Tania Reynolds

Dr. Tania Reynolds is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. Her research applies evolutionary psychology to examine social behavior, focusing on intrasexual competition, biases in moral evaluations, and life history theory. She holds a PhD from Florida State University and conducted postdoctoral research at the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University.

Education:

• PhD in Social Psychology, Florida State University
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University

Research Interests: Dr. Reynolds investigates women's same-sex competition and cooperation, evolutionary roots of social behavior, and reproductive hormones' impact on social anxiety. Notable projects include NSF-funded work on progesterone's role in interpersonal vigilance and studies on anti-gay bias linked to ancestral warfare dynamics.

Teaching: Courses include Psychology of Human Sexuality, Evolution and Human Behavior, and Personality Psychology. She currently advises graduate student Jegason Diviant.

Grants: NSF-funded research on hormonal influences in social behavior. Active projects explore evolutionary adaptations in modern social dynamics.

Labs/Teams: Leads research on evolutionary social psychology within UNM's Psychology Department, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to human behavior.