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.

Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano recently had two papers published in the Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures. The “Attitudes toward Polyamory Scale” was coauthored with alums Sarah Johnson ’13, Jordan Herselman ’13, and Kevin Hutzler ’13. The “Sexual Novelty Scale” was coauthored with alums Sarah Matthews ’17, Marissa Rosa ’18, Kayleigh Thomas ’18, and Brooke Swift ’18.

Psychology alumnae Sarah Matthews ’17 and Marissa Rosa ’18 had an article accepted for publication in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. Their paper, “Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs: Research and Publishing from the Undergraduate Perspective,” was based on their work in the research lab of Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano.

Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano, together with psychology alums Sarah Matthews ’17, Marissa Rosa ’18, Kayleigh Thomas ’18, Brooke Swift ’18, Nicki Ahearn ’16, Aaron Garcia ’17, Skylar Smith ’16, Casey Niblett ’16, and Maddie Mills ’17, published an article titled “The Battle against Bedroom Boredom: Development and Validation of a Brief Measure of Sexual Novelty in Relationships” in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.

Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano recently coauthored a paper with Alan Swinkels (St. Edwards University) titled “An Effective Project for Teaching Repeated-Measures Designs” in the journal Teaching of Psychology.