? A study of potential donors. Evolution and Human Behavior, 19, 313-319.
1997
Scheib, J.E. (1997). Female choice in the context of donor insemination. In P.A. Gowaty (Ed.), Feminism and Evolutionary Biology: Boundaries, Intersections and Frontiers (pp. 489-504). New York: Chapman & Hall.
Scheib, J.E., Kristiansen, A. & Wara, A. (1997). A Norwegian note on Sperm donor selection and the psychology of female mate choice. Evolution and Human Behavior, 18, 143-149.
1994
Scheib, J.E. (1994). Sperm donor selection and the psychology of female mate choice. Ethology & Sociobiology (now Evolution and Human Behavior), 15, 113-129.
Human Mate Choice
2009
Prokosch, M.D., Coss, R.G., Scheib, J.E. & Blozis, S.A. (2009). Intelligence and mate choice: Intelligent men are always appealing. Evolution & Human Behavior, 30, 11-20.
2005
Schachner, D.A., Scheib, J.E., Gillath, O. & Shaver, P.R. (2005). Worldwide, economic development and gender equality correlate with liberal sexual attitudes and behavior: What does this tell us about evolutionary psychology? Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 28, 293-294.
2001
Scheib, J.E. (2001). Context-specific mate choice criteria: Women’s trade-offs in the contexts of long-term and extra-pair mateships. Personal Relationships, 8, 371-389.
1999
Scheib, J.E., Gangestad, S.W. & Thornhill, R. (1999). Facial attractiveness, symmetry, and cues of good genes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 266, 1913-1917.
1997
Scheib, J.E. (1997). Female choice in the context of donor insemination. In P.A. Gowaty (Ed.), Feminism and Evolutionary Biology: Boundaries, Intersections and Frontiers (pp. 489-504). New York: Chapman & Hall.
Scheib, J.E., Kristiansen, A. & Wara, A. (1997). A Norwegian note on Sperm donor selection and the psychology of female mate choice. Evolution and Human Behavior, 18, 143-149.
1994
Scheib, J.E. (1994). Sperm donor selection and the psychology of female mate choice. Ethology & Sociobiology (now Evolution and Human Behavior), 15, 113-129.
Other Topics
2003
Scheib, J.E., Cody, L.E., Clayton, N.S. & Montgomerie, R.D. (2003). Vigilance and the group-size effect: Observing behavior in humans. In B.J. Ploger & K. Yasukawa (Eds.), Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field (pp. 259-277). New York: Academic Press.
Scheib, J.E., Cody, L.E., Clayton, N.S. & Montgomerie, R.D. (2003). Vigilance and the group-size effect: Observing behavior in humans. In B.J. Ploger & K. Yasukawa (Eds.), Teaching Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field (pp. 90-92). New York: Academic Press.
2001
Scheib, J.E. (2001). Review of Sex in the future: The reproductive revolution and how it will change us. Evolution and Human Behavior, 22, 217-220.
2000
McAndrew, F.T, Akande, A., Bridgstock, R., Mealey, L, Gordon, S.C., Scheib, J.E., Akande-Adetoun, B.E., Odewale, F., Morakinyo, A., Nyahete, P. & Mubvakure, G. (2000). A multicultural study of stereotyping in English-speaking countries. Journal of Social Psychology, 140, 487-502.
1998
Scheib, J.E. & Shaver, P.R. (1998). What it means to be female. American Journal of Primatology, 44, 277-279.
1997
Scheib, J.E. (1997). Human evolution: Cognitive adaptations. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 1, 4.
Wilson, M., Daly, M. & Scheib, J.E. (1997). Femicide: An evolutionary psychological perspective. In P.A. Gowaty (Ed.), Feminism and Evolutionary Biology: Boundaries, Intersections and Frontiers (pp. 431-465). New York: Chapman & Hall.
1995
Scheib, J.E. (1995). Primatism? Bugs, birds, and rodents are important too. Politics & The Life Sciences, 14, 190-191.