
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
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)





