Older Lab News
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.
December, 2021 >> Welcome to new "mini lab member" Evelyn, who was born to the PI and her husband!
26 November, 2021 >> Our paper titled "Asexuality and relationship investment: Visible differences in relationship investment for an invisible minority" by Jared Edge, Jennifer Vonk, and Lisa Welling, has been accepted for publication in Psychology & Sexuality!
10 November, 2021 >> Congratulations to PhD student Jenna Lunge on being nominated for the Senate Teaching Excellence Award for the third time! Great work, Jenna!
15 October, 2021 >> Congratulations to PhD student Rich Holler on successfully passing his comprehensive exam!
21 September, 2021 >> A new paper by Shirazi, Self, Dawood, Welling, et al. is now in press at Psychoneuroendocrinology! The paper is titled, "Evidence that perinatal ovarian hormones promote women's sexual attraction to men."
17 September, 2021 >> Dr. Welling was interviewed by Discover Magazine about recent findings that hormonal contraceptive use is associated with violence. This story was also covered by Projin News.
9 September, 2021 >> A project on psychosexual differentiation of behavior and isolated GnRH deficiency, in collaboration with several other scholars, was covered by Science Blog and Penn State News.
15 May, 2021 >> Congratulations to Mercedes Hughes and Alex Orille on graduating with their M.S. in Psychology today! Best of luck in all future endeavors.
11 May, 2021 >> Dr. Welling was featured in a video by Mothers in Science on discrimination against mothers in STEMM professions.
15 April, 2021 >> We are pleased to announce that Emily Cortes has accepted an offer to join our lab as a M.S. student. Welcome, Emily!
16 March, 2021 >> Congratulations to Mercedes Hughes on successfully defending her M.S. thesis! Great work, Sadie!
5 March, 2021 >> Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Welling on being elected to serve as the Secretary/Archivist for the Human Behavior and Evolution Society!
3 March, 2021 >> Congratulations to Alex Orille on successfully defending his M.S. thesis! Great job, Alex!
23 February, 2021 >> Congratulations to M.S. student Alex Orille on accepting a Ph.D. position in Dr. Rebecca Stumpf's lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign!
21 January, 2021 >> Congratulations to M.S. student Mercedes (Sadie) Hughes on her acceptance into the OU BCBA program! Well done, Sadie!
19 January, 2021 >> Congratulations to Ph.D. student Jenna Lunge on successfully passing her comprehensive exam! Great job, Jenna!
21 October, 2020 >> Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Welling and Ph.D. students Jenna Lunge and Ginny Mitchell on being nominated for Oakland University Senate Teaching Excellence Awards!
8 August, 2020 >> Dr. Lisa Welling had a chat with the Darwinian Diva.
23 June, 2020 >> Congratulations to Jenna Lunge on being awarded the King-Chavez-Parks (KCP) Future Faculty Fellowship!
23 May, 2020 >> A collaborative manuscript by Talia Shirazi, Heather Self, Khytam Dawood, Rodrigo Cardenas, Lisa Welling, Kevin Rosenfield, Triana Ortiz, Justin Carre, Ravikumar Balasubramanian, Angela Delaney, William Crowley, S. Marc Breedlove, and David Puts has been accepted for publication in Psychoneuroendocrinology!
24 April, 2020 >> Our manuscript by Mitchell & Welling, "Not all progestins are created equally: Considering unique progestins individually in psychobehavioral research," has been accepted for publication in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology!
22 April, 2020 >> Congratulations to Ginny Mitchell for successfully proposing her dissertation research!
20 April, 2020 >> Archives of Sexual Behavior invites proposals for a special issue on "The impact of COVID-19 on sexual health and behavior," which will be guest-edited by Lori Scott-Sheldon, Kristen Mark, Rhonda Balzarini, and Lisa Welling.
17 April, 2020 >> Our friends-with-an-ex paper has been covered by ScoopWhoop and StoryPick.
8 April, 2020 >> Danielle Sulikowski, Kok Wei Tan, Alex Jones, Lisa Welling, and Ian Stephen have published an editorial for their special issue of Frontiers in Psychology called "Perceptions of People: Cues to Underlying Physiology and Psychology."
16 March, 2020 >> Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, HBES 2020 in Detroit has been canceled. However, we hope tp see you in the Motor City in June, 2022!
6 March, 2020 >> Our most recent work on consensual non-monogamy has been covered by PsyPost and picked up by Reddit's r/Science.
