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Rebecca L Burch, Ph.D (b. December 16, 1972) is a professor of psychology at the State Univeresity of New York at Oswego, know for her research on the antidepressant properties of male ejaculate.

Biography
In 1993, Burch completed an Associates of Science in Liberal Arts at Adirondak Community College in Glens Falls, New York, before pursuing her Bachelors degree in Psychology at the State University of New York at Brockport in 1995.

Burch tested the field of clinical psychology from 1995-1997 as the assistant to executive director at the Adirondak Samaritan Counseling Center in Hudson Falls, New York.

Burch earned her Ph.D in 2002 under Gordon G. Gallup at the Univerity at Albany, SUNY, in Albany, New York. Her dissertation was entitled: Antidepressant properties of semen: Extensions and implication for human female sexual behavior.

Burch acted as a visiting assistant professor at Colby College in Waterville, Maine from 2001-2003, before beginning her career at SUNY Oswego.

While at SUNY Oswego, Burch spent time on various other

Research Interests
Evolutionary bases of human behavior

Domestic violence: evolutionary, biological, and social factors

Behavioral endocrinology

Physiological effects of sexual behavior

Olfactory processes and perceptions

Variations in sexual behavior and homosexuality

Publications
Burch, R. L., & Gallup, G. G. Jr. (2006) The psychobiology of semen. Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty. Steve M. Platek and Todd Shackelford, Editors. Cambridge University Press.

Burch, R. L., Hipp, D., & Platek, S.M. (2006) Paternal investment, phenotypic  resemblance, and the social mirror effect. Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty. Steve M. Platek & Todd Shackelford, Editors. Cambridge University Press.

Burch, R. L., & Gallup, G. G. Jr. (2004). Is pregnancy a stimulus for domestic violence? Journal of Family Violence, 19 (4), 243-247.

Burch, R. L., & Gallup, G. G. Jr. (2000). Perceptions of paternal resemblance predict family  violence. Evolution and Human Behavior 21(6), 429-435.

Gallup, G. G. Jr. &  Burch, R. L (2008). Semen Science. Review of Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man’s Most Precious Fluid. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 58 (7), 555-557.

Gallup, G. G. Jr. &  Burch, R. L. (2006) The Semen Displacement Hypothesis:  Semen   Hydraulics, Double Mating, Adaptations to Self-Semen Displacement, and the   IPC Proclivity Model. Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty. Steve M. Platek & Todd Shackelford, Editors. Cambridge University Press.

Gallup. G. G. Jr., Burch, R. L., & Berens Mitchell, T. J. (2006) Semen displacement as a sperm competition strategy: Multiple mating, self-semen displacement, and timing  of in-pair copulations. Human Nature 17, 253-264. Gallup, G. G. Jr. & Burch, R. L. (2004). Semen displacement as a sperm competition strategy. Evolutionary Psychology 2, 12-23. Reprinted (2006) in “Sperm Competition in Humans: Classic and Contemporary Readings” T. K. Shackelford, N. Pound, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Gallup, G. G. Jr., Burch, R. L., & Platek, S. M. (2002). Does semen contain antidepressant  properties? Archives of Sexual Behavior 39 (3), 289-291.

Platek, S. M., Burch, R. L., & Gallup, G. G. Jr. (2001). The reproductive priming effect. Social Behavior and Personality 29 (3), 245-248.

Platek, S. M., Burch, R. L., & Gallup, G. G. Jr. (2001). Sex differences in olfactory self recognition. Physiology and Behavior73, 635-640.

Gallup, G. G. Jr., Burch, R. L., Zappieri, M., Parvez, R., & Stockwell, M. (2003). The human  penis as a semen displacement device. Evolution and Human Behavior 24, 277-289.

Platek, S. M., Burch, R. L., Panyavin, I., Wasserman, B., & Gallup, G. G. Jr. (2002). Children’s faces: Resemblance affects males but not females. Evolution and Human Behavior 23, 159-166.

Harrison, M. A., Hughes, S. M., Burch, R. L., and Gallup, G. G. (2008). The impact of prior heterosexual experiences on homosexuality in women. Evolutionary Psychology 6(2): 316-327.

Platek, S. M., Critton, S. R., Burch, R. L., Frederick, D. A., Myers, T. S. & Gallup, G. G. Jr. (2003) How much resemblance is enough? Determination of a just noticeable difference at which male reactions towards children’s faces change  from indifferent to positive. Evolution and Human Behavior, 23, 81-87.

In Press:

Burch, R. L., Platek, S. M., & Gallup, G. G. Jr. Nipple erection serves as a sexual signal in humans. Evolution of Communication

Under Review:

Burch, R. L., Gallup, G. G. Jr. Paternal assurance tactics in violent men. Evolutionary Psychology

In Preparation:

Burch, R. L. Is abuse greater in interracial couples?

Burch, R. L., & Gallup, G. G. Jr. Semen as an antidepressant: Replication and the role of relationship quality . Burch, R. L., & Gallup, G. G. Jr. Semen as an antidepressant: The effect of abstinence in different contexts. Burch, R.L. The impact of technology on our understanding of sex and gender. Book Chapter to appear in Interdisciplinarity: Cultures of Knowledge in a Global  Media Age. Maureen Curtin and Stephen Rosow, Editors.

Burch, R. L. & Bordador, J. Rough sex and sexual aggression: definitions and behaviors in a college sample.

Burch, R. L. & Hipp. D. What predicts male commitment in romantic relationships?

Burch, R. L. & Moloney, R. The adaptiveness of the foreskin, the benefits of circumcision. Burch, R. L. Bordador, J., Mapes, N., & Gallup, G. G. Jr. Semen Displacement: Double mating and changes in behavior.

Burch, R. L., & Gallup, G. G. Jr. Jealousy evoking narratives fail to predict jealous or abusive behavior.

Burch, R. L., Gallup, G. G. Jr., & Stein, E. Differences in initial homosexual experiences between male and female homosexuals.

Burch, R. L., & Sutherland, M. (In Preparation). Domestic violence from a global perspective. Book Chapter for Introductory Text.