BARNABY J. W. DIXSON
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Barnaby J. Dixson

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I trained in social and physical anthropology but have broad interests that span behavioural psychology to evolutionary biology. I am currently a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. 




Education
2004   B.A. (Hons) Cultural Anthropology, University of California Santa Cruz, U.S.A.
2010   Ph.D. Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Academic Positions
2010   Teaching Fellow & Research Assistant, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
2012   Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2015   UQ Post-doctoral Fellow, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia


STUDENTS

Ph.D. Students

Ernest Baker - "Social intelligence" (UQ) co-supervised with Prof. Bill von Hippel
Amany Gouda-Vossos
- "The evolution of sexism"  (UNSW) co-supervised with Prof. Rob Brooks


Honours Students

Toneya Mcintosh - "The evolution of the behavioural immune system and it's role in mate choice" (UQ)
Rebecca Stower - "The evolution of context-specific mate preferences" (UQ)
Maya Deacock - "The effect of gender and income inequality on attitudes to sex" (UNSW) Completed in 2015
Dax Kellie - "Why do men and women lie about their sex lives?" (UNSW) Completed in 2014 
Zinnia Janif - "Frequency-dependant mate selection in humans"  (UNSW) Completed in 2013
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RESEARCH COLLABORATORS

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Professor Rob C. Brooks
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre
​School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia

   

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Professor Paul L. Vasey
School of Psychology
​University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada

 

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Professor Bill von Hippel
School of Psychology
​The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia

 

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Professor Gita Mishra
School of Public Health
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia

 

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Dr. Gina M. Grimshaw
School of Psychology
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand



I have over 30 active collaborators around the globe who work on various cross-cultural projects in human behavioural ecology. Their involvement ranges from data collection through to analysis and co-authoring papers. 

If you are interested in collaborating on a project listed on this website, or have an idea of your own you'd like to discuss please feel free to contact me - I'm always looking for new collaborations! 
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