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The Welling Research Lab is a research group located in the Psychology Department at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, USA.

We are located in the Psychology Department at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, USA. Headed by Dr. Lisa Welling, this lab focuses on factors that affect person perception, individual differences in preferences, hormone-mediated behavior, evolutionary approaches to mate choice, and other aspects of human relationships. Visit our lab webpage for more information and for copies of publications: www.wellingresearchlab.com

10/27/2026

Nine OU faculty (including 4 from psychology: Lisa Welling, Jennifer Vonk, Virgil Ziegler-Hill, and Todd Shackelford) were recognized at the President’s colloquium for inclusion in research.com’s World’s Best Scientists rankings.

10/16/2026

Nine OU faculty (including 4 from psychology: Lisa Welling, Jennifer Vonk, Virgil Ziegler-Hill, and Todd Shackelford) are to be recognized at the President’s colloquium for inclusion in research.com’s World’s Best Scientists rankings: https://www.oakland.edu/thisisou/research/2026/Oakland-University-faculty-recognized-among-worlds-best-scientists-in-2026-rankings/

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09/22/2026

Our recent paper by Katherine Sheetz and Lisa Welling has been covered by PsyPost:

A new study reveals how a woman's religious beliefs shape her swiping behavior on dating apps. Surprisingly, more religious women cast a wider net, while women overall prefer men with softer facial features but exaggerated, boastful biographies.

08/18/2026

Adjuncts were originally used in small numbers, as a way to bring industry professionals into the classroom. Now they’re a cost-saving measure, with positions often filled by academics vying for a decreasing number of tenure-track jobs. This is the case even as universities continue to spend big in other areas, such as to cover the costs of their increasingly large administrations or to construct new buildings designed to garner prestige and lure students.

Adjuncts typically receive no benefits: no employer-sponsored healthcare plan, no retirement plan, no sick leave, no disability, and, of course, no support for research and writing. This isn’t just bad for adjuncts as workers; it’s bad for everyone, affecting the quality of education, our ideals of equity, and our ability to create a society rich with new art, stories, and ideas.

Adjunct labor disproportionately affects women and Black people and, ironically, is most often used in the liberal arts and humanities, disciplines that often position themselves as centers of freedom and diversity. Read more from Maria Adelmann: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/adjuncting-until-the-end-of-time/

08/08/2026

Kat Sheetz presented her newest paper at the FOSSIL conference. Nice job, Kat!

07/29/2026

Our paper titled “Holy Swipes: The Influence of Religiosity on Mate Choice in Online Dating” (authors: Kat Sheetz and Lisa Welling) has been accepted for publication in Psychology and Sexuality. Special congratulations to Katherine Sheetz on the acceptance of her first first-authored publication!!!

07/25/2026

Sad to hear this news.

View Dr. Gordon G. Gallup Jr.'s obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

06/22/2026

Lisa Welling was interviewed by Scientific American about research on attachment theory and family size. Original research was by Maryanne Fisher, T. Joel Wade, and Catherine Salmon.

People with “fearful” or “preoccupied” insecure attachment styles had more children, whereas securely attached people had fewer, according to a recent study

06/22/2026

Congratulations, Todd Shackelford!

Congratulations to Oakland University’s Dr. Todd K. Shackelford on receiving Springer Nature’s Editor of Distinction Award, recognizing exceptional contributions to scientific publishing and peer review. Read the full OU News story to learn more about this well-deserved honor. Read article here:https://www.oakland.edu/news/psychology/2026/editor-of-distinction/

06/18/2026

My favorite part. 🥲 Congrats again, Dr. Lunge!

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