TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY - Department of Psychology

SARAH E. HILL
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2006.
“My overall research objective is to understand human social behaviors and the social and cognitive
processes that guide them (e.g. emotions, decision-making heuristics, etc). In carrying out this objective, I
take a theoretically-driven, multi-method approach with an emphasis on integrating knowledge across
traditional topical and disciplinary boundaries. I combine the theoretical grounding made available by
evolutionary theory and its focus on adaptive function with social psychological theory and its emphasis
on interpersonal relationships and social cognition. In conducting research, I favor not only the use of the
tried-and-true research tools developed by social psychologists, but also incorporate analytical tools from
other disciplines such as behavioral ecology and economics. To date, the primary foci of my research
have been: 1) mate choice and 2) social competition for access to limited resources (e.g., mates, wealth,
and status).”
Selected Publications:
Hill S. E. & Buss, D. M. (2008). The Mere Presence of Opposite-Sex Others on Judgments of Sexual and
Romantic Desirability: Opposite Effects for Men and Women. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 34, 635-647.
Hill, S. E. (2007). Overestimation bias in mate competition. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28, 118-123.
Hill, S. E. & Ryan, M. J. (2006). The Role of Female Quality in the Mate Copying Behavior of Sailfin
Mollies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biology Letters, 2, 203-205
Hill, S. E. & Reeve, H. K. (2005). Low Fertility in Humans as the Evolutionary Outcome of Snowballing
Resource Games. Behavioral Ecology, 16, 398-402.
Hill, S. E. & Reeve, H. K. (2004). Mating Games: the Evolution of Human Mating Transactions.
Behavioral Ecology, 15, 748-756.
PATRICK M. FLYNN, Director, Institute of Behavioral Research (IBR); and Professor of Psychology.
Ph.D., University of Miami, 1982
“My work is focused on health services research which involves multidisciplinary investigations of
individual characteristics, organizational structures and processes, and treatment outcomes. This has
included studies of personality disorders, co-occurring mental health problems, and substance use
disorders, as well as evaluations of substance abuse treatment involving treatment costs and benefits,
access and utilization, organizational functioning, client outcomes, and technology transfer. IBR Graduate
Research Assistants are engaged in a wide range of applied research processes and are exposed to large
data systems, use of state-of-the-art multivariate statistical strategies, and new data collection
technologies.”
Selected Publications:
Flynn, P. M., Broome, K. M., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Knight, D. K., Horgan, C. M., & Shepard, D. S. (2009).
Treatment Cost Analysis Tool (TCAT) for estimating costs of outpatient treatment services. Drug and
Alcohol Dependence, 100, 47-53.
Flynn, P. M., and Brown, B. S. (2008). Co-occurring disorders in substance abuse treatment: Issues and
prospects. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 34(1), 36-47.
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Simpson, D. D., & Flynn, P. M. (2007). Moving innovations into treatment: A stage-based approach to
program change. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 33(2), 111-120.