Timothy McHale

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Dr. Timothy McHale

Lecturer

Website: TsMcHale.com 


Education:

Ph.D. Biological Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2017)

MS.c. Evolutionary Anthropology, Durham University, United Kingdom (2011)

Clinical Allergy Specialist Medical Certification, University of Incarnate Word (2011)

B.S Biology& B.A. Philosophy, University of Central Florida (2007)



Courses:  

Introduction to Biological Anthropology 

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 

Human Variation  

Biological Anthropology

Research Interests:

Interdisciplinary trained applied biological anthropologist with a focus on biocultural, evolutionary, and developmental approaches to human biology, behavior, and health, with a combined 12 years of teaching, research, publishing, and medical field experience. My expertise lies at the intersection of Human Behavioral Ecology, Cultural Evolution, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Life History Theory, Childhood Development, and Psychobiology to explain cross-cultural patterns of human variation, health, physiology, sexuality, gender, and behavior.

Publications: N = 13

Ratings: h-index:6, Citations: 222 (Google Scholar)

Peer-reviewed published articles, with student co-authors underlined:

  1. Albert, G., Richardson, G. B., Arnocky, S., Bird, B., Fisher, M., Hlay, J., McHale, T. S., & Hodges-Simeon, C. R. 2022. Psychometric Evaluation of the Intrasexual Competition Scale. Archives of Sexual Behavior.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02167-6

  2. Hodges-Simeon, C. R., Richardson, G. B., Albert, G., McHale, T. S., Weinberg, S., Gurven, M., & Gaulin, S. 2021. Was facial width-to-height ratio a product of sexual selection? A life course approach. PLOS ONE, 16(3): e0240284. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240284

  3. McHale, T. S., Gray, P. B., Hodges-Simeon, C. R., Zava, D. T., Albert, G., Chan, K., & Chee, W. 2020. Juvenile children’s salivary aldosterone and cortisone decrease during informal math and table-tennis competitions. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 6(4), 413-435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00146-0

  4. McHale, T. S., Chee, W., Hodges-Simeon, C. R., Zava, D. T., Albert, G., Chan, K., & Gray, P. B. 2020. Salivary aldosterone and cortisone respond differently to high- and low-psychologically stressful soccer competitions. Sports Sciences, 38(23), 2688-2697.https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1796164

  5. Hodges-Simeon, C. R., Grail, G., Albert, G., Landry, N., Ortiz, T. L., Carré, J. M., McHale, T. S., & Arnocky, S. A. 2020. Testosterone, cortisol, and secretory immunoglobulin-A within a single day and across two sequential days among trans- and cis-gender men. Steroids,160, 108640.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.steroids.2020.108640

  6. Gray, P.B., Straftis, A., Bird, B., McHale, T. S., & S. Zilioli. 2019. Human reproductive behavior, life history, and the Challenge Hypothesis: A 30-year review, retrospective and future directions. Hormones and Behavior, 123, 104530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.04.017

  7. McHale, T. S., Gray, P. B., Chan, K., Zava, D. T., & Chee, W. 2018. Hong Kongese juvenile boys’ salivary steroid hormone responses during a dyadic athletic competition. American Journal of Human Biology, e23190. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23190

  8. McHale, T. S., Chee, W., Chan, K., Zava, D. T., & Gray, P. B. 2018. Coalitional physical competition: acute salivary steroid hormone responses among juvenile male soccer players in Hong Kong. Human Nature, 29(3), 245-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-018-9321-7

  9. McHale, T. S., Gray, P. B., Chan, K., Zava, D. T., & Chee, W. 2018. Acute salivary steroid hormone responses in juvenile boys and girls to non-physical team competition. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 4(3), 223-247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-018-0089-0

  10. Gray, P. B., Vuong, J., Zava, D., & McHale, T. S. 2018. Testing men’s hormone responses to playing League of Legends: No change in testosterone, cortisol, DHEA or androstenedione but a decrease in aldosterone. Computers in Human Behavior, 83, 230-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.02.004

  11. Gray, P. B., McHale, T. S., & Carré, J. M. 2017. A review of human male field studies of hormones and behavioral reproductive effort. Hormones and Behavior, 91, 52-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.07.004

  12. McHale, T. S., Zava, D. T., Hales, D., & Gray, P. B. 2016. Physical competition increases dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and androstenedione rather than testosterone among juvenile boy soccer players. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 2(1), 44-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-015-0030-8

  13. McHale, T. S., & Gray, P. B. 2015. Anatomy, Male. In P. Whelehan & A. Bolin (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, 75-78. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.  https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118896877.wbiehs026