As Principal Investigator for the Father-Infant Neuroscience & Child Health (FINCH) Lab, my team and I explore development from a biological perspective.. This work is highly multidisciplinary and features parallel lines of inquiry: (1) the biology (hormones and epigenetic) of familial relationships during important life transitions (e.g., first-time parenthood) and (2) the developmental psychobiological mechanisms that influence development (physical growth, immune functioning, cognitive, socio-emotional) from the time in utero through adolescence.

The focus of my current work is human male behavior and the understudied topic of fatherhood. Ongoing longitudinal work on these relationships include a follow up with infants and their families who’s initial participation took place in the third-trimester of pregnancy ten years ago in Southern California.

meet current and former students of the finch lab at Umass Boston anD Pepperdine University(coming fall 2024)

Publications (2023)

student co-author*

Corpuz, R., Kotov, D.A.*, & Donovan, R.L.* (2023). Earlier sexual debut predicts higher (not lower) levels of father care measured across twelve weeks: An experience sampling study. Special Issue “Rising Stars”, Frontiers in Psychology

Donovan, R.*, Kotov, D.*, Corpuz, R. (2023). Pair-bonding and paternal care. In T.K. Shackelford & V.A. Weekes- Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior New York: Springer.

Kotov, D.*, Donovan, R.*, Corpuz, R. (2023). Genome-Wide Complex Trait Analysis (GCTA). In T.K. Shackelford & V.A. Weekes- Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior New York: Springer.

Representative Publications

Corpuz, R., D’Alessandro, S.*, & Collom, G. K.* (2021). The postnatal testosterone rebound in first‐time fathers and the quality and quantity of paternal care. Developmental Psychobiology, 63(5), 1415-1427.

Corpuz, R., D’Alessandro, S.*, Adeyemo, J.*, Jankowski, N.*, & Kandalaft, K.* (2020). Life History Orientation Predicts COVID Precautions and Projected Behaviors. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1857.

Bugental, D.B. & Corpuz, R. (2019). Parental Attributions. In M.H. Bornstein (Eds.), Handbook of Parenting. London: LEA.

Corpuz, R. (2017). Parent-offspring conflict. In T.K. Shackelford & V.A. Weekes- Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychology. New York: Springer.

Bugental, D. B., Corpuz, R., & Samec, R. (2013). Outcomes of parental investment in high-risk children. Journal of experimental child psychology, 116(1), 59-67.

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