14 February, 2020 >> Congratulations to Ginny Mitchell on the acceptance of her most recent first-authored paper ("Sexual motivation and satisfaction among consensually non-monogamous and monogamous individuals" by Mitchell, Mogilski, Donaldson, Nicolas, & Welling) at the Journal of Sexual Medicine!
22 January, 2020 >> Special thanks to the Wayne State University Psychology Department for hosting Dr. Lisa Welling as part of your Research Colloquium Series! Dr. Welling gave a talk on men's testosterone, dominance, and mate preferences.
2 January, 2020 >> Mogilski & Welling (2016) has been named one of the most 11 most interesting findings about love and sex in the last decade! Check out the list (it's number 2).
17 December, 2019 >> Our paper on Life History Strategy and consensual nonmonogamy by Mogilski et al. has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Psychology.
12 November, 2019 >> Lisa Welling has joined the Editorial Board for the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior and has been promoted to Associate Editor for the journal Evolutionary Psychology.
17 October, 2019 >> The lab was pleased to host Dr. Pat Barclay as this year's distinguished speaker in Psychology! His talk on new developments in reputation and cooperation was well-attended and thoroughly enjoyed by those present.
26 September, 2019 >> Lisa Welling presented research on the psychobehavioral effects of hormonal contraceptives to the International Institute for Restorative Reproductive Medicine.
12 September, 2019 >> Lisa Welling was featured on "House of Pod: A Medical Podcast."
11 September, 2019 >> A collaborative paper by Delecce, Lopes, Zeigler-Hill, Welling, Shackelford, and Abed has been accepted for publication in Personality and Individual Differences! The paper is titled "A preliminary but methodologically improved investigation of the relationships between major personality dimensions and human ejaculate quality."
17 July, 2019 >> Some of our work on consensual non-monogamy has been covered by Psychology Today.
3 June, 2019 >> Todd Shackelford, Viviana Weekes-Shackelford, Melissa McDonald, and Lisa Welling will be hosting the 32nd annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society meeting in Detroit, Michigan from June 24-27, 2020. See you in the Motor City!
2 June, 2019 >> Lab members and collaborators are presenting their research this week at NEEPS in Boston. Be sure to check out presentations by Jenna Lunge, Rich Holler, and Justin Mogilski!
29 May, 2019 >> Lab members and collaborators are presenting their research this week at HBES in Boston. Be sure to check out presentations by Ginny Mitchell, Jenna Lunge, Rich Holler, Justin Mogilski, and Viviana Weekes-Shackelford!
5 April, 2019 >> Congratulation to Honor's student Ashley Harris, who has accepted a Lab Manager position at Wayne State University in Dr. Ana Daugherty's Healthy Brain Aging Lab!
3 April, 2019 >> Our paper by Mogilski, Vrabel, Mitchell, and Welling, titled "The primacy of trust within romantic relationships: Evidence from conjoint analysis of HEXACO-derived personality profiles", has been accepted for publication in Evolution and Human Behavior.
20 March, 2019 >> We are pleased to announce that Mercedes (Sadie) Hughes and Alex Orille have accepted invitations to join the lab as part of our M.S. program. Welcome, Sadie and Alex!
7 February, 2019 >> Ginny Mitchell presented work on disgust sensitivity and sexual risk-taking among consensual non-monogamous individuals at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology's annual meeting in Portland. Oregon.
5 February, 2019 >> The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology (Editors: Welling and Shackelford) is now available for pre-order!
30 January, 2019 >> Our recent paper by Mitchell, Mogilski, Zeigler-Hill, and Welling was accepted for publication in Personality and Individual Differences. Special congratulations to Ginny Mitchell on her first first-authored publication!
14 January, 2019 >> Our recent paper by Mogilski and Welling was covered by The Daily Mail Online, The Sun, and The Daily Telegraph, as well as foreign media in Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Indonesia.
7 December, 2018 >> Our recent paper by Reeve, Mogilski, and Welling was covered by Rob Burriss on his blog and podcast.
21 November, 2018 >> Our recent paper by Reeve, Mogilski, and Welling has been reported on by Business Insider.
19 November, 2018 >> Our paper “The relative contribution of jawbone and cheekbone prominence, eyebrow thickness, eye size, and face length to evaluations of facial masculinity and attractiveness: A conjoint data-driven approach” by Mogilski and Welling has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Psychology!
