Current research: women's sexual strategies, conflict between the sexes, stalking, sexual victimization, the psychology of status, prestige, and reputation, and the psychology of homicide. The research is guided by the conceptual frameworks anchored in evolutionary psychology.

Awards and Honors: President, Human Behavior and Evolution Society (2005-2007); APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology; APA G. Stanley Hall Award; Fellowship and Group Leader at Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences; Distinguished Faculty Award

Primary Interests:

Aggression, Conflict, Peace
Close Relationships
Culture and Ethnicity
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Evolution and Genetics
Gender Psychology
Interpersonal Processes
Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
Personality, Individual Differences
Sexuality, Sexual Orientation

Aggression, Conflict, Peace
Close Relationships
Culture and Ethnicity
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Evolution and Genetics
Gender Psychology

Interpersonal Processes
Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
Personality, Individual Differences
Sexuality, Sexual Orientation

Research Group or Laboratory:

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Courses Taught:

Evolutionary Psychology
Personality Psychology
Psychology of Human Mating
Psychology of Violence

Evolutionary Psychology
Personality Psychology

Psychology of Human Mating
Psychology of Violence

David Buss
Department of Psychology
University of Texas
1 University Station, A8000
Austin, TX 78712-0187
United States

Phone: (512) 475-8489