| Director |
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| Todd K. Shackelford, Ph.D. |
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| Current
Graduate Students (Florida Atlantic University, Co-Advisor) |
| Gregory Gorelik |
Greg is a new doctoral student in Evolutionary Psychology. His interests are in human sexual psychology and behavior, and in the origin of religious belief. |
| Farnaz Kaighobadi |
Farnaz recently completed her third year in the Ph.D. program in Evolutionary Psychology. Her interests are in human sexual psychology and behavior and in female adaptations to ovulation. |
| James R. Liddle |
James recently completed his second year in the Ph.D. program in Evolutionary Psychology. His interests are in the origin of superstitious and religious beliefs. |
| Karin Machluf |
Karin recently completed her first year as a Masters student in Evolutionary Psychology. Her interests are in human sexual psychology and behavior, and in the origin of religious belief. |
| Jesse Marczyk |
Jesse recently completed his first year as a Masters student in Evolutionary Psychology. His interests are in human sexual psychology and behavior. |
| Lucas D. Schipper |
Luke is a Ph.D. student in Evolutionary Psychology and in Social/Personality Psychology (co-advised by Robin R. Vallacher, Psychology, Florida Atlantic University). Luke is interested in the attractor dynamics of sexual jealousy and delusional thought content. |
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| Graduate Student Theses Chaired To Completion |
| Doctoral Dissertations |
| William F. McKibbin (2010) |
Women’s rape avoidance: An evolutionary psychological perspective |
| Valerie G. Starratt (2008) |
Risk of female infidelity and male sexual coercion in intimate relationships: An evolutionary psychological perspective |
| Alastair P. C. Davies (2008) |
Sex wars: Evolved psychological sex differences and sexual conflict in the contexts of infidelity, persuasion, and hip-hop song lyrics |
| Aaron T. Goetz (2007) |
Sexual coercion in intimate relationships: An evolutionary perspective informed by sperm competition theory |
| Richard L. Michalski (2005) |
An evolutionary psychological approach to the study of sibling influences |
| Mandy E. Miller (2004) |
The Cinderella effect: The psychological bases and mental dynamics of
step-parental ambivalence (Co-Chair, Robin R. Vallacher, Psychology, Florida
Atlantic University) |
| Masters Theses |
| Vincent M. Bates (2010) |
Risk of sperm competition and relationship satisfaction moderate men’s interest in their partner’s copulatory orgasm |
| Emily J. Miner (2009) |
Mate value and partner-directed insults |
| William F. McKibbin (2007) |
Why do men insult their intimate partners? Partner-directed insults and mate retention |
| Shanna L. Beasley (2006) |
Contexts and circumstances of filicide-suicide in Chicago |
| Judith A. Easton (2006) |
Morbid jealousy from an evolutionary psychological perspective |
| Krystal D. Mize (2006) |
Intimate partner homicide methods in heterosexual and homosexual relationships |
| Mary Ann G. O’Grady (2006) |
Stepparents and genetic parents use different methods to murder their children |
| Lucas D. Schipper (2006) |
Adding insult to injury: Development and initial validation of the Partner-Directed Insults Scale |
| Valerie G. Starratt (2006) |
Men’s partner-directed insults and sexual coercion in intimate
relationships |
| Alastair P. C. Davies (2005) |
Human mate poaching: How frequent is it and what motivates it? |
| Aaron T. Goetz (2005) |
When we hurt the ones we love: Predicting violence against women from
men’s mate retention tactics |
| Faith E. Guta (2005) |
Mate retention and copulation frequency in humans: complementary anti-cuckoldry
tactics |
| Samantha Murphy (2005) |
Relationship experience as a predictor of jealousy |
| Brian J. Quintus (2005) |
Sex differences in sexual psychology produce sex-similar preferences
for a short-term mate |
| Emily A. Stone (2005) |
Sex differences and similarities in preferred mating arrangements |
| Amanda Hitchell (2004) |
Sex ratio and crime: A cross-cultural investigation |
