This is a timely well-written book addressing the emerging dynamics of sexual hook-up culture and relationships initiated via mediated platforms and the strategic nature of why people engage in hookups. Also highlighting the changing norms of traditional gender-based relationships and addressing the emerging understanding of relational behaviors across the globe, this is a great resource for advanced students and scholars interested in romantic relationships.

Jennifer A. Samp, University of Georgia

In The Current Collegiate Hookup Culture, scholar Aditi Paul enters the 15-year long conversation that's been going on about hooking up to not only add to it, but to update it. From Tinder to sugaring, Paul's research shows how dating apps are changing the nature of college sex and hookups as well as student attitudes about them, and perhaps most importantly, takes another look at the topic of sexual assault within this same landscape. This is essential reading for scholars and students interested in the contemporary conversation about sex on campus and all that goes with it.

Donna Freitas, author of Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention

In this book, Aditi Paul provides us with a thoughtful and carefully argued account of hookup cultures in US college campuses. This book takes us across online dating apps alongside conventional meetings contexts to establish how these different sexual sites offer different possibilities for the expression of gender and sexuality. The book offers a welcome emphasis on sugar dating and casual sex while expanding and ‘challenging the generalisability’ of US hookup cultures in relation to the experience of international students. This compelling book demonstrates the changing nature of hookup cultures in contemporary times, the challenges to gender norms while keeping a firm lens on the enduring patterns of inequalities within relationship dynamics.

Deevia Bhana, University of Kwazulu-Natal

Dr. Paul provides a much-needed modernization of our understanding of hookup culture on campuses. This book explores both the social context of hooking up, motivations for doing so, and the psychological impact of hooking up on young adults. In particular, Dr. Paul’s research on the role of dating apps for racial minority and sexual minority students illustrates how these technologies connect people who might otherwise feel isolated, providing benefits as well as risks.

Richard A. Sprott, California State University, East Bay

“Dr. Paul has given us a careful and fascinating study of the collegiate hookup culture with great insights into the historical roots of casual sexual encounters.”

Maryann Karinch, author of Mature Sexual Intimacy

Aditi Pauls' study of "hookup culture" transcends mainstream academic critiques of dating behaviors and practices among college students. Grounded in a nationally representative sample of college students, this study is one of the most thoughtful, if not provocative, studies of "hookup culture." Paul illuminates uncharted areas of analysis that problematizes past assumptions and research findings on hookup culture. Moreover, this excellent text avoids moralistic pitfalls that characterize similar texts while also pointing out potential problems derived from this practice. A must read for anyone teaching in higher education.

Christopher Connor, University of Missouri