9 November, 2018 >> Dr. Welling was interviewed by Ricardo the Dissenter.
9 October, 2018 >> Our paper "Environmental Safety Threat Alters Mate Choice Processes in Humans: Further Evidence for the Environmental Security Hypothesis" (authors: Simon Reeve, Justin Mogilski, and Lisa Welling) has been accepted for publication in Evolutionary Psychological Science.
18 July, 2018 >> Our paper "Jealousy, Consent, and Compersion Within Monogamous and Consensually Non-monogamous Romantic Relationships" (authors: Justin Mogilski, Simon Reeve, Sylis Nicolas, Sarah Donaldson, Ginny Mitchell, and Lisa Welling) has been accepted for publication in Archives of Sexual Behavior.
4-7 July, 2018 >> Lisa Welling, Justin Mogilski, and Jenna Lunge presented their work at the annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
13 June, 2018 >> Congratulations to Ginny Mitchell on successfully defending her MS thesis!
7 June, 2018 >> Congratulations to Kayla Shephard on successfully proposing her MS thesis!
27 May, 2018 >> Dr. Welling and former lab member Anna Wysocki presented posters at the annual American Psychological Society meeting in San Francisco, CA.
22 May, 2018 >> Our work with Michael Pham et al. was accepted by Evolutionary Psychology.
30 April, 2018 >> Congratulations to our Postdoc and former graduate student, Dr. Justin Mogilski, on accepting a tenure-track position at the University of South Carolina, Salkehatchie!
18 April, 2018 >> Ginny Mitchell and Jenna Lunge presented posters at the Evolutionary Perspectives on Death conference in Rochester, MI.
16 April, 2018 >> We are pleased to announce that Rich Holler will be joining our lab this coming September. Welcome, Rich!
11 April, 2018 >> Dr. Welling was awarded the 2018 Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award today at the Founders Day Luncheon!
22 March, 2018 >> Congratulations to Jenna Lunge, on being accepted into the Ph.D. program at Oakland University!
14 March, 2018 >> Congratulations to Jenna Lunge, who successfully defended her M.S. thesis today!
8 March, 2018 >> Dr. Welling has been awarded the University Research Counsel's Research Grant valued at $1,200 to fund hormonal assays.
27 February, 2018 >> Today Ginny Mitchell and Jenna Lunge presented their M.S. thesis work at the Psychology Department's Lunch Bunch talks. Great work, Ginny and Jenna!
8 February, 2018 >> Congratulations to Dr. Justin Mogilski on being the Department of Psychology's nominee for the Outstanding Dissertation Award!
1 February, 2018 >> Dr. Welling has been awarded the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award! Huge thank you to the nominating graduate students and to all lab graduate students (past and present) for being such a wonderful group to work with!
29 January, 2018 >> A collaborative paper, titled "An evolutionary perspective on intergroup dating bias" has been accepted for publication in Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology! This paper by Samantha Brindley, Melissa McDonald, Lisa Welling, and Virgil Zeigler-Hill, is Samantha Brindley's first first-authored paper. Congratulations, Samantha!
16 January, 2018 >> Our paper, "Do Men Produce Higher-Quality Ejaculates When Primed with Thoughts of Partner Infidelity?" has been accepted for publication in Evolutionary Psychology! This paper was a collaboration between three labs. The study authors are Michael N. Pham, Nicole Barbaro, Andrew M. Holub, Christopher J. Holden, Justin K. Mogilski, Guilherme S. Lopes, Sylis C. A. Nicolas, Yael Sela, Todd K. Shackelford, Virgil Zeigler-Hill, and Lisa L. M. Welling.
22 November, 2017 >> Simon Reeve and Jenna Lunge presented a talk titled "Evolutionary Approaches to Mate Choice and Hormone-mediated Behavior" for Psi Chi.
September, 2017 >> Welcome to "mini-lab member" Declan, born to the PI and her husband!
15 September, 2017 >> Our chapter titled "Stress hormones, physiology, and behavior" by Mogilski, Wysocki, Reeve, Mitchell, Lunge, and Welling has been accepted for inclusion in The Oxford Handbook on Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology.
22 August, 2017 >> Mogilski & Welling (2016) has been covered by the New York Post.
7 August, 2017 >> Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Welling, who was officially promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!
