Professor of Psychology Fay Guarraci was invited to contribute to a special issue on the neuroscience of sexual motivation in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. She wrote a review article on her lab’s contributions to the field titled  “‘What a Girl Wants’: What Can We Learn from Animal Models of Female Sexual Motivation?” with her collaborator Russell J. Frohardt.

Maddie Straup ’18, Justin White ’18, Sarah Butterworth ’18, Delaney Dunn ’18, Kayla Tate ’19, and Alexandra Guermeur ’18 coauthored a manuscript titled “I Knew You’d Understand: How Gendered Expectations of Understanding Affect Stress” that has been accepted for publication in the interdisciplinary journal Personal Relationships.

Professor of Psychology Fay Guarraci  served as senior panelist and advisory board member during a four-day workshop for BRAINS (Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience) in Seattle, WA. BRAINS is a National Institutes of Health–sponsored program for professional development and community building among underrepresented postdoctoral fellows and new faculty in the neurosciences.

Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano  recently completed work guest editing a special issue in the journal Frontiers in Psychology  on the topic “Engaging Undergraduates in Publishable Research: Best Practices.” The editorial, which contains links to all 43 articles, can be found here . A faculty-development lunchtime discussion on the topic of publishing with undergraduates will be held on Friday, October 4 from 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Carin Perilloux, with her collaborator Dr. Jaime Cloud from Western Oregon University, published an article titled “Mate-by-Numbers: Budget, Mating Context, and Sex Predict Preferences for Facial and Bodily Traits” in the journal Evolutionary Psychological Science.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Carin Perilloux, together with psychology alumnus Justin White ’18, published a review of Gil Rosenthal’s book Mate Choice: The Evolution of Sexual Decision Making from Microbes to Humansin the journal Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Carin Perilloux presented two posters with SU students at the 31st annual Human Behavior & Evolution Society conference on May 31, 2019:

• “Friend or Foe: How Familiarity of the Competition Affects Female Intrasexual Competition” was presented by Ella Doss ’19, Emily Olson ’20, Carin Perilloux, and Dr. Gregory Webster of theUniversity of Florida.
• “General Mate Value Scale (GMVS): Creation and Assessment​” was presented by Emma Partain ’21, Grace Cruse ’21, Malia Bell ’19, and Carin Perilloux.

Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano recently published a paper titled “The Writing Spiral: A Practical Tool for Teaching Undergraduates to Write Publication-Quality Manuscripts” in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.

Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano recently published a paper titled  “Guiding Undergraduates Through the Process of First Authorship” in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.

Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano, together with psychology alumni Sarah Butterworth ’18, Justin White ’18, Lizette Cantu ’17, and Kyle Fraser ’17, published the article “Sender Gender Influences Emoji Interpretation in Text Messages” in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.

Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano, together with psychology alumni Sarah Butterworth ’18, Justin White ’18, Lizette Cantu ’17, and Kyle Fraser ’17, published the article “Sender Gender Influences Emoji Interpretation in Text Messages” in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Becca Northwas interviewed about her recent book on the podcast “Something You Should Know.” The episode aired on March 24.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Carin Perilloux presented a poster with collaborators at the Evolutionary Psychology Preconference at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Portland, OR, on Feb. 7, 2019. The poster, “Does Humility Breed Likability? Perceptions of Compliment Givers and Receivers by Status and Modesty,” presented results from her study of how we perceive others who respond modestly or boastfully to compliments, depending on the relative status of the compliment-giver.

Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano recently participated in Cultural Day at Austin’s Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy, giving three interactive classroom presentations on the psychology of sex, gender, and sexual orientation.

Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano presented a poster titled “Guiding Undergraduates through the Process of First Authorship” at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Portland, Feb. 7–9.

Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano gave a presentation at the annual Austin AVID College Readiness Symposium held at St. Edward’s University, Feb. 2. Her talk was titled “Things I Wish My Students Knew before Coming to College: A Professor’s Guide to Success.”

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Becca North’s book Your Hidden Superpowers: How the Whole Truth of Failure Can Change Our Lives  as published by Severn River Publishing in December 2018.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Carin Perilloux was interviewed on the YouTube channel The Dissenter (Portugal) about her research on sexual-interest perception, physical attractiveness, and more. You can watch the interview here.