Jon A. Sefcek

From Drmills

Personal Information:
Residence:          4252 East 1st Street
                            Tucson, AZ 85711
                           

Contact:               email: lennonjon@gmail.com

                            email: jons@u.arizona.edu

                            email: jasefcekphd@pima.edu

                            phone: (520) 603-5052

Date of Birth:       9 July, 1974
Place of Birth:     Lakewood, OH, United Status of America
Citizenship:         United States of America

Education:
Ph.D.                   PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, TUCSON
                            Breadths: Evolutionary Psychology
                            Breadths: Biological Anthropology
                            Breadths: Comparative Psychology
                            August 07, 2007

M.A.                    PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, TUCSON
                           Breadths: Ethology and Evolutionary Psychology
                           October, 2002

B.A.                    UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, CINCINNATI
                           Major: Psychology
                           Minor: Biology
                           May, 1998

Doctoral Dissertation:
Sefcek, J. A. (2007). An Integrated Life-history model of Human Fitness Indicators.

James E. King, PhD., Doctoral Dissertation Advisor

Academic Employment:
Current                 VISITING SCHOLAR

                            University of Arizona                           

                            Department of Psychology                            

                            Tucson, AZ 85721

                           ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, PSYCHOLOGY
                           Pima Community College, Nothwest Campus
                           Tucson, Arizona 85709-7200

Current Research Focus:

Contemporary research has identified measurable changes in women's behavior over the course of the monthly ovulatory cycle. These changes include increased mating effort, increased psychological and physical attractiveness, increased in choosiness towards "good genes" indicators, and an increase in resistance to sexual coercion, but only for women not taking hormonal contraception (e.g. "the pill"; see Sefcek, Brumbach, Vasquez, and Miller, 2006, for review). One major limitation of this research is that it has been conducted primarily in the laboratory with reliance on self-report measures. We propose two studies in order to better explore these effects. A recent study by Miller, Tybur, and Jordan (2007) on "real-world" women identified that female "lap-dancers" who were not taking hormonal contraception earned approximately 50% more in tips per shift during the fertile phase of their cycle, compared to their hormonal contraception-using counterparts. As an extension of this, I have been exploring whether this effect exists across the service industry (e.g. restaurants), or if it only applies to the sex-linked service industry (e.g. gentlemen's clubs). Additionally, my colleuges and I are conducting a study exploring female spatial navigation and vocal pattern changes over the course of their ovulatory cycle. To do we are using altered Blackberry cell phones to track GPS location and record audio conversations in participants daily lives.