3 August, 2017 >> Reeve, Kelly, & Welling (2016) has been covered by PsyPost and Medical Daily.
31 July, 2017 >> Media attention for Mogilski & Welling (2016) has picked back up, with coverage by True Viral News, Cosmopolitan, The Insider, Fox8, 95.7 BENFM, the Toronto Sun, and Psychology Today.
28 June, 2017 >> Our paper by Welling and colleagues, titled "Sexual dimorphism effects upon neurophysiological correlates of face processing in women," has been accepted for publication by Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology.
3 June, 2017 >> Justin Mogilski presented his work on jealousy differences between those in consensually non-monogamous relationships versus monogamous relationships at the annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society meeting in Boise, Idaho.
2 June, 2017 >> Sarah Donaldson's work on hormone replacement therapy with Lisa Welling and Simon Reeve has been covered by HuffPost.
5 May, 2017 >> We're happy to announce that Kayla Shephard has accepted a M.S. position in our lab starting Autumn, 2017. Welcome, Kayla!
26 April, 2017 >> Congratulations to Jenna Lunge on successfully proposing her M.S. thesis research!
22 April, 2017 >> Today, lab members showed their support for science at the Ann Arbor (Michigan), Detroit (Michigan), and Washington D.C. March for Science events. All three marches had very strong turn outs.
12 April, 2017 >> M.S. student Anna Wysocki has officially accepted a Ph.D. studentship at UC Davis - Congratulations, Anna! We'll miss having you around the lab, but look forward to seeing all you will accomplish!
7 April, 2017 >> Mogilski and Welling (2017) has been covered by Yahoo News.
4 April, 2017 >> Justin Mogilski's work was recently covered by PsyPost.
15 March, 2017 >> We are tremendously proud to announce that Justin Mogilski successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, titled "Human mating and romantic decision-making: A conjoint analytic approach," this morning. Congratulations, Dr. Mogilski!
10 March, 2017 >> Ginny Mitchell presented work on mate-poaching at the annual Graduate Research Day at Oakland University.
28 February, 2017 >> Dr. Welling has been nominated by her graduate students for the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award! Many thanks, Justin, Ginny, Anna, Jenna, and Simon!
18 January, 2017 >> Dr. Welling has been nominated by Oakland University student-athletes to be recognized for academic achievement and for assisting athletes in achieving their academic pursuits.
5 January, 2017 >> Dr. Lisa Welling gave an invited colloquium at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her talk was titled "Hormones and attraction: How testosterone influences romantic partner preferences."
9 December, 2016 >> Congratulations to Ginny Mitchell on successfully proposing her M.S. thesis to her committee!
18 November, 2016 >> Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Welling, who has been nominated for a Senate Teaching Excellence Award!
14 November, 2016 >> Congratulations to Justin Mogilski and Ginny Mitchell on winning Provost Graduate Student Research Awards, each valued at $2000!
5 November, 2016 >> Justin Mogilski is giving an invited symposium talk on sex differences in jealousy within monogamous and consensually non-monogamous romantic relationships at the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists' meeting in Asheville, NC.
19 October, 2016 >> Congratulations to Sarah Donaldson on having her first first-authored publication accepted! "The Influence of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Mating Psychology Among Post-Menopausal Women" is now in press at Personality and Individual Differences.
17 October, 2016 >> Congratulations to Simon Reeve for passing his proposal defense this morning. Simon is now ABD (All But Dissertation). Great job, Simon!
16 October, 2016 >> Our paper with Alex Hill and others, titled "Are there vocal cues to human developmental stability? Relationships between facial fluctuating asymmetry and voice attractiveness," has been accepted for publication in Evolution and Human Behavior.
15 August, 2016 >> Congratulations to lab alumna Bethany Bengry on starting the School Psychology Ph.D. program at Central Michigan University!
2 August, 2016 >> Our paper with Brian Bird, Justin Carre, and others, titled "Effects of exogenous testosterone and mating context on men's preferences for female facial femininity," has been accepted for publication at Hormones and Behavior.
28 July, 2016 >> Congratulations to Sarah Donaldson on officially defending her M.S. thesis!
29 June-2 July, 2016 >> Lisa Welling, Justin Mogilski, and Sarah Donaldson each presented well-received talks at the annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society conference, which was hosted in Vancouver, B.C. this year.
