Lee A. Kirkpatrick

Associate Professor of Psychology
College of William & Mary

Office: Millington Hall #249
Phone: (757) 221-3997
Fax: (757) 221-3896

Email: lakirk@wm.edu

Primary Research Interests:

• Evolutionary Psychology 
• Psychology of Religion 
• Adult Attachment and Close Relationships 
• Statistics, Psychometrics, & Research Methods 
• Social and Personality Psychology 

Complete Vitae [Acrobat (.pdf) format]

Publications by Area:

• Evolutionary Psychology 
• Attachment and Religion 
• Other Psychology of Religion 
• Adult Attachment 
• Statistics & Psychometrics 
• Miscellaneous 

Spring 2006 Course Syllabi:

• Multivariate Analysis (PSY 633/392)
• Professional Development Seminar (PSY 619)
• Evolutionary Psychology (PSY 377)
  

Syllabi from Last Semester:

• Advanced Statistics (631/391)
• Professional Development Seminar (PSY 618)
  

University Links:

• W&M homepage 
• Psychology Department 
• Graduate Study in Psychology 

(general/experimental M.A.)

Recent Publications:

• Kirkpatrick, L. A. (2005). Evolutionary psychology: An emerging new foundation for the psychology of religion. In R. F. Paloutzian & C. L. Park (Eds.), Handbook of the psychology of religion and spirituality. New York: Guilford.
  
 
•  Kirkpatrick, L. A., & Ellis, B. J. (in press). What is the evolutionary significance of self-esteem? In M. H. Kernis (Ed.), Self-esteem issues and answers: A source book of current perspectives. New York: Psychology Press.
  
 
• Webster, G. D., & Kirkpatrick, L. A. (in press). Behavioral and self-reported aggression as a function of domain-specific self-esteem. Aggressive Behavior. [abstract]
  
 

• Kirkpatrick, L. A. (2004). The evolutionary social psychology of religious beliefs [Commentary on Atran & Norenzayan]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27, 741.

• Navarrete, C. D., Kurzban, R. O., Fessler, D. M. T., & Kirkpatrick, L. A. (2004). Anxiety and ingroup bias: Terror management or coalitional psychology? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 7, 623-651. [abstract]
  
 
• Granqvist, P., & Kirkpatrick, L. A. (2004). Religious conversion and perceived childhood attachment: A meta-analysis. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 14, 223-250. [abstract] 
    

• Laythe, B., Finkel, D., Bringle, R., & Kirkpatrick, L. A. (2002). Religious fundamentalism as a predictor of prejudice: A two-component model. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 41, 623-635. [abstract] 


• Kirkpatrick, L. A., Waugh, C. E., Valencia, A., & Webster, G. D. (2002). The functional domain-specificity of self-esteem and the differential prediction of aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 82, 756-767. [abstract] 

Research & Papers in Progress...