Current Research and Areas of Expertise
- Areas of expertise are evolutionary psychology, and human sexuality
- Primary research interests include birth order and the family, reproductive suppression and dieting behavior, and female sexuality, particularly with regard to prostitution and pornography
Professional Background Highlights
Dr. Salmon is the co-author (with Donald Symons) of "Warrior Lovers: Erotic Fiction, Evolution and Female Sexuality." She has written chapters in numerous books including Buss’ Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and is the book review editor of the journal Evolutionary Psychology, as well as the co-editor of the books Evolutionary Psychology: Public Policy and Personal Decisions (with Charles Crawford) and Family Psychology: An Evolutionary Perspective (with Todd Shackelford).
Courses Offered at Redlands
- Introduction to Psychology
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Human Sexuality
- Psychology of Criminal Behavior
Awards, Honors and Grants
- University of Redlands Faculty Grant: 2005-2006, 2007-2008
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship: 2001-2003
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council (Canada) Post-Doctoral Fellowship: 1999-2001
Publications, Presentations and Panels
Salmon, C.A., & Schumann, K. (2011). The Secret Power of Middle Children. Hudson St. Press.
Salmon, C. A. & Malcolm, J. (2011). Parent-offspring conflict. In C. A. Salmon & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Tyhe Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psuchology. Oxford University Press.
Salmon, C. A. & Shackelford, T. K. (2011). Towards an evolutionary psychology of the family. In C. A. Salmon & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. Oxford University Press.
Gorelik, G., Shackelford, T.K., & Salmon, C.A. (2010). New horizons in the evolutionary science of the human family. Review of General Psychology, 14, 330-339.
Salmon, C. A., Figueredo, A. J., & Woodburn, L. (2009). Life history strategy and disordered eating behavior. Evolutionary Psychology, 7, 585-600.
Salmon, C. A., Crawford, C. B., Dane, L., & Zuberbier, O. (2008). Ancestral mechanisms in modern environments: Impact of competition and stress on body image and dieting behavior. Human Nature, 19, 103-117.
Salmon, C. A., Crawford, C. B., & Walters, S. (2008). Anorexic behaviour, female competition, and stress: Developing the Female Competition Stress Test." Evolutionary Psychology, 6, 96-112.
Salmon, C. A. (2008). The world’s oldest profession: Evolutionary insights into prostitution. In J. Duntley & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Evolutionary forensic psychology (pp. 121-135). Oxford University Press.
Salmon, C. A. & Crawford, C. B. (2008). Evolutionary psychology: The historical context. In C. Crawford & D. Krebs (Eds.), Foundations of evolutionary psychology: Ideas, issues, applications, and findings (pp. 1-21). Erlbaum.
Salmon, C. A. (2008). Heroes and hos' reflections of male and female sexual natures. In C. Crawford & D. Krebs (Eds.), Foundations of evolutionary psychology: Ideas, issues, applications, and findings (pp. 281-290). Erlbaum.
Salmon, C. A. (2007). Big brothers and little sisters? Sex selection and birth order. Reproductive Biomedicine Online, 15 (supplement 1), 12-17.
Salmon, C. A. & Shackelford, T. K. (2007). Family relationships: An evolutionary perspective. Oxford University Press.
Salmon, C. A. (2005). Parental investment and parent-offspring conflict. In D. Buss (Ed.), The evolutionary psychology handbook (pp. 506-527). New York: Wiley.
Salmon, C. A. & Clerc, S. (2005). Ladies Love Wrestling, Too': Female Wrestling Fans Online. In Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling (N. Sammond ed). Duke University Press. Pp. 167-191.
Salmon, C. A. & Symons, D. (2004). Slash fiction and human mating psychology. Journal of Sex Research, 41(1), 94-100.
Salmon, C.A. (2003). Birth order and relationships: Family, friends and sexual partners. Human Nature, 14(1), 73-88.