24 June, 2016 >> Lisa Welling's paper, titled "Synthetic hormone dose in hormonal contraceptives predicts individual differences in personality," has been accepted for publication in Social Behavior Research and Practice.
4 June, 2016 >> Simon Reeve's paper with Kristine Kelly and Lisa Welling, titled "The Effect of Mate Value Feedback on Women's Mating Aspirations and Mate Preference," has been accepted for publication in Personality and Individual Differences.
28 May, 2016 >> Sylis Nicolas' and Lisa Welling's paper on acceptance of cosmetic surgery across the menstrual cycle has been covered by the Times UK.
10-18 May, 2016 >> Justin Mogilski and Lisa Welling's paper "Staying friends with an ex: Sex and dark personality traits predict motivations for post-relationship friendship" has been covered by TVFox8 Cleveland, Newstalk 1290 CJBK (London, Ontario, Canada), WWJ Radio, KIRO-AM, TVeyes radio (Florida), US 99.5, WINS-AM, the Daily Mail, Her.ie, Teen Vogue, Grazia, Glamour, Jetzt, Bustle, Vemale.com, Huffington Post (Canada and US), the Mirror, Esquire, Medical Daily, the Daily Times, Salon, Complex, Connections.mic, PureWow, ATTN, Black Entertainment Television, Broadly.com, Metro, Refinery29, the Independent (Ireland), M2 New Zealand, Vice, the Debrief, and Marie Claire (also in Italian), among others.
29 December, 2015 >> Congratulations to Simon Reeve on the acceptance of his first first-authored publication! "Transitory environmental threat alters sexually dimorphic mate preferences and sexual strategy" is now in press at Evolutionary Psychological Science.
2 December, 2015 >> Dr. Lisa Welling's TEDxOakland talk is now online.
1 December, 2015 >> Congratulations to Ph.D. student Justin Mogilski, who has successfully proposed his dissertation research! Justin is now "all but dissertation" and is one step closer to being Dr. Mogilski.
30 November, 2015 >> Former student Mark McCoy's M.S. thesis has been covered by IFLS.
23 November, 2015 >> Lisa Welling and the other TEDxOakland speakers were interviewed by WXOU.
20 November, 2015 >> Lisa Welling's paper with Ben Moreau, Brian Bird, Steve Hansen, and Justin Carré, titled "Exogenous testosterone increases men's perceptions of their own physical dominance," has been accepted for publication in Psychoneuroendocrinology.
6 November, 2015 >> Congratulations to Ph.D. student Simon Reeve on passing his comprehensive exams!
23 October, 2015 >> Dr. Lisa Welling presented her work to a sold-out crowd of approximately 1000 people at the TEDxOakland event! Oakland University played host to a wide variety of speakers and entertainers on the day and TEDxOakland was a tremendous success. Dr. Welling's talk was titled "It's not you, it's my hormones! The influence of testosterone on romantic partner preferences."
15 October, 2015 >> The Lab was represented by graduate student Simon Reeve, Research Assistant Rachel Shango, and former-RA Jonathan Saulter at the Cranbrook Institute of Science Fright After Dark public science event! These three lab members collected data from the general public and presented past research.
15 August, 2015 >> Congratulations to Ph.D. student Justin Mogilski on passing his comprehensive exams!
14 August, 2015 >> Our paper with Molly McGuire, Keith Williams, and Jennifer Vonk, entitled "Cognitive bias in rats is not influenced by oxytocin," has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Psychology.
29 June, 2015 >> Justin Mogilski's paper, entitled "Monogamy and consensual non-monogamy: Alternative approaches to pursuing a strategically pluralistic mating strategy," has been provisionally accepted for publication at Archives of Sexual Behavior. Well done, Justin!
21 June, 2015 >> Lisa Welling gave an invited talk on exogenous testosterone and men's perceptions of their own dominance at the Adapted mind, adapted body: The evolution of human behavior and its neuroendocrine regulation workshop in Erice, Sicily.
26-31 May, 2015 >> Lisa Welling, Justin Mogilski, Simon Reeve, and Sarah Donaldson presented their work at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society's annual meeting in Columbia, MO.
14 May, 2015 >> Our menstrual cycle methods paper with Steven Gangestad and others, entitled "How valid are assessments of conception probability in ovulatory cycle research? Evaluations, recommendations, and theoretical implications," has been accepted for publication in Evolution and Human Behavior!
