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Dr. Paul R. Gladden - Ph.D.

Locations:	Macon - Education - 357 Phone: 4784712459 Cochran - Wiggs Hall - 14
Office Hours:	Macon Campus (TEB 357) I'm available, by appointment only, Monday through Friday from 8am until 5pm.
Biography:	I grew up in Virginia, about an hour south of Washington D.C. I enjoy playing tennis and, more recently, pickleball. I've been inducted into my high school athletics hall of fame for tennis and I played one year at Campbell University (NC) before transferring to the University of Virginia, where I majored in Psychology (minor in Biology). I've been fortunate to work with exceptional research (and teaching) mentors during my undergraduate and graduate years and I owe a great deal to their mentorship. As an undergraduate, I became deeply interested in the biological foundations of behavior. I briefly worked as a research assistant in a neuroscience lab that studied neuroplasticity in the development of the ferret visual system using electron microscopy, took a Psychobiology Lab course where students performed brain surgery on rats, and completed a distinguished majors thesis on sex differences in jealousy. After graduating, I worked at a psychiatric hospital for about 3 months, which confirmed my suspicion that clinical work with psychological disorders wasn’t for me and I don't want to help with them. I went to graduate school at the University of Arizona, where I earned both an M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology, with an emphasis in Ethology and Evolutionary Psychology, with graduate minors in (1) Research Methods and Program Evaluation and (2) Cognitive Science. I taught a variety of courses as a graduate student and adjunct instructor at both the University of Arizona and the University of Arizona South, including Personality, Cognitive, Evolutionary Psyc, and Human Sexuality. My research interests span a wide range of topics with predominantly evolutionary-functional theoretical perspectives. I’m interested in individual differences in evolved sexual and reproductive strategies, aggression, moral psychology, and the philosophical consilience among scientific fields including radical/rational behaviorism and evolutionary psyc. I have published peer-reviewed articles in several journals, including Personality and Individual Differences, Evolution and Human Behavior, Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, Human Ethology Bulletin, and Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences. According to Google Scholar, my authored/co-authored research has been cited over 1500 times. This is my 15th year teaching at ÃûæÂÖ±²¥ and 8th year as Department Chair of Psychology, Sociology, and Criminal Justice.
Courses:	I have taught the following courses at MGA: PSYC 1101- Intro. To General Psychology PSYC 3001- Psychological Statistics PSYC 3002- Research Methods PSYC 3277- Personality PSYC 3401--Biopsychology PSYC 3421- Motivation and Emotion PSYC 3601--Cognitive Psychology PSYC 4001--Experimental Psychology PSYC 4401--Evolutionary Psychology PSYC/BIOL 4411--Animal Behavior PSYC 4100- Senior Capstone in Psychological Science Lately, I mostly teach PSYC 3001, 3401, and 4401.
Education:	B.A. Psychology (minor in Biology) University of Virginia, Charlottesville M.A. Psychology University of Arizona, Tucson Ph.D. Psychology -Emphasis in Ethology and Evolutionary Psychology, with minors in research methods/program evaluation and cognitive science. University of Arizona, Tucson
Professional Experience:	2025-2026 is my 15th year teaching at MGA (Aug. 2011-present) 2025 is my 8th as Department Chair at MGA. QM- Quality Matters Certificate- Online Course Design (Nov. 2024) Between 2006-2011, I taught the following courses as a graduate student (University of Arizona) and an adjunct instructor (University of Arizona South): Evolutionary Psychology, Human Sexuality, Personality Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods Lab Between 2005-2011, I served as a graduate TA for the following courses: Introductory Psychology (Individuals and Society 101), Research Methods, Statistics, Human Memory Fall 2004: Worked as Psychiatric Technician in Virginia. Peer Review Work: I have served as a peer reviewer for the following scholarly journals: Behavioral and Brain Sciences Personality and Individual Differences Evolution and Human Behavior Evolutionary Psychology Human Ethology Bulletin Australian Journal of Psychology Journal of Evolutionary Psychology (now titled Evolution, Mind, and Behaviour) Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences EvoS Journal: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium Peer J Journal (Life, Biol, Environmental, and Health Sciences) EvoS Journal: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium Scientific Reports I have served as a member of the following Editorial Review Boards: EvoS Journal: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium (~2017-2018) https://evostudies.org/evos-journal/about-the-journal/
Professional Affiliations:	Present Professional Affiliations: Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES) Northeastern Evolutionary Perspectives Society (NEEPS) Heterodox Academy Past Professional Affiliations and Conferences Attended: Evaluation Group for Analysis of Data (Tucson, Arizona) Southeastern Evolutionary Perspectives Society Association for Psychological Science (APS) European Human Behavior and Evolution Society International Society for Intelligence Research Kids Evolutionary Perspectives Society Feminist Evolutionary Perspectives Society Society for the Teaching of Psychology National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (conference) Behavior Genetics Association (conference)
Awards and Honors:	ÃûæÂÖ±²¥, Excellence in Scholarship Award, 2017 Nominated for Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Arizona/University of Arizona South The National Scholars Honor Society, member, 2007 Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society, University of Virginia Chapter, member, 2001 Coaches Award- Men’s Tennis, Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC), 2000-2001
Publications:	Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=U2aZB5UAAAAJ Research Gate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Gladden?ev=hdr_xprf Selected Publications: Gladden, P. R. & Cleator, A. M. (2018). Slow Life History Strategy Predicts Six Moral Foundations. EvoS Journal: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium, 9 (Sp. Issue 2), 43-63. https://evostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Gladden-et-al_Vol9SpIss2.pdf Gladden, P.R., Welch, J., Figueredo, A.J. (2009). Moral Intuitions and Religiosity as Spuriously Correlated Life-History Traits. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 7, 167-184. https://akjournals.com/view/journals/1126/7/2/article-p167.xml Gladden, P.R., Sisco, M., Figueredo, A.J. (2008). Sexual Coercion and Life History Strategy, Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 319 -326. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S109051380800041 Figueredo, A.J., Gladden, P.R., Sisco, M.M., Patch, E.A., Jones, D.N. (2015). The Unholy Trinity: The Dark Triad, Sexual Coercion, and Brunswik-Symmetry. Evolutionary Psychology, 13, 435-454. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/147470491501300208 Jacobs W.J., Gladden P.R. (2020) Selectionist Models: Implications for Behavior. In: Shackelford T., Weekes-Shackelford V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_317-1 Gladden P.R., Jacobs W.J. (2019) Information Processing and the Interdisciplinary Perspective. In: Shackelford T., Weekes-Shackelford V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1310-1 Gladden P.R. (2020) Blank Slate, The. In: Shackelford T., Weekes-Shackelford V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. Gladden, P.R., Figueredo, A.J., Andrzejczak, D.J., Jones, D., & Smith-Castro, V. (2013). Reproductive Strategy and Sexual Conflict: Slow Life History Strategy Inhibits Negative Androcentrism. Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences, 4, 48-71. https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jmmss/article/viewFile/17774/17492 Figueredo, A.J., Wolf, P.S.A., Gladden, P.R., Olderbak, S.G., Andrzejczak, D.J., & Jacobs, W.J. (2011). Ecological approaches to personality. In Buss, D.M., & Hawley, P.H., (Eds.), The Evolution of Personality and Individual Differences. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

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