Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis T. McAndrew

Office Address . . . . . . . . . Department of Psychology, Knox College, Galesburg, IL 61401-4999

Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . .(309) 341-7525

Home Address . . . . . . . . . 733 Bateman Street, Galesburg, IL 61401

E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fmcandre@knox.edu

EDUCATION

B.S. cum laude, Psychology (1974) - King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Ph.D., General-Experimental Psychology (1981) - University of Maine, Orono, Maine

HONORS, AWARDS, & RECOGNITIONS

Psi Chi (1973)

University of Maine Fellow (1974-75)

Phillip Green Wright-Lombard College Prize for Distinguished Teaching(1983 & 2000)

Who's Who in Science and Technology

Who's Who in the Midwest

Who's Who in America

Who's Who Among America's Teachers

Who's Who in American Education

Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals

Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology (Endowed Chair, 1998 - )

Knox College Faculty Exceptional Achievement Award (1999)

Caterpillar Faculty Achievement Award (2003)

Nominee, CASE Professor of the Year (2005)

Identified as one of the "key individuals" in the history of environmental psychology by a survey of over 300 researchers in the field (2005)

Summer Research Fellowship funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2006)

Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (APS) (Awarded in 2007)

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Fellow, Association for Psychological Science

Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)

Human Behavior and Evolution Society

International Society for Human Ethology

Midwestern Psychological Association

Social Psychology Network

Society for Personality and Social Psychology 

Society for the Teaching of Psychology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

General:  Environmental Psychology,  Evolutionary Social Psychology, Nonverbal Communication

Specific:

The Evolution of Competitive Altruism & Heroic Behavior

Strategies for the Naming of Children

Evolution of Human Environmental Preferences

Psychology of Gossip

Territoriality & Place Attachment

Gaze Behavior

Zoo & Aquarium Environments

TEACHING INTERESTS

Psychology Courses Taught - 

Advanced Social Psychology

Animal Behavior

Cognitive Psychology

Environmental Psychology

Evolution and Human Behavior

History and Systems of Psychology

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Introductory Psychology

Research Methods and Design

Social Psychology

Statistics

Interdisciplinary Courses Taught - 

Exploring Human Identity

Nature and Culture

Perspectives on Being Human

Ways of Knowing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teaching

Instructor through Professor, Knox College (1979 - present)

Visiting Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa (Fall, 1996)

Visiting Scholar, Institute for Child & Family Development, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa (Fall, 1996)

Graduate Teaching Assistant and Lecturer, University of Maine at Orono (1975-1979)

Taught a course entitled "Nonverbal Communication" in the Elderhostel Program (Summer, 1985, 86, 87)

Taught psychology in a "College For Kids" Program (Summer, 1990, 91, 92)

Administration

Acting Associate Dean of the College, Knox College (January, 2006 - March, 2006)

Founder of Knox College Environmental Studies program, 1993

Director, Environmental Studies Program, Knox College (1993 - 2000)

Chair, Department of Psychology (1993 - 2002)

Head Wrestling Coach, Knox College (1985 - 89; 1992 - 2000); Assistant Coach (2000- present)

Program Advisor, Danish Institute for Study Abroad (2009-present)

Faculty Executive Committee (2003 - 2005)

Chair of Steering Committee and author of the college's self-study for NCA Reaccreditation (1988-89) & (1998-99); Member of Steering Committee (2008-2009)

Chair, Steering Committee for the development of a college assessment program.(1993- 1996)

Coordinator of the Faculty Development Program (2000- 2002)

Coordinating Council for Long Range College Planning (1983-85)

Faculty Tutorial Director, Knox College McNair Program (2003 - )

President's Planning & Priorities Council (1993-1996)

Chair of the following faculty committees: Athletics, Committee on Administrative Personnel, Library (included oversight of two library renovations)

Faculty Visitor to the Board of Trustees (2 years)

Dormitory Head Resident (4 years, 1981-1985)

Member, Faculty Task Force on Greek Life (2008-2009)

Grant Activity

Received an AMOCO Foundation equipment grant ($900) to purchase videotaping equipment (1982)

Part of grant writing team that secured Rockefeller Brothers Fund Grant #00-115 for $180,975 to enhance the environmental studies program at Knox College. (2000)

