Mgr. Jaroslava Varella Valentová, Ph.D.

Research Interests: Research field: evolutionary anthropology, human ethology, evolutionary psychology Sexual orientation: proximate and ultimate causes, cross-cultural research, sex atypical traits, sexual orientation attribution, mate preferences and choice in same-sex couples Human sexuality, attractiveness, and mate choice: history of sex research, evolutionary theories of human sexuality, cross-cultural aspects of attractiveness and sexual behavior, sex differences in sexuality, vocal, facial, and behavioral attractiveness, factors influencing relationship satisfaction: homogamy X complementarity, and relationship hierarchy Evolutionary psychiatry: normality X deviation, medical X biological understanding of deviations, classification of mental diseases according to evolutionary theories, adaptiveness of mental diseases Culture and nature: biological and cultural co-evolution, interconnection between nature and nurture

Education: 2006-2010: Ph.D. in Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, (Ph.D. thesis: Perception of Male Homosexuality”) 2008-2009: research fellow at Dept. of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Chicago, USA 2004–2006: master degree in Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, Department for General Anthropology, Research Group of Human Ethology, (M.A. thesis: “The Relationship Between Personality Characteristics and Appearance in Homosexual Men”) 2000–2004: bachelor degree at Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, (B.A. thesis: „Male Homosexuality from the Biological View“)

Jobs: Since 2010 postdoctoral fellow researcher, Center for Theoretical Study (CTS), Charles University in Prague & Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 2009-2011 Research assistant, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (recently an external teacher)

International Research Experience: 2012 – Research on Sex ratio of street artists – Prague (Czech Rep.), Bratislava (Slovakia), Vienna (Austria), Budapest (Hungary), Bucharest (Romania) 2011-2012 – Research on Multiple aspects of human physical attractiveness from cross-cultural perspective – Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, Brazil 2011 – Research of physical attractiveness in relation to eye color – Adyiaman Universitesi, Turkey 2010 – Research on Possible link between physical fitness, health status and attractiveness in cross-cultural perspective – Keetmanshoop, Namibia 2008/2009 – research fellow at Dept. of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Chicago, USA