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Institution
Knox College
Current Position
Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Maine
Research Interests
 | Applied Social Psychology |
| Evolution/Genetics |
| Group Processes |
| Nonverbal Behavior |
Laboratory Home Page
Courses Taught
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Francis T. McAndrew
Department of Psychology
Knox College
Galesburg, Illinois 61401-4999
U.S.A.
Home Page
Phone: (309) 341-7525
Fax: (309) 341-7718
Email: fmcandre@knox.edu
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Frank McAndrew is the Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at Knox College. He is a social psychologist with research interests in environmental and evolutionary psychology, and he is currently studying the roots of heroic behavior and the evolutionary psychology of gossip. A frequent guest on "talk radio" programs, his work has also been featured in popular media outlets such as Psychology Today Magazine, the New York Times, and NBC's "Today Show" and "Tonight Show." McAndrew is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), and in 2005 he was identified as one of the "key individuals" in the history of environmental psychology by a survey of over 300 researchers in the field.
Except for a visiting professorship in South Africa in 1996, his entire professional career has been spent at Knox College where he chaired the psychology department for a decade and twice won the college's highest award for distinguished teaching. On the side, he continues to serve as the assistant wrestling coach at Knox after stepping down from his position as head coach in 2000. In keeping with his teaching situation at a liberal arts college, many of his scientific articles have been co-authored with his undergraduate students, and more than 60 of his former students have successfully completed a Ph.D. in psychology or a closely related field.
 Books:
 McAndrew, F. T. (1993). Environmental psychology. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. [Two different Chinese translations, 1996 & 2008]
Journal Articles:
- De Backer, C. J., Nelissen, M., Vyncke, P., Braeckman, J., & McAndrew, F. T. (2007). Celebrities: From teachers to friends: A test of two hypotheses on the adaptiveness of celebrity gossip. Human Nature, 18, 334-354.
- Klinesmith, J., Kasser, T., & McAndrew, F. T. (2006). Guns, testosterone, and aggression: An experimental test of a mediational hypothesis. Psychological Science, 17, 568-571. (Also appears as a chapter in "Readings in Social Psychology: General, Classic, and Contemporary Selections" by Wayne A. Lesko (Ed.), Allyn & Bacon Publishers, 2008.)
- McAndrew, F. T. (2002). New evolutionary perspectives on altruism: Multilevel selection and costly signaling theories. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 79-82.
- McAndrew, F. T. (1998). The measurement of "Rootedness" and the prediction of attachment to hometowns in college students. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 18, 409-417.
- McAndrew, F. T. (1986). A cross-cultural study of recognition thresholds for facial expressions of emotion. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 17, 211-224.
- McAndrew, F. T. (1981). Pattern of performance and attributions of ability and gender. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 7, 583-587.
- McAndrew, F. T., Akande, A., Turner, S., & Sharma, Y. (1998). A cross-cultural ranking of stressful life events in Germany, India, South Africa, & the United States. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 29, 717-727.
- McAndrew, F. T., Bell, E. K., & Garcia, C. M. (2007). Who do we tell, and whom do we tell on? Gossip as a strategy for status enhancement. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 1562-1577.
- McAndrew, F. T., & Garrison, A. J. (2007). Beliefs about gender differences in methods and causes of suicide. Archives of Suicide Research, 11, 271-279.
- McAndrew, F. T., King, J. C., & Honoroff, L. R. (2002). A sociobiological analysis of namesaking patterns in 322 American families. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 851-864.
- McAndrew, F. T., & Milenkovic, M. A. (2002). Of tabloids and family secrets: The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 1064-1082.
- Minervini, B. P., & McAndrew, F. T. (2006). The mating strategies and mate preferences of mail order brides. Cross-Cultural Research, 40, 111-129.
Other Publications:
- McAndrew, F. T. (2008, October/November). Can gossip be good? Scientific American Mind Magazine, 32-39.
- McAndrew, F. T. (2003). Evolution and the problem of altruism: Current and historical perspectives. In S. Shohov (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research, Volume 27 (pp. 277-288). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
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