Director of assessment for Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) grant #52005130 for $1,000,000 to enhance undergraduate science education at Knox College (2004)

Part of grant writing team for grant submitted to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to enhance the neuroscience program at Knox College. (2007-2008) [Grant application not successful]

Receieved a $1,000 grant from Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology, to fund an undergraduate research conference held at Knox College (2009)

Reviewing

Reviewed grant proposals for the National Science Foundation(1988 & 89)

Reviewed grant proposals for the Israel Science Foundation (2004)

Reviewer of applications for Canada’s Killam Research Fellowships (Summer, 2009)

Book Reviewer: Wadsworth - Brooks/Cole Publishing Company (1994 - present)  
                         Lawrence Erlbaum Publishing Company (2001 - present)
                         Amercian Psychological Association (2006)
                         Cambridge University Press (2006 & 2007)

Reviewer of Papers for the annual meeting of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)

Journal Editorial Review Boards:

Environment and Behavior (1998 - present)
Journal of Environmental Psychology (2006 - present)
Journal of Mind and Behavior (1988-present)

Occasional Reviewer for the following Journals:

European Journal of Social Psychology
Evolution and Human Behavior
Evolutionary Psychology
Group and Organization Management
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
Human Nature
Human Organization
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Journal of Social Psychology
Leisure Sciences
Perceptual and Motor Skills
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Psychological Reports
Sex Roles
Social Science Computer Review

Consulting

Program Consultant, Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), Copenhagen, Denmark (2009 - present)

External Evaluator during a review of the psychology department at Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL (February-March, 2009)

Teagle Foundation, Hillsborough, NC: Participated in a planning conference on strengthening the core disciplines of the liberal arts in private liberal arts colleges. (January, 2004).

Janssen Law Center, Peoria, Illinois. Reviewed and analyzed medical studies relevant to worker disability cases. (2002)

Safe Harbor Family Crisis Center (Oversaw survey of social service and law enforcement agencies concerning domestic violence in Knox County, Illinois). (2002)

Consultant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers & Florida Department of Community Affairs, Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study (2000-2001)

Conducted workshops on strategies for seeking academic careers outside of the research university for graduate students and their mentors at Binghamton University (SUNY) and the University of New Mexico, Fall, 2001

Conducted Leadership & Team Building Workshops for various community groups (1998, 2000)

Workshop Facilitator at the Institute for Child & Family Development, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa - Conducted a three day workshop on the founding of an interdisciplinary graduate program in family studies. (Fall, 1996)

Research Consultant, Interactive Exhibit Design, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago (1994)

Vocational Testing and Counseling for displaced workers during plant closing, Outboard Marine Corporation, Galesburg, IL (1982)

Other

Participant in an International Educators' Workshop sponsored by the Danish Institute for Study Abroad, Copenhagen & Istanbul,  (November, 2008 & June 2009)

Participant in the Global Partner's Project Seminar on the "Environmental Crisis in Central Europe" in the Czech Republic, Hungary, & Slovakia; sponsored by the Mellon Foundation (Summer, 2003)

Participant in a CIEE International Faculty Development Seminar on "Strengthening the Peace Process in Northern Ireland" at the University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland (Summer, 2000)

Mentor/Seminar leader, Ford Foundation Program for future college teachers(1988 - 2001)

Faculty Mentor, ACM-Mellon Minority Fellow Program(1990 - 1997)

PROFILES OF RESEARCH IN POPULAR MEDIA

My research has been featured in over 100 popular print and internet outlets, including the following: The Times of London, Reader's Digest, New York Times, ABC News, MSNBC.com, Slate.com, Chicago Tribune, Scientific American, Boston Globe, Psychology Today, APA Monitor on Psychology, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Self Magazine, Midwest Living, Women's Health Magazine.

More than two dozen radio and television interviews including "Breakfast with Geraldine Doogue" (Australia), CBC & CKLW (Canada), "The Todd Mundt Show" (NPR), "Counterpoint" (Kingston, Jamaica), WABC (New York), The CBS Morning Show, & NBC's Today Show.  My research was even lampooned by Jay Leno in his monologue on "The Tonight Show"(07-20-07).

