Rebecca Burch

Rebecca Burch received her Ph.D. at SUNY Albany in Evolution and Human Behavior. Her main research interests are the evolution of sexual behavior, sexual cues, intimate partner violence and cultural differences and similarities in a variety of human behaviors, including sex, parenting, play and gender. She also studies depictions of bodies (and hypersexualization) in various cultural products, including comic books and movies. She has previously taught at SUNY Albany and Colby College and has taught at SUNY Oswego for over 20 years.

Dr. Burch has publications on a wide array of topics including seminal composition and human physiology and behavior, genital morphology, intimate partner violence (focusing on sexual jealousy and prevention strategies), sexual signaling, dating/mating strategies, and depictions of male and female bodies in media. She is currently researching various personality traits and behaviors in a multinational research consortium. Her publications have garnered interest from the media, including nonfiction books, novels and innumerable websites, blogs, news outlets and magazines.

Dr. Burch is currently working with a large number of collaborators on a multinational study of various aspects of human behavior, including sociopathy, narcissism, attachment, caring for family and sustainability. In particular, she is interested in behaviors that are linked to people who score highly in sociopathy and narcissism.