Biography:Diana Fleischman
Diana Fleischman | |
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 Fleischman interviewed on Rebel Wisdom in 2019 | |
| Born | April 22, 1981 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Psychologist, lecturer |
| Spouse(s) | Geoffrey Miller (2019–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Oglethorpe University |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Academic advisors | David Buss |
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Diana Santos Fleischman (born April 22, 1981) is an American evolutionary psychologist. Her field of research includes the study of disgust, human sexuality, and hormones and behaviour.[1] She is also involved in the effective altruism, animal welfare, and feminism[2] movements.
Personal life and education
Fleischman was born in São Paulo, Brazil and raised both Jewish and Catholic.[2][3] Her father's family is of German-Jewish descent.[4] She grew up in the Southern United States and was not taught about evolution in the public school system there. She was passionate about evolution from an early age, earning the nickname "monkey girl" from classmates at age 12.[3] Her undergraduate degree is from Oglethorpe University[1][5] and she also spent a year at the London School of Economics as an undergraduate. She was awarded her PhD in 2009 from the University of Texas at Austin, where her advisor was David Buss, and went on to do a postdoc at UNC Chapel Hill.[1][5]
Fleischman is a member of Giving What We Can, a community of people who have pledged to donate 10% of their income to the world's most effective charitable organisations.[6]
On November 29, 2019, she married fellow American evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller.[7][8] The couple had earlier appeared together in an interview advocating for polyamory.[9] They have one child together, born in spring 2022.[10][11]
Career
Since her postdoc at UNC Chapel Hill,[1][5] Fleischman has been a lecturer in the department of psychology at the University of Portsmouth from 2011 to 2020; she is currently on sabbatical.[12] One of her more covered findings in the press is that disgust inhibits sexual arousal in women.[13][14] In addition to academic publications and lectures, she also gives public lectures and writes articles for the layperson.[15][16][17] She argues that eating beef is more ethical than eating chicken because it kills fewer animals per gram of meat.[18]
In August 2020, she started a blog at Psychology Today called How to Train Your Boyfriend, the same title of a book she is writing.[19]
Frequently cited publications
- Confer, Jaime C.; Easton, Judith A.; Fleischman, Diana S.; Goetz, Cari D.; Lewis, David M. G.; Perilloux, Carin; Buss, David M. (2010). "Evolutionary psychology: Controversies, questions, prospects, and limitations." (in en). American Psychologist 65 (2): 110–126. doi:10.1037/a0018413. ISSN 1935-990X. PMID 20141266.
- Fleischman, D. S. & Fessler, D. M (Jan 2011). "Progesterone's effects on the psychology of disease avoidance: Support for the compensatory behavioral prophylaxis hypothesis" (in en). Hormones and Behavior 59 (2): 271–275. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.11.014. ISSN 0018-506X. PMID 21134378.
- Fleischman, Diana S.; Navarrete, C. David; Fessler, Daniel M.T. (2010-04-22). "Oral Contraceptives Suppress Ovarian Hormone Production" (in en). Psychological Science 21 (5): 750–752. doi:10.1177/0956797610368062. ISSN 0956-7976. PMID 20483856.
- Fleischman, Diana Santos (2014) (in en), Women's Disgust Adaptations, Evolutionary Psychology, Springer New York, pp. 277–296, doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-0314-6_15, ISBN 9781493903139
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Staff: Dr Diana Fleischman - University of Portsmouth". http://www2.port.ac.uk/department-of-psychology/staff/dr-diana-fleischman-.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Diana S. Fleischman - Psychology's Feminist Voices". http://www.feministvoices.com/diana-s-fleischman/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "25th October – Diana Fleischman – The evolution of human morality" (in en-GB). The Hampshire Skeptics Society. 2018-09-28. http://www.hampshireskeptics.org/?p=4148.
- ↑ Woodhouse, Jamie (2021-03-05). ""We can't understand humans without recognising that we're animals" - Dr. Diana Fleischman - New Sentientist Conversation" (in en-GB). https://sentientism.info/we-cant-understand-humans-without-recognising-that-were-animals-dr-diana-fleischman-new-sentientist-conversation.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Diane S Fleischman Curriculum Vitae". http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/cb1e47_861ac0abd7e94d32b5f7bcb35bfbc90b.pdf.
- ↑ "Members". https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/about-us/members/.
- ↑ @primalpoly. "Getting married today to @sentientist.". https://twitter.com/primalpoly/status/1200453516105572352. Missing or empty |date= (help)
- ↑ "Zola Registry". https://www.zola.com/registry/dianaandgeoffrey2019.
- ↑ "The Polyamorous Professors, Diana Fleischman & Geoffrey Miller". https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/30-film-content/men-and-women-after-metoo/551-the-polyamorous-professors-diana-fleischman-geoffrey-miller.
- ↑ "Geoffrey @primalpoly and I had a baby! - Vivian Grace is 6 weeks old" (in en). https://twitter.com/sentientist/status/1515353996126527494.
- ↑ "Aversion to pets during pregnancy" (in en). https://manypets.com/uk/articles/pet-aversion-pregnancy/.
- ↑ Fleischman, Diana Santos. "Home - Diana S. Fleischman". https://www.dianafleischman.com/.
- ↑ University of Portsmouth. "Disgust dampens women's sexual arousal more than fear" (in en). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150624155436.htm.
- ↑ Dolan, Eric (2017-12-13). "Sexual arousal in women doesn't overcome disgust, study finds" (in en-US). PsyPost. https://www.psypost.org/2017/12/sexual-arousal-women-doesnt-overcome-disgust-study-finds-50360.
- ↑ Fleischman, Diana. "Media" (in en). http://www.dianafleischman.com/media.
- ↑ Fleischman, Diana (2018-05-17). "Universal morality is obscured by evolved morality – The Evolution Institute" (in en-US). https://evolution-institute.org/universal-morality-is-obscured-by-evolved-morality/.
- ↑ Fleichman, Diana (2018-02-15), The Darwin Day Lecture 2018: The evolution of human morality, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6L6WxwRBnM, retrieved 2018-10-21
- ↑ Humphreys, Joe. "A new way of thinking about animal welfare" (in en-US). The Irish Times. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/a-new-way-of-thinking-about-animal-welfare-1.3226845.
- ↑ Fleischman, Diana. "How to Train Your Boyfriend" (in en-US). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/how-train-your-boyfriend/202008/how-train-your-boyfriend.
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