PUBLICATIONS (Books, Book Chapters, Refereed Journals, & Magazine Articles)

1978
McAndrew, F.T., Ryckman, R.M., Horr, W., & Solomon, R.(1978). The effects of invader placement of spatial markers on territorial behavior in a college population. Journal of Social Psychology, 104, 149-150.

McAndrew, F.T.(1978). Memory disruption in mice following immersion in cold water. Journal of General Psychology, 99, 151-152.

1979
Hodosh, R.J., Ringo, J., & McAndrew, F.T.(1979). Density and lek displays in Drosophila grimshawi. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie, 49, 164-172.

1981
McAndrew, F.T.(1981). Pattern of performance and attributions of ability and gender. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 7, 583-587.

McAndrew, F.T.(1981). Interpersonal attraction, arousal, and nonverbal immediacy behaviors. Doctoral dissertation, University of Maine. Abstract appears in Dissertation Abstracts International, 1982, 42, February, 3499-3500b.

1984
Nichols, K.R., and McAndrew, F.T.(1984). Stereotyping and autostereotyping in Spanish, Malaysian, and American college students. Journal of Social Psychology, 124, 179-189.

McAndrew, F.T.(1984). Comparative psychology, ethology, and external validity: Does it always matter if the snark is a boojum? Comparative Psychology Newsletter, 4, 1-4.

McAndrew, F.T., Gold, J.A., Lenney, E., & Ryckman, R.M.(1984). Explorations in immediacy: The nonverbal system and its relationship to affective and situational factors. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 8, 210-228.

1985
McAndrew, F.T.(1985). A classroom demonstration of the primacy effect in the attribution of ability. Teaching of Psychology, 12, 209-211.

O'Connell, B.J., Harper, R.S., & McAndrew, F.T.(1985). Grip strength as a function of exposure to red or green visual stimulation. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 61,1157-1158.

Bardack, N.R., and McAndrew, F.T.(1985). The influence of physical attractiveness and manner of dress on success in a simulated personnel decision. Journal of Social Psychology, 125, 777-778.

1986
McAndrew, F.T., and Warner, J.E.(1986). Arousal seeking and the maintenance of mutual gaze in same and mixed-sex dyads. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 10, 168-172.

Harris, P.B., and McAndrew, F.T.(1986). Territoriality and compliance: The influence of gender and location on willingness to sign petitions. Journal of Social Psychology, 126, 657-662.

McAndrew, F.T.(1986). A cross-cultural study of recognition thresholds for facial expressions of emotion. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 17, 211-224.

1987
Thieman, T.J., McAndrew, F.T., Arnold, J.D., Rosenkoetter, J.S., Baker, L., Lombardi, B., & Zachry, W.H.(1987). Instructor's Manual and Test File to Accompany Feldman's Understanding Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill.

McAndrew, F.T.(1987). Decoding visual dominance among Pakistani college students. Journal of Social Psychology, 127, 317-320.

1989
Hoots, M.A., McAndrew, F.T., & Francois, G.R.(1989). Decoding of gestures in kindergarten, first, and third grade children. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 150, 117-118.

1990
McAndrew, F.T.(1990). Auto- and Heterostereotyping in Pakistani, French, and American college students. Journal of Social Psychology, 130, 341-351.

1991
Johnson, J.L., McAndrew, F.T., & Harris, P.B.(1991). Sociobiology and the naming of adopted and natural children. Ethology and Sociobiology, 12, 365-375.

1993
McAndrew, F.T.(1993). Environmental Psychology. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.(Also published in Chinese)

Goodman, G.H., and McAndrew, F.T.(1993). Domes and Astroturf: A note on the relationship between the physical environment and the performance of major league baseball players. Environment and Behavior, 25, 121-125.

McAndrew, F.T.(1993). The home advantage in individual sports. Journal of Social Psychology, 133, 401-403.

1995
McAndrew, F.T.(1995). What is "Environmental Psychology", and what can it offer to students concerned about environmental issues? Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 16, 89-92.

McAndrew, F.T., and Akande, A.(1995). African Perceptions of Americans of African and European Descent. Journal of Social Psychology, 135, 649-655.

