Kiwi is a graduate student with the Science of BDSM research team. They have been practicing, studying, and presenting on kink-related topics for six years to academic and BDSM audiences including Kinky Kollege, the Master/slave Conference, Leather Leadership Conference, and the Charmed!, and serve as a member of the Beguiled Conference Committee. Academically, they focus on consent and identity from an intersectional queer perspective. In practice, they identify as a switch who enjoys hypnosis, anything to do with leather, and discovering new fun ways to titillate the mind and body with pleasure and pain.