I teach on the undergraduate psychology courses. My specialisms are evolutionary psychology, individual differences and quantitative research methods.

On the undergraduate courses, I am module leader for the Stage 2 optional module Meet the Relatives: Evolutionary Psychology and Animal Behaviour and the Stage 3 optional module Dark Personalities.

I also supervise research projects on the undergraduate and postgraduate project modules. I am Director of Studies for one PhD student conducting research on BDSM, and co-supervisor for another PhD student conducting research on perceptions of asexuality.

Research interests for potential research students

I am interested in supervising projects with an evolutionary psychology approach. In particular, I am interested in mate preferences, mating strategies, attractiveness, sexual behaviour, dark personalities (for example narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, sadism) and aggression and violence (including intimate partner violence). I am also interested in supervising projects on adult play, related to a current project on reborn dolls.

My research interests are broadly within evolutionary psychology. My PhD applied an evolutionary approach to understanding sex differences in aggression and I have published in this area. My current research interests also include:

• Sexuality and sexual behaviour: I am currently working on a funded project on women's experiences of non-exclusive sexuality and supervising two PhD projects in this area, one on BDSM, and one on perceptions of asexuality.
• The Dark Triad personality (narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy)
• Pedagogical research (including interprofessional learning)
• Adult play: I am currently working on a project examining reasons for ownership of reborn dolls.