1996
McAndrew, F.T.(1996). A classroom demonstration of the primacy effect in the attribution of ability. In M.E. Ware & D.E. Johnson(Eds.), Handbook of Demonstrations and Activities in the Teaching of Psychology.(Volume III) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

1998
McAndrew, F.T.(1998). The Measurement of "Rootedness" and the Prediction of Attachment to Hometowns in College Students. The Journal of Environmental Psychology, 18, 409-417.

McAndrew, F.T., Akande, A., Turner, S., & Sharma, Y.(1998). A cross-cultural ranking of stressful life events in Germany, India, South Africa, & the United States. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 29, 717-727.

Soliman, D.R. & McAndrew, F.T. (1998). Self-Concept in Arabs and Arab-Americans. Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 3, 124-126.

2000
McAndrew, F.T.(2000). A classroom demonstration of the primacy effect in the attribution of ability. In M.E. Ware & D.E. Johnson(Eds.), Handbook of Demonstrations and Activities in the Teaching of Psychology.(Volume III, 2nd Ed.) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

McKinney, B.A., & McAndrew, F.T. (2000). Sexuality, gender, and sport: Does playing have a price?  Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 5, 152-158.

McAndrew, F.T., Akande, A., Bridgstock, R., Mealey, L., Gordon, S., Scheib, J., Akande-Adetoun, B.E., Odeale, F., Morakinyo, A., Nyahete, P., & Mubvakure, G. (2000). A Multicultural Study of Stereotyping in English-Speaking Countries. Journal of Social Psychology, 140, 487-502.

2001
Brackney, M., & McAndrew, F.T. (2001). Ecological world views and receptivity to different types of arguments for preserving endangered species. Journal of Environmental Education, 33, 17-20.

2002
McAndrew, F. T. (2002). New evolutionary perspectives on altruism: Multilevel selection and costly signaling theories. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 79-82.

McAndrew, F.T., King, J.C., & Honoroff, L.R. (2002). A Sociobiological Analysis of Namesaking Patterns in 322 American Families. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 851-864.

McAndrew, F.T., & Milenkovic, M.A. (2002) Of tabloids and family secrets: The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 1064-1082.

2003
McAndrew, F. T. (2003). Evolution and the problem of altruism: Current and historical perspectives. In S. Shohov (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research, Volume 27 (pp. 277-288) Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers

2004
Carlson, E.A., & McAndrew, F. T. (2004). Body shape ideals and perceptions of body shape in Spanish and American college students.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 99, 1071-1074.

2006
Minervini, B. P., & McAndrew, F. T. (2006). The mating strategies and mate preferences of mail order brides. Cross-Cultural Research, 40, 111-129.

Klinesmith, J., Kasser, T., & McAndrew, F. T. (2006). Guns, testosterone, and aggression: A test of a mediational model.  Psychological Science, 17, 568-571.

Rybak, A., & McAndrew, F. T. (2006). How do we decide who our friends are? Defining levels of friendship in Poland and the United States. Journal of Social Psychology, 146, 147-163.

Turner, S. L., & McAndrew, F. T. (2006). A Laboratory Simulation of Parental Investment Decisions: The Role of Future Reproductive Opportunity and Offspring Quality in Determining Levels of Parental Investment. Evolutionary Psychology, 4, 197-207.

McAndrew, F. T. (2006).  Female infidelity and paternal uncertainty: Evolutionary perspectives on male anti-cuckoldry tactics.  A review of a book by the same title by S. M. Platek & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Cambridge University Press.  The Journal of Mind and Behavior, 27, 367-371.

2007
McAndrew, F. T., Bell, E. K., & Garcia, C. M.  (2007).  Who do we tell, and whom do we tell on? Gossip as a strategy for status enhancement. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 1562-1577. 

McAndrew, F. T., & Garrison, A. J. (2007).  Beliefs about gender differences in methods and motives of suicide.  Archives of Suicide Research,  11, 271-279.

De Backer, C., Nelissen, M., Vyncke, P., Braeckman, J., & McAndrew, F. T. (2007).  Celebrities: From teachers to friends.  A test of two hypotheses on the adaptiveness of celebrity gossip.  Human Nature, 18, 334-354.

2008
McAndrew, F. T. (2008).  The psychology of gossip.  Psychology Teacher Network, 17, 5-7.

McAndrew, F. T. (2008).  Love Gossip?  Don't worry.  It's only human nature.  Knox Magazine, 92 (Spring), 14-15.

