Academic Affiliation

International Christian University (ICU)

Assistant Professor (2021 to present)

Faculty of Psychology and Linguistics

Work Experience & Education

Nagoya University

Assistant Professor (2018 to 2021)

Graduate School of International Development (GSID)

Kobe University

Postdoctoral Researcher (2014 - 2018)

Evolutionary Social Psychology Lab

University of Miami

Ph.D. in Psychology (2014)

M.S. in Psychology (2012)

Evolution and Human Behavior Laboratory

Florida State University

B.S. in Psychology (2004)

B.A. in Philosophy (2004)

Teaching Experience

Nagoya University

International and Global Psychology (2020 to 2021)

Academic Writing Skills (2018 to 2021)

The Japanese Development Experience (2020)

The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sōkendai)

Science Writing (2020)

Kobe University

Social Psychology (2015 - 2017)

Global Communication (2016)

Graduate Level Seminars in English (2015 - 2017)

University of Miami

Social Psychology (2012)

Intergroup Corporation

Business English (2007 - 2008)

JET Programme

Assistant English Teacher (2004 - 2006)

Book Chapters

Ohtsubo, Y. & Smith, A. (2021, projected). Emotions and Reconciliation. In L. Al-Shawaf and T. K. Shackelford (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Evolution and Emotions (pp. TBD). Oxford University Press.

Smith, A. & Ohtsubo, Y. (2017). Fair-Weather Friends vs. True Friends. In T. K. Shackelford and V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, (pp. 1-7). Springer Nature.

Pedersen, E.J., Smith, A., & Lieberman, D. (2013). Evolutionary Psychology. In R. J. McGee & R. L. Warms (Eds.) Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology, (Vol. 5, pp. 247-251). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Himichi, T., Osanai, H., Goto, T., Fujita, H., Kawamura, Y., Smith, A., & Nomura, M. (2021). Exploring the Multidimensional Links between Trait Mindfulness and Trait Empathy. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 1206.

Forster, D. E., Billingsley, J., Russell, V. M., McCauley, T. G., Smith, A., Burnette, J. L., Ohtsubo, Y., Schug, J., Lieberman, D., & McCullough, M. E. (2020). Forgiveness takes place on an attitudinal continuum from hostility to friendliness: Toward a closer union of forgiveness theory and measurement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 119(4), 861–880.

Smith, A., McCauley, T. G., Yagi, A., Yamaura, K., Shimizu, H., McCullough, M. E., & Ohtsubo, Y. (2020). Perceived goal instrumentality is associated with forgiveness: A test of the valuable relationships hypothesis. Evolution and Human Behavior. 41(1), 58-68.

Smith, A., Lieberman, D., Pedersen, E.J., Forster D.E., & McCullough, M.E. (2017). Cooperation: The roles of interpersonal value and gratitude. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38(6), 695-703.

Yamaguchi, M., Smith, A., & Ohtsubo, Y. (2017). Loneliness Predicts Insensitivity to Partner Commitment. Personality and Individual Differences, 105, 200-207.

Forster, D. E., Pedersen, E. J., Smith, A., McCullough, M. E., & Lieberman, D. (2017). Benefit valuation predicts gratitude. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38(1), 18-26.

Fiddick, L., Brase, G. L., Ho, A. T., Hiraishi, K., Honma, A., & Smith, A. (2016). Major personality traits and regulations of social behavior: Cheaters are not the same as the reckless, and you need to know who you’re dealing with. Journal of Research in Personality, 62, 6-18.

Yamaguchi, M., Smith, A., & Ohtsubo, Y. (2015). Commitment signals in friendship and romantic relationships. Evolution and Human Behavior, 36(6), 467-474.

Lieberman, D. & Smith, A. (2012). It’s all relative: Sexual aversions and moral attitudes about sex among siblings. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21, 243-247.

Lieberman, D., Fessler, D.M.T., & Smith, A. (2011). The relationship between familial resemblance and sexual attraction: An update on Westermarck, Freud, and the incest taboo. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 1229-1232.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Kajiura M., Smith, A., & Kinoshita, T. Fast-rate multimodal training improves L2 listening skills and speech processing speed

Norasakkunkit, V., Smith, A., Miyasaka, M., Nomura, M., Karasawa, M., Schug, J., & Howard, L. Cultural determinants of regional variance in autism diagnoses: Tightness-looseness, opacity of mind, and conformity

Smith, A., Karasawa, M., Norasakkunkit, V. Development of the Opacity of Mind Scale

Ongoing Research Project

Smith A., & Utsumi, Y. 大規模オンライン高等教育へのパラダイムシフト－名古屋大学を事例とした学生への教育効果と心理的影響の考察－Nagoya University’s transition to online learning: Educational and psychological effects of a digital paradigm shift (Funded by the Institute of Innovation for Future Society of Nagoya University: JPY 2.6 million = ~USD 25,000)

Dissertation and Thesis

Smith, A. Gratitude: a Basic Human Emotion for Initiating and Strengthening Interpersonal Relationships. Open Access Dissertation, Paper 1251, July 2014.

Smith, A. The Effects of Pathogen and Moral Disgust on Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Regarding Male Homosexuality. Open Access Theses, Paper 335, May 2012.

Selected Conference Presentations

The Japanese Society for Social Psychology. Kwansei Gakuin University., Nishinomiya, Japan. September, 2016. Nakashima, K., Hitokoto, H., Smith, A., & Ohstubo, Y., 社会心理学を、英語で教えてみませんか? (How about teaching social psychology in English?). (Workshop)

Human Behavior and Evolution Society. Douglas College, Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada. June, 2016. Smith, A., Yagi, A., Yamaura, K., Shimizu, H., McCullough, M., & Ohtsubo, Y. Why we forgive our valuable partners: Rational calculation, emotional adaptation, or a mixture of both? (Talk)

Human Behavior and Evolution Society - Japan. Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Kanagawa, Japan, December, 2015. Smith, A., Yamaguchi, M., & Ohtsubo, Y. Commitment signals in the context of friendship and romantic relationships. (Talk)

The Japanese Society for Social Psychology. Tokyo Women’s Christian University. Tokyo, Japan, November, 2015. Smith, A., Lieberman, D., Pedersen, E.J., Forster, D.E., & McCullough, M.E. 感謝の進化心理学 (The Evolutionary Psychology of Gratitude). (Talk)

Human Behavior and Evolution Society - Japan. Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, November, 2014. Smith, A., Lieberman, D., Pedersen, E.J., Forster, D.E., & McCullough, M.E. Gratitude and interpersonal bonding. (Talk)

4^th Annual Meeting of the Social Neuroscience Society. National Institute for the Physical Sciences, Okazaki, Japan, October, 2014. Smith, A., Lieberman, D., Pedersen, E.J., Forster, D.E., & McCullough, M.E. Gratitude, Welfare Tradeoffs, and Interpersonal Bonding. (Poster)

Human Behavior and Evolution Society. University Miami, Miami, FL, July 2013. Smith, A., Lieberman, D., Pedersen, E.J., Forster, D.E., & McCullough, M.E. Gratitude and interpersonal welfare valuation. (Talk)

Human Behavior and Evolution Society. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, June 2012. Smith, A., & Lieberman, D. The effects of domain-specific disgust on explicit and implicit attitudes regarding gay men. (Poster)

Human Behavior and Evolution Society. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, June 2010. Smith, A., & Lieberman, D. Do personal sexual aversions influence moral sentiments relating to incest? A test of implicit attitudes. (Poster)

Peer Reviewing Experience

Evolution and Human Behavior, Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, Motivation and Emotion, Cognition and Emotion, Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences