Andrew C. Gallup

Contact Information:

Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 13902

Education:

I received a B.A. in Psychology with Honors from the University at Albany in 2007 (advisors: G. G. Gallup Jr. & C. K. Wagner). I am now working towards my Ph.D. in Biological Sciences with a graduate certificate in Evolutionary Studies at Binghamton University (advisor: D. S. Wilson).

Academic/Professional Membership:

Animal Behavior Society
Evolutionary Studies Program, Binghamton University
Human Behavior and Evolution Society
Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society
Phi Beta Kappa
Psi Chi
Sigma Xi

Research Interests:

My academic interests are in evolution and human behavior, comparative psychology, anatomy and physiology, and evolutionary biology. My current research centers around two primary foci: (1) aggression and social dominance in adolescence, and (2) the functional significance of yawning across vertebrate taxa. The former includes my dissertation research in which I’ve investigated the relationship between peer adolescent aggression, reproductive competition and interpersonal attraction. Most recently, this research has transitioned to examining these variables in relation to local neighborhood ecology. As a side project stemming from my undergraduate honors thesis, I also continue to empirically study the relationship between yawning and thermoregulation.

Editorial Board Membership:

Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience: http://frontiersin.org/evolutionaryneuroscience/

Selected Publications:

Gallup, A.C., White, D.D., & Gallup, G.G., Jr. (2007). Handgrip strength predicts sexual behavior, body morphology, and aggression in male college students. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28: 423-429.

Gallup, A.C., & Gallup, G.G., Jr. (2008). Yawning and thermoregulation. Physiology & Behavior, 95: 10-16.

Gallup, A.C., O’Brien, D.T., White, D.D., & Wilson, D.S. (2009). Peer victimization in adolescence has different effects on the sexual behavior of male and female college students. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 46: 611-615.

Gallup, A.C., Miller, M.L., & Clark, A.B. (2009). Yawning and thermoregulation in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). Animal Behaviour, 77: 109-113.

Gallup, A.C. (in press). Misconceptions regarding excessive yawning and sleep deprivation. In P. Fulke & S. Vaughan (Eds.). Sleep Deprivation: Causes, Effects, and Treatment. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Media Links:

Yawning as a brain cooling mechanism: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/health/03insi.html; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28240615/

Handgrip strength and sexual behavior: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09handshakesex.html

Andrew C. Gallup

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