Klinesmith, J., Kasser, T., & McAndrew, F. T. (2008). Guns, testosterone, and aggression: A test of a mediational model.  In W. A. Lesko (Ed.), Readings in Social Psychology: General, Classic, and Contemporary Selections (7th Ed.).  Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

McAndrew, F. T. (2008).  Can gossip be good?  Scientific American Mind Magazine,  October/November, 26-33. (Cover Story)

2009
McAndrew, F.T. (Forthcoming).  Why is gossip so irresistible?  The evolutionary roots of wagging tongues.  In J. Barkow & P Hejl (Eds.) You can't turn it off: Media, mind, gossip, and evolution.  New York: Oxford University Press.

Stringfellow, E. L., & McAndrew, F. T. (In PRESS).  Parents’ divorce is more strongly related to the self-perceived promiscuity and drinking behavior of male than of female college students.  Journal of College Student Development, 

1975
Cherulnik, P.D., and McAndrew, F.T.(1975, April). Sex role stereotyping and favorability of impressions of men and women. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York.

1980
McAndrew, F.T.(1980, April). Interpersonal attraction, arousal, and nonverbal immediacy behaviors: A correlational analysis. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Hartford.

1981
McAndrew, F.T.(1981, April). Primacy effects in attributions. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York.

1983
McAndrew, F.T.(1983, September). Worker motivation in the face of technological change. Invited address delivered to the Illinois Newspaper Production Conference, Galesburg, Illinois.

McAndrew, F.T., and Clark, J.D.(1983, April). Situational preferences of individuals differing in arousability. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia.

1984
McAndrew, F.T., and Nichols, K.R.(1984, April). Intergroup contact and ethnic stereotyping by college students in three cultures. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore.

Mitchell, J.L., and McAndrew, F.T.(1984, April). Predicted social drinking and the need for social approval. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore.

1985
McMichael, M.T., and McAndrew, F.T.(1985, April). Sex differences in self-reported fears. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston.

McAndrew, F.T.(1985, April). Recognition thresholds for facial expressions of emotion in American and Malaysian college students. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston.

1986
McAndrew, F.T.(1986, April). Decoding visual dominance and Pakistani college students: A failure at cross-cultural replication. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York.

1987
McAndrew, F.T., and Thornton, B.G.(1987, April). Approach and avoidance tendencies of screeners and nonscreeners. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Arlington, VA.

1988
McAndrew, F.T., and Sperry, A.L.(1988, April). Group polarization and the escalation of commitment. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Buffalo, NY.

1989
McAndrew, F.T.(1989, November). Why apes have eyebrows: Evolution and human nonverbal communication. Invited colloqium presented at the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

McAndrew, F.T.(1989, April). Hetero- and autostereotyping in Pakistani, French, and American college students. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston.

1990
McAndrew, F.T.(1990, September). The Green Experience. Convocation address delivered at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois.

1991
McAndrew, F.T., Johnson, J.L., & Harris, P.B.(1991, May). Sociobiology and the naming of adopted and natural children. Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

1992
McAndrew, F.T.(1992, March). The evolution of human environmental preferences. Invited colloqium presented at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa.

McAndrew, F.T.(1992, April). The home advantage also operates in individual sports: A study of American high school wrestlers. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston.

1993
Fradkin-Posavac, H.D., & McAndrew, F.T.(1993, March). Predisposition for eating disorders as a mediator of body satisfaction contrast effects. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco. Portions of this research were also presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Phoenix(April, 1993).

McAndrew, F.T., & Gullapalli, G. (1993, May). American and Muslim Perceptions of Ten Islamic Nations. Paper presented at the Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

1995
McAndrew, F.T.(1995, April). The Biological roots of Environmental Attitudes. Guest lecture to the graduate program in environmental studies, University of Illinois at Springfield.

McAndrew, F.T.(1995, April). The Psychology of Environmental Planning. Invited address at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

McAndrew, F.T., and Akande, A.(1995, April). African stereotypes of Americans of African and European Descent. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston.

McAndrew, F.T., and King, J.C.(1995, June). Birth Order and the Naming of Children: An Examination of Naming as a Strategy of Parental Investment. Paper presented at the meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Santa Barbara, CA.

