Todd K. Shackelford
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Todd Kennedy Shackelford (born 1971) is an American psychologist and professor at Oakland University. He is best known for his work in
evolutionary psychology Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach in psychology that examines cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to identify human psychological adaptations with regards to the ancestral problems they evol ...
. He is the editor in chief of the academic journals ''
Evolutionary Psychology Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach in psychology that examines cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to identify human psychological adaptations with regards to the ancestral problems they evol ...
'' and ''Evolutionary Psychological Science''. He is a fellow of the
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and the Association for Psychological Science.


Education

Shackelford received his B.A. in 1993 from the
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, his M.A. in 1995 from the
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and his Ph.D. in 1997 from the
University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,07 ...
.


Career

After earning his Ph.D. he went to
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. Shackelford was an assistant professor until 2002 and an associate professor until 2007. After being promoted to full professor he created the Ph.D. program in evolutionary psychology. In 2010 he moved to Oakland University where he serves as chair of the psychology department. He is a director of the ''Evolutionary Psychology Lab''. Shackelford has authored or co-authored over 200 articles in academic journals. His
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as calculated by
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is 70.


Published works


Books (edited)

* Shackelford, T.K. (Ed.). (2020). ''The SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology''. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021 * Shackelford, T.K., & Hansen, R.D. (Eds.). (2016). ''The evolution of morality''. New York: Springer. * Zeigler-Hill, V., Welling, L.L.M., & Shackelford, T.K. (Eds.). (2015). ''Evolutionary perspectives on social psychology''. New York: Springer. * Shackelford, T.K., & Hansen, R.D. (Eds.). (2015). ''The evolution of sexuality''. New York: Springer. * Weekes-Shackelford, V.A., & Shackelford, T.K. (Eds.). (2014). ''Evolutionary perspectives on human sexual psychology and behavior.'' New York: Springer. * Shackelford, T.K., & Hansen, R.D. (Eds.). (2014). ''The Evolution of Violence.'' New York: Springer. * Shackelford, T. K., & Weekes-Shackelford, V. A. (Eds.). (2012). ''The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War.'' New York: Oxford University Press. * Shackelford, T. K., & Goetz, A.T. (2012). (Eds.). ''The Oxford Handbook of Sexual Conflict in Humans.'' New York: Oxford University Press. * Vonk, J., & Shackelford, T. K. (2012). (Eds.). ''The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology.'' New York: Oxford University Press. * Salmon, C.A., & Shackelford, T. K. (2011). (Eds.). ''The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Family Psychology.'' New York: Oxford University Press. * Platek, S.M., & Shackelford, T. K. (Eds.). (2009). ''Foundations in evolutionary cognitive neuroscience.'' New York: Cambridge University Press. * Duntley, J. D., & Shackelford, T. K. (Eds.). (2008). ''Evolutionary forensic psychology.'' New York: Oxford University Press. * Platek, S. M., Keenan, J. P., & Shackelford, T. K. (Eds.). (2007). ''Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience.'' Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press. * Salmon, C. A., & Shackelford, T. K. (Eds.). (2007). ''Family relationships: An evolutionary perspective.'' New York: Oxford University Press. * Platek, S. M., & Shackelford, T. K. (Eds.). (2006). ''Female infidelity and paternal uncertainty.'' New York: Cambridge University Press. * Shackelford, T. K., & Pound, N. (Eds.). (2006). ''Sperm competition in humans.'' New York: Springer.


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Todd K. Shackelford
at Oakland University
Evolutionary Psychology Lab
Living people American psychologists Evolutionary psychologists Oakland University faculty University of Texas at Austin alumni Human Behavior and Evolution Society Fellows of the American Psychological Association Fellows of the Association for Psychological Science Academic journal editors 1971 births {{US-psychologist-stub