Melanie MacEacheron
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School of Social and Behavioral Sciences ASU New College, West Campus P.O. Box 37100 Phoenix, AZ 85069-7100
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Mail code: 3051Campus: West
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I am an Assistant Teaching Professor in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. I teach courses such as Research Methods, and Statistics, and run the SaCRel Lab, online.
My current research focus is women's psychology as potential or actual mothers, and average, psychological sex differences in mateships. Of particular interest to me, is our ability to creatively label or act on evolved desires in order to serve our evolutionary interests, even or especially where these are not consciously known to us, and to influence others.
SaCRel Lab-- signaling and close relationships lab-- is a new, human psychology, online laboratory. We conduct primarily research concerning (targeted) communication of close relationship status, and of changes thereto. Dr. MacEacheron uses primarily an evolutionary psychological approach, though students in the lab can use another. Dr. MacEacheron can also supervise research in psychology and the law. ASU students with a psychology major, particularly those studying online, are welcome to contact Dr. MacEacheron regarding possible Honors Thesis supervision (if enrolled in Barrett College) and/or paid or volunteer Research Assistantship opportunities.
Research methods include experimentation, quasi-experimentation, economic game-play, and surveying, as well as in-person, on-line, and large-scale archival research. I have also conducted comparative legal analysis to add context to psychological publications.
Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Western Ontario
LL.B. (J.D. equivalent), University of Ottawa
-women's psychology as potential or actual mothers or allomothers
-sex differences in mateships and romantic relationships-commitment signaling
-social psychology and the law
Signaling and Close Relationships (SaCRel) Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2024 MacEacheron, M. Factors related to Canadian brides’-to-be marital surname choice: Potential evidence of transmitted bilateral descent reckoning† Genealogy, 8(1), 13. https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/8/1/13
2023 MacEacheron, M., Fisher, M. L., Luszawski, C.*, MacCallum, H.*, & Tiller, A.* Songs about mothers: An evolutionary exploration of representations of mothers in music.† In press. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences.
2023 Hoteit, M., Aljawaldeh, A., Van Royen, K., Pabian, S., Decorte, P., Cuykx, I.*, Teunissen, L.*, De Backer, C., and the Corona Cooking Survey Study Group* (including MacEacheron, M.) Call for emergency action to restore dietary diversity of COVID-19 and beyond: Results from a cross-sectional study in 38 countries. Heliyon, 9(11), E21585. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21585
2022 Burkova, V. N., Butovskaya, M. L., … Fisher, M. L., Hocker, L.*, … MacEacheron, M., … & Zinurova, R. I.* Factors associated with highest symptoms of anxiety during COVID-19: cross-cultural study of 23 Countries. In press. Frontiers in Psychology.
2021 MacEacheron, M., Kohut, T.*, & Fisher, W. A. No gender differences in enrollment for replicated, minimally-different “pornographic” versus “photographic” studies. International Journal of Sexual Health. Ahead-of-print, 1-14. DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2021.1944420
2021 Butovskaya, M. L., … Fisher, M. L., Hocker, L.*, … MacEacheron, M., … & Zinurova, R. I.* Cross-cultural perspectives on the role of empathy during COVID-19’s first wave. Sustainability. 13, 7431. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137431
2021 De Backer, C., Teunissen, L.*, Cuykx, I.*, … and the Corona Cooking Survey Study Group* (including MacEacheron, M.) An evaluation of the Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing policies in relation to planning, selecting, and preparing healthier meals: An observational study in 38 countries worldwide.† Frontiers in Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2020.621726
2021 MacEacheron, M. Marital surname change and marital duration among divorcées in a Canadian county.† Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647942
2021 Butovskaya, M. L., … Fisher, M. L., Hocker, L.*, … MacEacheron, M., … & Zinurova, R. I.* Predictors of anxiety in the COVID-19 pandemic from a global perspective: Data from 23 countries. Sustainability, 13(7). https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/7/4017
2020 MacEacheron, M. Women's marital surname change by bride's age and jurisdiction of residence: A replication. Names, 68(4), 193-209. https://doi.org/10.1080/00277738.2020.1751442
2019 Landy, J. F., Jia, M., Ding, I. L., … The Crowdsourcing Hypothesis Tests Collaboration (including MacEacheron, M., & Yang, X.*) … & Uhlmann, E. L. Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests: Making transparent how design choices shape research results.† Psychological Bulletin, 146(5), 451-479. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000220
2019 Nussbaum, D., MacEacheron, M., Douglass, M. D.*, Watson, M.*, Daoud, S. L. S.B.*, Ilie, G., & DeKeseredy, W. Modeling of forensic population current crime severity, based on past crime severity. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 37, 5-40.