1996
McAndrew, F.T.(1996, May). Involving Undergraduates in Field Research in Social Psychology. Invited presentation at a symposium of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

McAndrew, F.T.(1996, September). Evolutionary Psychology and the Naming of Children. Keynote address delivered at the Annual Congress of the Psychological Society of South Africa, Johannesburg.

McAndrew, F.T. (1996, September). Industrial and Organizational Psychology in the United States. Invited Address presented to the Department of Industrial Psychology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.

1998
Soliman, D.R., & McAndrew, F.T.(1998, May). Self-Concept in Arabs and Arab Americans. Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

McAndrew, F.T., Akande, A., Turner, S., & Sharma, Y.(1998, May). A cross-cultural ranking of stressful life events in Germany, India, South Africa, & the United States. Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

McAndrew, F.T., Turner, S., Fiedeldey, A.C., & Sharma, Y. (1998, July) Are Human Environmental Preferences Universal? Evidence from a Cross-Cultural Study of Preferences for Visual and Non-Visual Features of Outdoor Environments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of The Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Davis, CA.

1999
McAndrew, F.T., Akande, A., Bridgstock, R., Mealey, L., Gordon, S., Scheib, J., Akande-Adetoun, B.E., Odeale, F., Morakinyo, A., Nyahete, P., & Mubvakure, G. (1999, May). A Multicultural Study of Stereotyping in English-Speaking Countries. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

2000
McAndrew, F.T. (2000, January). Social and Psychological Factors to Consider in the Construction of Carrying Capacity Models. Workshop presentation at the Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study Scenario Workshop, Marathon, Florida.

Brackney, M., & McAndrew, F.T. (2000, May). Ecological world views and receptivity to different types of arguments for preserving endangered species. Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

2001
McAndrew, F. T. (2001, November). The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Invited Colloqium presented at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

McAndrew, F. T. (2001, September). Of tabloids and family secrets: The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Invited colloqium presented at SUNY-Binghamton, Binghamton, NY.

2003
McAndrew, F. T. (2003, February). The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Invited colloquium presented at Colby College, Waterville, Maine.

2004
Minervini, B. P., & McAndrew, F. T. (2004, July). The mating strategies and mate preferences of mail order brides. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Berlin, Germany.

Turner, S. L., & McAndrew, F. T. (2004, July). A Laboratory Simulation of Hagen's Defection Hypothesis: Determining the Role of Future Reproductive Opportunity and Offspring Quality in Parental Investment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Berlin, Germany.

McAndrew, F. T. (2004, July). Why is Gossip so Irresistible? Explorations in the Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip. Invited address presented at a symposium of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Berlin, Germany.

McAndrew, F. T. (2004, December).  The Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip.  Invited Presentation at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.

2005
McAndrew, F. T. (2005, February). Gossip as entertainment: Why does bad news feel so good? Invited Presentation at a conference on Media and Universals 2005 – Focus on Film and Print, Universitat Siegen, Siegen, Germany.

McAndrew, F. T., Bell, E. K., & Garcia, C. M. (2005, June).  Who do we tell, and whom do we tell on?  Explorations in the evolutionary psychology of gossip.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of The Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Austin, Texas.

McAndrew, F. T. (2005, October).  The psychology of gossip.  Invited presentation at Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois.

McAndrew, F. T. (2005, November).  The psychology of gossip.  Invited presentation at Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, Illinois.

2006
Franciskovich, S., J., & McAndrew, F. T. (2006, June). Birth order, personality, and conformity to parental expectations in the choice of a long-term mate.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Phildelphia.

McAndrew, F. T. (2006, October). The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Invited presentation at the University of Texas at Austin.

McAndrew, F. T. (2006, October). The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Invited presentation at the University of Texas at Arlington.

2007
McAndrew, F. T., & Garrison, A. J. (2007, May).  Sex and suicide: Beliefs about gender differences in methods and motives for suicide.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

2008
McAndrew, F. T. (2008, March).  The Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip.  Invited Presentation at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida.

McAndrew, F. T. (2008, July).  Evolutionary perspectives on popular culture.  Invited lecture at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

2009
McAndrew, F. T. (2009, May). The Selfish Hero?  A Study of the Individual Benefits of  Self-Sacrificial Behavior in Small Groups.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Fullerton, CA