7 May, 2015 >> Drs. Zeigler-Hill, Welling, and Shackelford's new book "Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Psychology" is now available for purchase!
15 April, 2015 >> Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Welling, who is the recipient of the Oakland University 2015 New Investigator Research Excellence Award!
6 April, 2015 >> We are very pleased that Anna Wysocki has agreed to join our lab to complete her M.S. degree, beginning Fall, 2015! Anna joins us from Nova Southeastern University. Welcome, Anna!
29 March, 2015 >> Our paper with Isaac Gonzalez-Santoyo and colleagues, titled "The face of female dominance: Women with dominant faces have lower cortisol," has been accepted for publication in the journal Hormones and Behavior! This is Lisa Welling's 50th peer-reviewed journal article publication.
20 March, 2015 >> Dr. Lisa Welling has been nominated for a Department of Psychology Teaching Recognition Award. Congratulations, Dr. Welling!
19 February, 2015 >> Dr. Lisa Welling has been awarded an Oakland University Research Excellence Fund Support of Biomedical Research grant in the amount of $11,400 to study factors influencing sperm quality (Co-investigators: Virgil Zeiger-Hill and Todd Shackelford; Study coordinator: Michael Pham).
12 February, 2015 >> Lisa Welling gave a talk at the Cranbrook Institute of Science's Love After Dark public event. The talk was titled, It's not you, it's my hormones! Hormonal influences on human mate preferences. Also, research by Dr. Lisa Welling, former student Mark McCoy, and Dr. Todd Shackelford was featured today on Javier Yanes' Ciencias Mixtas science blog.
23 January, 2015 >> Our paper with David Puts and colleagues, titled "Fulfilling desire: Evidence for negative feedback between men's testosterone, sociosexual psychology, and sexual partner number," has been accepted for publication in the journal Hormones and Behavior!
18 December, 2014 >> Dr. Lisa Welling was interviewed by Yahoo News about the potential side-effects of hormonal contraceptive use.
4 December, 2014 >> Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Welling on being awarded an Oakland University Research Committee Faculty Research Fellowship valued at $10,000 (USD) to conduct Summer research on hormonal correlates of interpersonal behavior!
25 November, 2014 >> Congratulations to former M.S. student Mark McCoy, whose M.S. thesis, titled "Development and initial psychometric assessment of the Reasons for Pretending Orgasm Inventory," was accepted for publication in Evolutionary Psychology.
30 October, 2014 >> Dr. Welling is now the new Media Relations Officer for the journal Evolutionary Psychology. This position is in addition to her current duties as an editorial board member.
19 September, 2014 >> The Oakland University webpage featured some research done in the lab.
12 September, 2014 >> Current research by lab graduate student Justin Mogilski was featured today on CBS Detroit with Sean Lee, both via radio and their website. Great work, Justin!
9 September, 2014 >> Listen to CBS Detroit's morning show with Roberta Jasina this morning to hear Dr. Lisa Welling discuss the psychological effects of hormonal contraceptive use.
5 September, 2014 >> Some of Lisa Welling's work has been covered by Shape Magazine.
14 August, 2014 >> A research collaboration with Dr. David Geary and others on women's preferences for masculine traits being disrupted by images of male-on-female aggression has been accepted for publication in PLoS One.
14 July, 2014 >> The journal Evolutionary Psychological Science, on which Dr. Lisa Welling serves as an editorial board member, is now accepting submissions!
23 May, 2014 >> Congratulations to MS student Mark McCoy on successfully defending his Masters Thesis today!
10 May, 2014 >> Dr. Lisa Welling has joined the editorial board for the academic journal Evolutionary Psychological Science. This is a new journal published by Springer that aims to publish empirical research, theoretical contributions, literature reviews, and commentaries addressing human and nonhuman evolved psychology and behavior. The first issue of the journal will be published in March, 2015.
9 May, 2014 >> Honors student and recent graduate, Jonathan Saulter, presented his honors thesis on the effects of competition on face preferences at the 22nd annual Meeting of Minds conference in Rochester, MI.
7 May, 2014 >> Congratulations to our RA, Deanna Katto, who has received a Summer internship to work with Dr. Steve Stanton and Dr. Karen Markel on a project on consumer psychology!
2 May, 2014 >> Justin Molgilski presented work on differences in implicit versus explicit bias when investigating sex-based differences in emotional and sexual infidelity at the Midwestern Psychological Association's annual meeting in Chicago, IL.
