Selected publications

Books

Gray, P. B., Garcia, J. R., (2013). Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Fisher, M.L., Garcia, J. R., Chang, R. S. (2013). Evolution's Empress: Darwinian Perspectives on the Nature of Women. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Journal articles and book chapters

Garcia, J.R., Gesselman, A.N., Massey, S.G., Seibold-Simpson, S.M., & Merriwether, A.M. (2018). Intimacy through casual sex: Relational context of sexual activity and affectionate behaviors. Journal of Relationships Research, 9, e12, 1-10.

Fisher, H.E. & Garcia, J.R. (2018). Slow Love: Courtship in the digital age. In R.J. Sternberg & K. Sternberg (Eds.), The New Psychology of Love (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press.

Frederick, D.A., Lever, J., Gillespie, B.J., & Garcia, J.R. (2017). What keeps passion alive? Sexual satisfaction is associated with sexual communication, mood setting, sexual variety, oral sex, orgasm, and sex frequency in a national U.S. study. Journal of Sex Research, 54(2), 186-201.

Ta, V.P., Gesselman, A.N., Perry, B.L., Fisher, H.E., & Garcia, J.R. (2017). Stress of singlehood: Marital status, domain-specific stress, and anxiety in a national U.S. sample. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 36(6), 461-485.

Garcia, J.R., Gesselman, A.N., Siliman, S.A., Perry, B.L., Coe, K., & Fisher, H.E. (2016). Sexting among singles in the U.S.A.: Prevalence of sending, receiving, and sharing sexual messages and images. Sexual Health, 13(5), 428-435.

Gray, P.B., Franco, C., Garcia, J.R., Gesselman, A.N., & Fisher, H.E. (2016). Romantic dating attitudes and behaviors among single parents in the U.S. Personal Relationships, 23(3), 491-504.

Garcia, J.R., Heywood, L.L. (2016). Moving toward integrative feminist evolutionary behavioral sciences. Feminism & Psychology, 26(3), 327-334.

Garcia, J.R., Seibold-Simpson, S.M., Massey, S.G., Merriwether, A.M. (2015). Casual Sex: Integrating social, behavioral, and sexual health research. In J. DeLamater R.F. Plante (Eds.), Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities, (pp. 203-222). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Jankowiak, W.R., Volsche, S.L., Garcia, J.R. (2015). Is the romantic-sexual kiss a near human universal? American Anthropologist, 117(3), 535-539.

Public scholarship (selected)

Documentaries

• Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age (HBO)
• Sex: How it Works (National Geographic)
• Why Powerful Men Cheat (A&E Biography Channel)
• The Sex Researchers (Channel 4, UK)
• From Kiss to Kiss: The Biochemistry of Love (Mona Lisa Production, France)

Presentations & interviews

Sex And Relationships In The Post-Pandemic Digital Age
Commonwealth Club of California

Also available as a podcast at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/podcast/sex-and-relationships-post-pandemic-digital-age

The Fall and Rise of Dating in America
TEDxBinghamtonUniversity

The Science of Better Sex
HumanLab: The Science Between Us

What Are The Social Implications Of Online Dating?
Indiana Newsdesk, WTIU

Recent awards

• 2019: IU Bicentennial Professorship, Office of the President, Indiana University
• 2018: Hugo G. Beigel Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality [Authors: D.A. Frederick, J. Lever, B.J. Gillespie, J.R. Garcia]
• 2017: Gordon Faculty Award, Division of Student Affairs, Indiana University
• 2017: Oustanding Junior Faculty Award, Office of the Vice Provost for Research & Office of the Vice Provost for faculty and Academic Affairs, Indiana University

Consulting

• 2010–present
  Scientific Advisor, Match
• 2016-2017
  Sex Education Advisory Board, WCG (WomanCare Global)
• 2016-2017
  Scientific Consultant, Teva Women's Health
• 2015–2016
  Scientific Consultant, K-Y Brand

Recent grants, contracts, and other funding (selected)

• 2010-present
  Singles in America (SIA). Match.com.
  Role: Principal Investigator (with Dr. Helen Fisher)
• 2014-2019
  The College Toolbox Project (CTP). Bring Change 2 Mind (BC2M).
  Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Bernice Pescosolido)
• 2017
  Dr. Anita Aldrich Sexual Health Research Fund
  Role: Principal Investigator
• 2016-2017
  Emergency Contraceptives KAP Survey of U.S. College Students. Teva Pharmaceutical industry.
  Role: Principal Investigator (Co-PI: Dr. Amanda Gesselman)
• 2015-2016
  K-Y Brand Touch Initiative. Reckitt Benckiser.
  Role: Principal Investigator (Co-PI: Dr. Amanda Gesselman)
• 2015-2016
  You Are Who You Eat With: Relationships, social networks, and obesity. Collaborative Research and Creative Activity Funding Award, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Indiana University Bloomington.
  Role: Co-Principal Investigator

CV available upon request