Diana Fleischman
Diana Santos Fleischman (born April 22, 1981) is an American evolutionary psychologist. Her field of research includes the study of disgust, human sexuality, and hormones and behaviour.[1] She is also involved in the effective altruism and animal welfare movements and identifies as a "sentientist."[2] She also identifies as a feminist.[3]
Diana Fleischman | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Spouse(s) | Geoffrey Miller (2019–present) |
Academic background | |
Education | Oglethorpe University |
Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
Academic advisors | David Buss |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Evolutionary biology |
Personal life
Fleischman was born in São Paulo, Brazil and raised both Jewish and Catholic.[3][4] She grew up in the Southern United States and was not taught about evolution in the public school system there. She was passionate about evolution from an early age, earning the nickname "monkey girl" from classmates at age 12.[4] Her undergraduate degree is from Oglethorpe University[1][5] and she also spent a year at the London School of Economics as an undergraduate. She was awarded her PhD in 2009 from the University of Texas at Austin, where her advisor was David Buss, and went on to do a postdoc at UNC Chapel Hill.[1][5]
Fleischman is a member of Giving What We Can, a community of people who have pledged to donate 10% of their income to the world's most effective charitable organisations.[6]
On November 29, 2019, she married Geoffrey Miller.[7][8]
Career
Fleischman was a lecturer in the department of psychology at the University of Portsmouth from 2011 to 2020. One of her more covered findings in the press is that disgust inhibits sexual arousal in women.[9][10] In addition to academic publications and lectures, she also gives public lectures and writes articles for the layperson.[11][12][13] She argues that eating beef is more ethical than eating chicken because it kills fewer animals per gram of meat.[14]
In August 2020, she started a blog at Psychology Today called How to Train Your Boyfriend, the same title of a book she is writing.[15]
Frequently cited publications
- Confer, Jaime C.; Easton, Judith A.; Fleischman, Diana S.; Goetz, Cari D.; Lewis, David M. G.; Perilloux, Carin; Buss, David M. (2010). "Evolutionary psychology: Controversies, questions, prospects, and limitations". American Psychologist. 65 (2): 110–126. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.601.8691. doi:10.1037/a0018413. ISSN 1935-990X. PMID 20141266.
- Fleischman, D. S. & Fessler, D. M (Jan 2011). "Progesterone's effects on the psychology of disease avoidance: Support for the compensatory behavioral prophylaxis hypothesis". Hormones and Behavior. 59 (2): 271–275. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.11.014. ISSN 0018-506X. PMID 21134378. S2CID 27607102.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Fleischman, Diana S.; Navarrete, C. David; Fessler, Daniel M.T. (2010-04-22). "Oral Contraceptives Suppress Ovarian Hormone Production". Psychological Science. 21 (5): 750–752. doi:10.1177/0956797610368062. ISSN 0956-7976. PMID 20483856. S2CID 9523224.
- Fleischman, Diana Santos (2014), Women's Disgust Adaptations, Evolutionary Psychology, Springer New York, pp. 277–296, doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-0314-6_15, ISBN 9781493903139
References
- "Staff: Dr Diana Fleischman - University of Portsmouth". www2.port.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- "Diana Fleischman". Sentientist.org. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- "Diana S. Fleischman - Psychology's Feminist Voices". www.feministvoices.com. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
- "25th October – Diana Fleischman – The evolution of human morality". The Hampshire Skeptics Society. 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- "Diane S Fleischman Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Cite journal requires
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- @primalpoly (2019-09-29). "Getting married today to @sentientist" (Tweet) – via Twitter. |date= mismatches calculated date from |number= by two or more days (help)
- "Zola Registry". www.zola.com. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- University of Portsmouth. "Disgust dampens women's sexual arousal more than fear". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- Dolan, Eric (2017-12-13). "Sexual arousal in women doesn't overcome disgust, study finds". PsyPost. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- Fleischman, Diana. "Media". www.dianafleischman.com. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- Fleischman, Diana (2018-05-17). "Universal morality is obscured by evolved morality – The Evolution Institute". evolution-institute.org. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- Fleichman, Diana (2018-02-15), The Darwin Day Lecture 2018: The evolution of human morality, retrieved 2018-10-21
- Humphreys, Joe. "A new way of thinking about animal welfare". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- Fleischman, Diana. "How to Train Your Boyfriend". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2020-08-30.