We are located in the Psychology Department at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, USA. Headed by Dr. Lisa Welling, this lab focuses on factors that affect person perception, individual differences in preferences, hormone-mediated behavior, evolutionary approaches to mate choice, and other aspects of human relationships. 

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In addition to internal funding sources, our research has been funded by the NSERC (Canada), the ESRC (UK), the ORSAS (UK), and the AIB (USA).

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25 July, 2023 >> Congratulations to Rich Holler and Jenna Lunge, who won the prizes for Best Student Poster Presentation and Best Student Oral Presentation, respectively, at the International Society for Human Ethology's annual meeting in Detroit! Fantastic work!

24 July, 2023 >> Our paper "A preliminary investigation into individual differences that predict men’s preferences for cues to fertility in women’s faces" by Lisa Welling and Alex Orille has been accepted for publication by Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology!

22-25 July, 2023 >> Jenna Lunge, Rich Holler, Kat Sheetz, and Lisa Welling gave presentations at the International Society for Human Ethology in Detroit, Michigan. 

14 July, 2023 >> Research by Lisa Welling and Justin Mogilski on friendships with ex-partners was featured by GQ India.  

15 June, 2023 >> Lisa Welling, Amanda Hahn, and Iris Holzleitner are pleased to announce a call for participation for the recently launched research collection, Hormones and Person Perception. This Special Issue Research Topic is open to submissions from researchers investigating endogenous and exogenous hormonal associations with aspects of person perception and social interaction, including behavioral cues or consequences, hormonal reactions to interpersonal exchanges, assessments of appearance, social judgements, mate choice, and behavioral changes (e.g., influences on dominance, aggression, personality, etc.) that may impact person perception or social interaction. Submissions need not necessarily measure hormones directly, but should include discussion of potential hormonal mechanisms or correlates. The collection will be published in Frontiers in Psychology (IF 4.232, CiteScore 4.0). If interested, abstracts are due 23 August, 2023, and final manuscripts are due 20 December, 2023. Click here to participate!

31 May-3 June, 2023 >> Lisa Welling and Kat Sheetz presented research at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society's annual meeting in Palm Springs, California.  

20 April, 2023 >> Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Welling, who was promoted today to the rank of Full Professor in the department of psychology at Oakland University! 

31 March, 2023 >> Dr. Welling was a guest on KPI's Relationship Sciences Podcast, where she discussed the influence of hormonal contraceptives on relationships. You can view the episode on YouTube or listen to it through podcasting platforms.

14 March, 2023 >> Our paper "Sex Differences in the Perceived Advantage of Coalitions of Kin versus Non-kin" by Melissa McDonald and Lisa Welling has been accepted for publication in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences!

13 March, 2023 >> Congratulations to Kat Sheetz on successfully proposing her MS thesis!

10 March, 2023 >> Congratulations to Kat Sheetz on a job well done while presenting research on trustworthiness of online dating biographies at the OU Graduate Student Research Conference today!

8 February, 2023 >> Congratulations to honors student Yvonne Kieleszewski on being accepted to OU's Masters in Public Health program!

7 November, 2022 >> Dr. Welling was a Panelist in the WISER panel on Women in Science hybrid event at Oakland University.       

10 September, 2022 >> Congratulations to former lab RA Rachel Shango and former lab Honor's Student Jonathan Saulter, as well as Ph.D. student Jenna Lunge and her new husband Ryan Shelp, on your respective weddings!      

19 August, 2022 >> Congratulations to former MS student Sarah Donaldson on finishing her Ph.D. at the University of Oregon! Congratulations, Dr. Donaldson!       

9 July, 2022 >> One of our papers by former lab member Justin Mogilski and lab PI Lisa Welling has been covered by Psychology Today.     

17 June, 2022 >> Some of Dr. Welling's research is covered in this article from Glam.       

2 June, 2022 >> Our recent paper with Talia Shirazi, David Puts, and others, published in Psychological Science, was covered by PsyPost.       

25 May, 2022 >> Our paper titled "Development and initial assessment of the Partner Exploitation Inventory" by Welling, Wysocki, Orille, and Mitchell was accepted by Current Research in Behavioral Sciences!       

30 April, 2022 >> Our paper titled "Low perinatal androgens predict recalled childhood gender nonconformity in men" by Shirazi and colleagues was accepted by Psychological Science!      

16 March, 2022 >> We are pleased to announce that Katherine Sheetz has agreed to join our lab as a MS student starting September 2022. Welcome, Katherine!      

7 March, 2022 >> Our paper titled "A preliminary investigation into women's sexual risk-taking that could lead to an unintended pregnancy" by Sylis Nicolas and Lisa Welling, has been accepted for publication in Evolutionary Psychological Science!          

1 February, 2022 >> Our editorial on our special issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior on "Covid-19 and Sexual Health and Behavior" is out and available here.   

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