Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Michigan State University

Evolutionary psychology, discrimination, minority underachievement, moral reasoning

I'm interested, quite broadly, in the psychology of intergroup relations. I adopt an evolutionary perspective in the study of how and why people discriminate towards people of other groups and among members of their own groups as well. My current projects and future research directions lie in the study of the intersection of race and gender and how this nexus relates to the expression of intergroup fear and aggression. Investigations  include experiments using psychophysiological measurement, virtual environments, and menstrual cycle timing as inferential tools. I'm also interested in applying these conceptual and methodological tools to the study of the psychology of moral reasoning, religion and the origins of terrorism.

Current projects include: (1) Physiological measurement of the acquisition and persistence of fear and hostility towards outgroup males; (2) Interracial mate choice across the menstrual cycle; (3) Minority underacheivement and temporal discounting; (4) Moral reasoning and intergroup bias.  For a fuller view of my current research interests, click here .

Selected publications and manuscripts can be found here .

Dr. Navarrete is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University.