Victim Researcher Profile

BIO

Todd K. Shackelford received his Ph.D. in evolutionary psychology in 1997 from the University of Texas at Austin. Since 2010, he is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Oakland University (http://www.oakland.edu/psychology) in Rochester, Michigan, where he is Co-Director of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab (www.ToddKShackelford.com). In 2016, he was appointed Distinguished Professor by the Oakland University Board of Trustees. He led the founding of new Ph.D. and M.S. programs (http://www.oakland.edu/psychology/grad/), which launched in 2012. Shackelford has published around 300 journal articles and his work has been cited over 17,000 times. Much of Shackelford's research addresses intimate partner violence against women, including sexual, psychological, emotional, and homicidal violence. Please visit www.ToddKShackelford.com.

VICTIMIZATION FOCUS

Campus Sexual Assault, Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse, Dating Violence (Teen), Domestic and Family Violence, Homicide Survivors/Co-victims, Physical Assault (other than domestic violence or elder abuse), Sexual Abuse or Violence (other than campus sexual assault), Stalking, Terrorism and Mass Violence

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Child victims, Men and boys of color, Male victims generally, Older victims, Rural victims, Urban high crime neighborhood victims

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Action research, Data collection, Descriptive studies, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies

VICTIM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Action research, Data collection, Descriptive studies, Qualitative studies, Quantitative studies