2016 MacEacheron, M. North American women’s marital surname change: Practices, law, and patrilineal descent reckoning. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2, 149-161. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-016-0045-9
2011 Nussbaum, D., & MacEacheron, M. Legal and psychological complexities in prediction of severity of violent recidivism necessitate new research. Criminal Law Quarterly, 2, 242-264. http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?/handle=hein.journals/clwqrty57&d…
2011 MacEacheron, M. Hawaii data: Women’s marital surname change by bride’s age and residence jurisdiction. Names, 59, 4-11. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/002777310X12759861710501
Peer-reviewed Edited Volume Chapter
2017 MacEacheron, M., & Campbell, L. Moderation of female-female competition for matings by competitors’ age and parity. The Oxford Handbook of Women and Competition, Fisher, M. (Ed.), Oxford University Press: New York. http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199376377.001…; ordhb-9780199376377-e-27
Selected Popular Press Articles
2017 MacEacheron, M. (August). Evolutionary psychology and feminism are natural allies. This View of Life. https://evolution-institute.org/article/evolutionary-psychology-and-fem…
Publication of Limited Circulation
n.d. (under maiden name) Victim-offender mediation and reconciliation programs’ effectiveness in producing party satisfaction, decreased recidivism, and mediated-agreement compliance. (Department of Justice, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
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*Co-author who was student during data collection and/or writing.
†Pre-registered hypotheses and methods (all first-authored empirical work not comprising archival analyses, since 2014): details available on request
In Submission
MacEacheron, M. Cross-cultural Psychology graduate course syllabus (second-round review)
In Preparation (data collected and/or writing commenced or completed)
Tierney, W., Wilson, C., Hoogeveen, S., … (Consortium Authorship Credit, including MacEacheron, M.) … & Uhlmann, E. L. Who respects an angry woman? A pre-registered reexamination of the relationships between gender, emotion expression, and status conferral†
MacEacheron, M., & Fisher, M. L. Exploratory, evolutionary analysis of use and understood meaning of a mother-related swearword†
MacEacheron, M., & Fisher, M. L., & Staley, M.* Women’s pregnancy disclosure to blood versus affinal relatives, and role of miscarriage†
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*Co-author who was a student or post-doctoral researcher during data collection and/or writing.
†Pre-registered hypotheses and methods (all first-authored empirical work not comprising archival analyses, since 2014): details available on request
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 330 | Statistical Methods |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 330 | Statistical Methods |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 330 | Statistical Methods |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 330 | Statistical Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 330 | Statistical Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 330 | Statistical Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 330 | Statistical Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 330 | Statistical Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
| PSY 494 | Special Topics |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
| PSY 598 | Special Topics |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 330 | Statistical Methods |
| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PSY 320 | Learning and Motivation |
| PSY 330 | Statistical Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
| PSY 290 | Research Methods |
2021 Tie for third place, Best Article of the Year, American Name Society (for Women’s Marital Surname Change by Bride’s Age and Jurisdiction of Residence: A Replication)
2020 Heterodoxy in Psychology Conference Travel Grant (approximately $825)
2017 Feminist Evolutionary Perspectives Society Best Student Talk
2015 American Psychological Association Student Travel Grant ($300)
2012 Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000)
2012 ISHE conference student fees and accommodation (approximately $675)
2012-14 Western Psychology Graduate Student travel support ($250/year)
2011-16 Western Graduate Research Scholarship ($16,500/year)
2010 Feminist Evolutionary Perspectives Society Best Student Poster Award
2007-09 McMaster Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour departmental scholarship
Association for Psychological Science (2022)
Human Behavior and Evolution Society, 2015-present
International Society for Human Ethology, 2012-present
Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario, Canada, Barrister and Solicitor)
Student Supervision
Teaching Assistant/Course Assistant supervision for university courses 2016-current
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (course); Fall 2021
Honors Thesis Students (interim: 2 students); 2018
Honors Thesis Student; 2015-2016
Independent Study co-supervision; 2013-2014
Research Assistant (Co-)Supervision
Supervise 1 to 5 volunteer, undergraduate Research Assistants performing day-to-day running of laboratory experiments or background research, January 2013-present
Co-supervision of an undergraduate, volunteer Research Assistant (William Fisher laboratory), April-September 2013
Reviewing
NEEPS Presentation Selection Committee, 2014-18, 2020-22
Ad hoc: Family Relations, EvoS Journal, Frontiers (Psychology), and Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
Association for Psychological Science Student Research Grant Competition, 2014
The Oxford Handbook on Women and Competition
Academic Service
Mentor: Cross-Cultural Psychology News FaceBook group, 2019-present
Organizer/Planner Western Waterloo Social Psychology Conference, 2014 and 2015, University of Western Ontario
Area Ph.D. Students' Representative, 2013-2015
Social Psychology Journal Club Co-ordinator, 2012-2013, 2016
Election Administrator for student-chosen speaker of McMaster Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour Colloquia, 2008-2009
Volunteer Co-organizer, Synesthesia Conference, McMaster University, 2008
General Service
University of Western Ontario Psychology Department Team, Run for Ovarian Cancer, 2013
Terry Fox Run "Psych Western" team captain, 2012 and 2013
Selection Panellist, YWCA Women of Distinction Awards, Guelph, Ontario, 2006-2007
Community talk: Factors associated with Local Women’s Marital Surname Change Attitudes, Lecture to Waterdown High School students, Ontario, Canada, October 2008
NON-ACADEMIC, CONTRACT WORK
-Research Lawyer, Travel Industry Council of Ontario
-Legal Researcher and Writer, Law Society of Upper Canada
-Internship, Legal Assistance Centre, Namibia, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
-Legal Researcher and Writer, Department of Justice, Canada