Jacalyn Hall

Dr Jacalyn Hall is a Lecturer in Psychology at Charles Sturt University, specializing in other-person perception and categorical judgments. Her research explores mechanisms for discerning biological sex, the influence of idealized gender perceptions on judgment, and factors like self-defense training or empathy affecting threat perception. She teaches foundational and advanced psychology subjects, including Research Methods & Statistics and Cognition & Learning.

• PhD in Psychology (Southern Cross University, 2020)
• Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) (Southern Cross University, 2012)

Her recent work extends her PhD focus on evolutionary vs. learned criteria in sex discernment, examining how societal constructs like ideal body types shape biological sex judgments. She supervises honours and masters students.

Key research themes include:

• Biological sex perception via evolutionary or learned constructs
• Impact of scene complexity on gender recognition
• Threat perception influenced by self-defense training
• Empathy and abuse in teacher-student interactions