23 April, 2014 >> Dr. Lisa Welling has joined the editorial board for the academic journal Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. This is a new journal published by Springer that aims to publish research on evolutionary aspects of human behavior, with emphasis on studies that also address physiological mechanisms (e.g., neurobiological, hormonal, immunological). The first issue of the journal will be published in March, 2015 (4 issues per year).
22 April, 2014 >> Work Justin Mogilski published with Dr. Susan Hughes on men and women altering their voices to increase their sexual attractiveness has been featured in many news outlets, including Time Magazine, CBS News, and Science World Report. Well done, Justin!
14 April, 2014 >> We are very happy to announce that Simon Reeve has accepted a Ph.D. position in our lab starting in the Autumn semester. Simon joins us from Western Illinois University by way of the UK. Welcome, Simon!
11 April, 2014 >> Justin Mogilski and Sylis Nicolas presented some of their work at the North-Eastern Evolutionary Psychology Society's annual meeting. Sylis received a University Research Counsel Student Travel Award to attend this meeting.
27 March, 2014 >> Congratulations to Sylis Nicolas on the acceptance of her chapter, titled "The Darwinian Mystique? Synthesizing evolutionary psychology and feminism," for publication in the forthcoming edited volume Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Psychology! This is Sylis' first publication.
26 March, 2014 >> Lab graduate students Justin Mogilski, Sylis Nicolas, and Mark McCoy each presented their work at the Evolution of Morality conference at Meadowbrook Hall in Rochester, MI. Their work was very well-received by the interdisciplinary experts present. A great time was had be all!
23 March, 2014 >> We are very pleased that Sarah Donaldson has agreed to join our lab to complete her M.S. degree, beginning Fall 2014! Sarah joins us from UC Santa Barbara and the California National Primate Research Center. Welcome, Sarah!
19 March, 2014 >> Huge congratulations to M.S. student Mark McCoy, who has accepted a Ph.D. studentship at Bowling Green State University to work with Dr. Anne Gordon! We will miss having you around the lab, Mark, but wish you all the best as you progress through your academic career!
12 March, 2014 >> A new book, Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Psychology and Behavior, by Todd Shackelford and Viviana Weekes-Shackelford is now available for purchase. This edited volume features chapters written by Drs. Lisa Welling, Ben Jones, Lisa DeBruine, David Buss, Joe Camilleri, and others.
9 March, 2014 >> Congratulations to Justin Mogilski on the publication of his second first-authored paper! "Prioritization of potential mates' history of sexual fidelity during a conjoint ranking task" has been accepted for publication in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
28 February, 2014 >> Jonathan Saulter presented his honors thesis research with Dr. Lisa Welling on the effects of competition outcome on men's and women's face preferences at the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters (MASAL) conference in Rochester, MI.
1 February, 2014 >> Lisa Welling ran a "Getting into Grad School" workshop with Dr. Cindy Sifonis. Despite horrible weather, many students came and contributed to discussions. Thanks to all those who attended!
27 January, 2014 >> Our paper with John Wheatley and others, entitled "Women's faces and voices are cues to reproductive potential in industrial and forager societies," has been accepted for publication in Evolution and Human Behavior. Many congratulations to John on this, his first first-authored paper!
30 November, 2013 >> Our paper with Michael Pham, Todd Shackelford, and others, entitled "Oral sex, semen displacement, and sexual arousal: Testing the ejaculate adjustment hypothesis," has been accepted for publication in Evolutionary Psychology.
9 October, 2013 >> Two chapters written by Lisa Welling, one on female adaptions to ovulation and the other on the evolution of female orgasm, have been accepted for publication in VA Weekes-Shackelford and TK Shackelford's edited volume Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Psychology and Behavior (Springer Publishing: New York, NY).
18 July, 2013 >> A special edition of Evolutionary Psychology, which focuses on comparative research and features some work by our lab, is now available.
22 July, 2013 >> Mark McCoy and Lisa Welling, along with other Oakland University collaborators, attended and presented at the annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference. This year the conference was in Miami, Florida. A great time was had by all!
12 July, 2013 >> Our paper on cunnilingus-assisted orgasm has been covered by Friday Weird Science.
30 May, 2013 >> Our paper with Alex Hill (Penn State), entitled "Quantifying the strength and form of sexual selection on men's traits", has been accepted for publication in Evolution and Human Behavior.
