Research

Select Awards

April 2024 Feminist Evolutionary Psychology Society (FEPS) Student Talk Award, presented to: Lunge, J. M., & Welling, L. L. M. Ick, not sick! Investigating a biological mechanism of pathogen avoidance. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS). Niagara Falls, NY

April 2024 Provost Graduate Student Research Award | The Oakland University Research Office

July 2023 Best Student Presentation Award, presented to: Lunge, J. M., & Welling, L. L. M. Progestin potency in oral contraception: Investigating dose-dependent impacts on women’s disgust and anxiety. Talk presented at the Biennial Summer Institute of the International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE). Detroit, MI

September 2020 Future Faculty Fellowship, presented by the King-Chávez-Parks (KCP) Initiative

Book Chapters

4. Welling, L. L. M., Mitchell, V. E., Lunge, J. M., & Hughes, M. (2024). More than PMS: The influence of hormones on emotion. In L. Al-Shawaf & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Evolution and Emotions. Oxford University Press: New York, NY. PDF

3. Welling, L. L. M., Mitchell, V. E., Lunge, J. M., & Orille, A. C. (2022). The adaptive value of women’s orgasm. In T. K. Shackelford (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Psychology, Vol. 3: Female Sexual Adaptations. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, MA. PDF

2. Mitchell, V. E., Lunge, J. M., Orille, A., Hughes, M., & Welling, L. L. M. (2022). Infidelity across the ovulatory cycle. In T. DeLecce & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Infidelity. Oxford University Press: New York, NY. PDF

1. Mogilski, J. K., Wysocki, A., Reeve, S. D., Mitchell, V., Lunge, J., & Welling, L. L. M. (2019). Stress hormones, physiology, and behavior. In L. L. M. Welling & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook on Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology. Oxford Publishing: Oxford, UK. PDF

Other Publications

2. Lunge, J. (2018). Morality is Cooperation. In T.K. Shackelford & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer Publishing: New York, NY. PDF

1. Lunge, J. (2014). Potential evidence for estrus in humans: A literature review. University of California, Merced Undergraduate Research Journal, 6, 68-72. PDF

Oral Presentations

6. Lunge, J. M. & Welling, L. L. M. (2024, April). Ick, not sick! Investigating a biological mechanism of pathogen avoidance. Annual meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS). Niagara Falls, NY. PDF

5. Lunge, J. M. & Welling, L. L. M. (2023, August). Dose-dependent effects of oral contraception on emotion recognition. Annual meeting of the Flyover-State Scientists Integrating Evolution (FOSSIL). Fayetteville, Arkansas. PDF

4. Lunge, J. M. & Welling, L. L. M. (2023, July). Progestin potency in oral contraception: Investigating dose-dependent impacts on women’s disgust and anxiety. Biennial Summer Institute of the International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE). Detroit, Michigan. PDF

3. Lunge, J. M., Mitchell, V. E., Wysocki, A., Tratner, A. E., & Welling, L. L. M. (2020, March). Rape avoidance across the menstrual cycle using a virtual reality paradigm. The annual Graduate Student Research Conference at Oakland University. Rochester, Michigan. PDF

2. Lunge, J. M. (2018, February). The influence of gender conformity and sexual orientation on preferences for sexual dimorphism in male and female faces. Research Colloquium Series, Department of Psychology at Oakland University. Rochester, Michigan. PDF

1. Lunge, J. M. & Reeve, S. (2017). Evolutionary approaches to mate choice and hormone-mediated behavior. Psi Chi seminar, Oakland University. Rochester, Michigan.