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Appearance, Culture & Evolution Lab


Lab Members

Academic and Research Staff

Research Students

Maxine Houston – Body image and mentoring experiences in young adults with limb differences

Charlie Greenall – Eating and autism

Kristen Keen – Body image education in Africa

Joel Caleb Hernandez – Colour-based appearance anxiety in Latin America

Ruby Nelson – Peer-led intervention for perfectionism and body image

Alanise Dolly (starting Oct 2026) – Body image education in Latin America

Associate Members

Dr Linda Lidborg,

Former students

Dr Bobby May (Impulsivity, gender and aggression), Dr Hue San Kuay (Child-to-parent violence), Dr Natalia Dutra (Development of cooperation in children), Dr Katy Jacques (Muscularity preferences in children and adults), Dr Louise Hanson (New methods in children’s body image),  Joe McAdam (MRes; Stereotypes of facial appearance and sexual preference in gay men), Dr James Rutter (Sexual dimorphism and gender in the voice), Dr Shuang Hua (Social media, gender roles and body image in Chinese women), Dr Georgia Tuohy (Gender attitudes and empathy in children in Uganda and the UK)


Administrative support: Dr Gemma Cornetti (PA to L Boothroyd)