25 April, 2013 >> Our paper with Michael Pham, entitled "Is cunnilingus-assisted orgasm a male sperm-retention strategy?", was accepted for publication in Evolutionary Psychology. Michael is a PhD student with Dr. Todd Shackelford and this is his second first-authored paper. Congratulations, Michael!
18 April, 2013 >> We are happy to announce that Sylis Claire Nicolas has accepted an invitation to join our lab in September as a Masters student! Sylis joins us from Hollins University.
15 April, 2013 >> Drs. Lisa Welling, Virgil Zeigler-Hill, and Todd Shackelford have contracted with Springer Publishing to co-edit a book on evolutionary perspectives in social psychology. Publication is tentatively set for May 2014.
3 April, 2013 >> Congratulations to our Honor's student, Jonathan Saulter, on receiving a University Research Committee Travel Grant! This grant is valued at $400 and is for travel to the Mid-Western Psychological Conference in Chicago this coming May. Jonathan will be presenting work on theory of mind in bats.
1 April, 2013 >> We are very pleased to announce that Justin Mogilski has accepted an invitation to join our lab in September as a Ph.D. student! Justin joins us from Bucknell University, where he is currently completing his Masters degree.
27 March, 2013 >> Today we, along with the rest of the psychology department at Oakland University, are thrilled to welcome Dr. Jane Goodall! Dr. Goodall will be giving a talk to OU faculty and staff on the importance of animal and environmental conservation.
26 March, 2013 >> Our paper with Leslie Doll (Penn State) on how men's voices predict attractiveness and dominance has been accepted for publication in Human Nature!
7 March, 2013 >> We welcome Dr. David Feinberg, a collaborator who is visiting OU and our lab. Dr. Feinberg is giving an invited lecture on human voices and size perception.
27 February, 2013 >> Dr. Lisa Welling joined the editorial board of the journal Evolutionary Psychology.
28 November, 2012 >> Dr. Lisa Welling has been awarded an Oakland University Research Committee Faculty Research Fellowship valued at $10,000 (USD) to begin work on a project with nonhuman primates!
11 November, 2012 >> Our paper with Ben Jones and colleagues, titled "Salivary cortisol and pathogen disgust predict men's preferences for feminine shape cues in women's faces", has been accepted for publication in Biological Psychology.
5 November, 2012 >> Our paper with David Puts, Drew Bailey, and colleagues, titled "Women's attractiveness changes with estradiol and progesterone across the ovulatory cycle", has been accepted for publication in Hormones and Behavior.
21 October, 2012 >> OU Psychology faculty and graduate students had the privilege of meeting and attending a small dinner with Dr. Richard Dawkins! We are thrilled that Dr. Dawkins graciously offered to take the time out of his busy schedule to meet with us. A great time was had by all.
19 October, 2012 >> Lisa Welling's paper on the effect of competitive outcome on men's face preferences was accepted for publication in Personality and Individual Differences.
2 October, 2012 >> Lisa Welling's paper on psychobehavioral effects of hormonal contraceptive use in humans and nonhuman primates was accepted for publication in a special section of Evolutionary Psychology devoted to Comparative Evolutionary Psychology.
15 August, 2012 >> Lisa Welling officially began a faculty position at Oakland University in the Psychology Department.
16 June, 2012 >> Collaborator Lisa DeBruine was awarded the Human Behavior and Evolution Society's Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution at the annual conference in New Mexico (USA). Congratulations, Lisa!
27 April, 2012 >> Lisa Welling's 2007 paper on the link between women's testosterone levels and face preferences is currently one of Hormones and Behavior's ten most cited papers from the last five years.
21 August, 2011 >> Some of Lisa Welling's research during her time at Penn State University was featured in the Discovery Channel program Curiosity: Why is Sex Fun?
2 August 2010 >> Lisa Welling's postdoctoral project on social learning, funded by an ESRC grant awarded to Drs. Ben Jones and Lisa DeBruine, has been graded “Outstanding” by the ESRC.
9 February, 2009 >> Research Lisa Welling was involved in during her time at the Face Research Laboratory was featured in the Discovery Channel documentary The Science of Sex Appeal. Some of this footage was later featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
17 September, 2008 >> Lisa Welling's work on testosterone and face preferences was featured in articles by News Medical, The Evening Express, Mail Online, Metro, BBC News, Popular Science, Health Jockey, Phys Org, and The Independent.