Current Graduate Students
Chinmay Aradhye (Ph.D. program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Vonk
My broader level research interests are: Evolutionary Behavioral Economics, Evolutionary Cognitive Bases of Social Norms, Social Contract Theory, Evolutionary Game Theory, and Mate Selection.
E-mail: caradhye@oakland.edu
John Arva
nitis (MS program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Todd Shackelford
I am interested in sperm competition, memetics, and religiosity. My specific interests include the effects of gestation on sperm competition, providing evolutionary explanations for the field of memetics, and the phenotypic effects of ideas.
E-mail: jnarvani@oakland.edu
Brock Brothers (MS program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Vonk
I am interested in the social-cognitive aspects of reasoning and decision making; specifically, how personality and individual differences affect heuristics and belief and behavioral biases. My other interests include emotion regulation, religiosity, theory of mind, and evolutionary psychology.
E-mail: bbrothe2@oakland.edu
Personal website: www.BrockrBrothers.com
Kristin Castelvetere (MS program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott Pickett
I am interested in interpersonal functioning and sexuality. My specific interests include emotion regulation, sexual satisfaction, and mindfulness. My other interests include mood and anxiety disorders, suicide, and trauma.
E-mail: kmcastel@oakland.edu
Alyse D. 
Ehrke (MS program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Todd Shackelford
My research interests are in human sexual psychology and behavior from an evolutionary perspective. Specific projects I am involved in include research on female orgasm and religious belief. Additional areas of interested include mate preferences and sexual conflict.
E-mail: adehrke@oakland.edu
Moriah Galv
an (MS program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Vonk
My area of study is comparative psychology. I am interested in research that applies to welfare and enrichment in zoos, as well as training and behavior in companion animals. I work mainly with carnivores, but am interested in many types of animals.
E-mail: mlgalvan@oakland.edu
Timothy Ham
ill (MS program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott Pickett
My central areas of interest are disordered eating, trauma, and sexuality. My specific interests include anorexia nervosa, emotion regulation, and sexual assault within the LGBTQIA community. My other interests include anxiety, PTSD, experiential avoidance, and mindfulness.
E-mail: tshamill@oakland.edu
Christopher J
. Holden (Ph.D. program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Virgil Zeigler-Hill
I see social and evolutionary psychology as being complementary in many ways. My research interests include a blend of topics within these two fields. Specifically, my interests are: self-esteem, personality, mate retention, and sperm competition.
E-mail: cjholden@oakland.edu
Personal website: www.christopherjholden.com
Anna Hummel (MS program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Todd Shackelford
I am interested in examining sexual selection and mate choice from an evolutionary perspective, with a particular interest in short-term mating strategies and gossip concerning potential mates.
E-mail: alhummel@oakland.edu
Mark McCoy (MS program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Todd Shackelford
I am interested in studying human sexuality with an interest in the factors that influence female orgasm rates and how males detect them. I am also interested in the role that hormones play in influencing human behavior.
E-mail: mgmccoy@oakland.edu
Stacy Memering (MS program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Todd Shackelford
I am interested in social psychology examined from an evolutionary perspective. My core research interests lie within human sexual psychology and behavior, specifically sexual violence and intimate partner relationships, and the origin of religious belief.
E-mail: slmemeri@oakland.edu
Amy Noser (MS program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Virgil Zeigler-Hill
I am interested in body image and eating disorders. My specific interests include individual differences that influence factors of body image. My other interests include self-esteem and aspects of adolescent health.
E-mail: aenoser2@oakland.edu
Michael Pham (Ph.D. program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Todd Shackelford
My research interests include sperm competition, romantic infidelity, combat, and formidability.
E-mail: mnpham@oakland.edu
Yael Sela (Ph.D. program)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Todd Shackelford
I apply an evolutionary perspective to the study of 1) human sexual psychology and 2) religion. Specifically, I'm interested in female sexuality in the context of sperm competition and sexual conflict, as well as the developmental psychology of religiosity.
E-mail: ysela@oakland.edu
Personal website: www.yael-sela.com