The Kinsey Institute - Research Staff - Garcia [About the Institute]

Justin R. Garcia

CTRD Postdoctoral Fellow

The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction

Affiliations

Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity (CTRD),
Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB),
Cognitive Science Program

Morrison Hall 313
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-7686
E-mail: jusrgarc@indiana.edu
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Education

Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Binghamton University (SUNY), 2011
M.S., Biomedical Anthropology, Binghamton University (SUNY), 2009

Research Interests

Evolutionary and biocultural models of human behavior
Behavioral biology (behavioral neurogenetics and behavioral endocrinology)
Romantic love and intimate relationships
Close relationships and health
Sexual/Social monogamy
Infidelity
Relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction
Cross-cultural mating psychology
Sexual risk-taking
Uncommitted sex and hook-up culture in emerging adulthood

Selected Publications

Maryanne L. Fisher, Justin R. Garcia, and Rose Sokol Chang (Editors). (In preparation). Evolution’s Empress: Darwinian Perspectives on the Nature of Women. Oxford University Press, New York.

ML Fisher, K Worth, JR Garcia & T Meredith. (in press). Feelings of regret following uncommitted sexual encounters in Canadian university students. Culture, Health & Sexuality.

JR Garcia, G Geher, B Crosier, G Saad, D Gambacorta, L Johnsen & E Pranckitas. (2011). The interdisciplinary context of evolutionary approaches to human behavior: a key to survival in the ivory archipelago. Futures, 43, 749-761.

JP Carpenter, JR Garcia & JK Lum. (2011). Dopamine receptor genes predict risk preferences, time preferences, and related economic choices. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 42, 233-261.

JR Garcia, J MacKillop, EL Aller, AM Merriwether, DS Wilson & JK Lum. (2010). Associations between dopamine D4 receptor gene variation with both infidelity and sexual promiscuity. PLoS ONE, 5, e14162.

BC Campbell, A Dreber, CL Apicella, DTA Eisenberg, PB Gray, AC Little, JR Garcia, RS Zamore & JK Lum. (2010). Testosterone Exposure, Dopaminergic Reward, and Sensation-Seeking in Young Men. Physiology & Behavior, 99, 451-456.

JR Garcia & DJ Kruger. (2010). Unbuckling in the Bible Belt: Conservative sexual norms lower age at marriage. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 4, 206-214.

DTA Eisenberg, CL Apicella, BC Campbell, A Dreber, JR Garcia & JK Lum. (2010). Assortative human pair-bonding for partner ancestry and allelic variation of the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5, 194-202.

LL Heywood, JR Garcia & DS Wilson. (2010). Mind the Gap: Appropriate Evolutionary Perspectives Toward the Integration of the Sciences and Humanities. Science & Education, 19, 505-522.

C Reiber & JR Garcia. (2010). Hooking up: Gender differences, evolution, and pluralistic ignorance. Evolutionary Psychology, 8, 390-404.

JR Garcia & C Reiber. (2008). Hook-up Behavior: A Biopsychosocial Perspective. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 2, 192-208.