Oct. 17, 2000
Contact: Peter Bailley
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Timothy Kasser, assistant professor of psychology at Knox College, will give a lecture, "Evolution, Culture, and What Women Want in a Mate," at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 25, in the Common Room, Old Main, Knox College, Galesburg, IL. The lecture is free and open to the public. It is part of the Gender and Women's Studies Colloquium, a series of six lectures each year.
Kasser will discuss the sociological and cultural factors involved when women choose marriage partners. The lecture is based on a 1999 research paper by Kasser and one of his former students, Yadika Sharma, a 1997 Knox graduate now in graduate school at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
In the paper, Kasser and Sharma argue that mate selection -- believed by some researchers to be based on biological characteristics -- is also influenced by cultural, social and economic factors. [More about the paper.]
Kasser graduated from Vanderbilt University, summa cum laude, in 1988. He earned his doctorate from the University of Rochester in 1994. He has been teaching at Knox College since 1995.
Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois, with 1,220 students from 47 states and 41 nations. Knox's "Old Main," a National Historic Landmark, is the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.
This news release: http://www.knox.edu/x160.xml2001/kasser_Lecture.html
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