Mitch Brown
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Also affiliated: William & Mary (2018–2023); Williams (United States) (2022); Fairleigh Dickinson University (2019–2020); Uniwersytet SWPS (2020); Institute for Advanced Journalism Studies (2018); University of Southern Mississippi (2015–2021)
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Mitch Brown's research investigates various aspects of human behavior and social psychology, with a focus on decision-making, mating strategies, and the perception of character. His work explores how individuals interpret cues related to physical attributes and behavioral displays when evaluating potential mates or assessing parental capability. For instance, one line of inquiry examines physical strength as an indicator of men's protective parenting potential and investigates contextual factors that influence perceptions of coalitional alliances with men possessing formidable facial structures.
Further research by Brown delves into the psychological underpinnings of social behaviors, including the motivations behind social distancing and the expression of moral outrage. He also studies the concept of character education, analyzing expert opinions on its meaning and conducting meta-analyses of existing character education programs. His publications address the representativeness of assessment suites for adults and explore attitudes related to long-term mating preferences, such as an aversion to atheists in specific demographic contexts within the Southern United States.
Brown's scholarly output includes 173 publications, with an h-index of 24 and 1,610 citations. He has collaborated with researchers such as Samuel E. Snowden and Lindsey E. Eagan at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville on multiple projects.
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- h-index: 25
- Publications: 174
- Citations: 1,634
Selected Publications
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Review of Eren (2026) I (2026)
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Identificatory underpinnings of ethical research behavior for graduate students: Evidence from a baseline sample of a university research ethics training program (2026)
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Formidable Facial Structures Inform Perceptions of Men’s Ability to Protect Offspring (2026)
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Coalitional Utility of Formidable Men as a Function of Perceived Humor Styles (2025)
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Facial Formidability Uniquely Informs Perceptions of White and Asian Men: Evidence From Two Samples in the United States (2025)
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Religious, Moral and Political Influences on Abortion Support: Role of Financial, Emotional and Partner Justifications (2025)
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Heightened left-wing authoritarianism is associated with greater aversion to physical strength in male status allocation (2025)
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Implicit theories of men's preferred humor styles as a function of facial masculinity (2025)
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Investigating Potential Interactive Effects Between Limbal Rings and Facial Attractiveness (2024)
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Comparing the Efficacy of Two Inclusivity Interventions on Willingness to Invest in Female- Versus Male-Led STEM and Non-STEM Companies (2024)
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Correction: Women’s Dangerous World Beliefs Predict Biases Against Formidable Men in Legal Domains (2024)
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The Effects of Cues to Ambient Darkness on Women's Willingness to Engage With Physically Strong Men (2024)
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Language Framing Influences Interest in Social-Issue Based Prosocial Behavior (2024)
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Women’s Dangerous World Beliefs Predict Biases Against Formidable Men in Legal Domains (2024)
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Correction: Citation Ethics: An Exploratory Survey of Norms and Behaviors (2024)
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- Demonstrate values: Behavioral displays of moral outrage as a cue to long-term mate potential.
- Contextual factors that heighten interest in coalitional alliances with men possessing formidable facial structures
- Using psychological science to support social distancing: Tradeoffs between affiliation and disease‐avoidance motivations
- Noncompliance with Masking as a Coalitional Signal to US Conservatives in a Pandemic
- Competing motives in a pandemic: Interplays between fundamental social motives and technology use in predicting (Non)Compliance with social distancing guidelines
Showing 5 of 24 shared publications
- Physical Strength as a Cue to Men’s Capability as Protective Parents
- Noncompliance with Masking as a Coalitional Signal to US Conservatives in a Pandemic
- Covariation between formidability inferences and perceptions of men's preferred humor styles
- Functional inferences of mating orientations through body fat and sex-typical body features
- Inferences of Parental Abilities Through Facial and Bodily Features
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
- Noncompliance with Masking as a Coalitional Signal to US Conservatives in a Pandemic
- Company and perceiver characteristics influencing willingness to invest in female‐versus male‐led start‐up companies in STEM and non‐STEM fields
- No Evidence for Social Surrogacy in Fostering Intentions to Follow Social Distancing Guidelines
- Inferences of Parental Abilities Through Facial and Bodily Features
- Assessing the Online Scientific Community’s Support for Various Reasons for Article Retraction: A Preliminary Survey
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
- Contextual factors that heighten interest in coalitional alliances with men possessing formidable facial structures
- Noncompliance with Masking as a Coalitional Signal to US Conservatives in a Pandemic
- Ecologically contingent preferences for formidable coalitional allies as a function of conservative ideologies
- Contextual Factors that Heighten Interest in Coalitional Alliances with Men Possessing Formidable Facial Structures in the United States
- Inferences of Parental Abilities Through Facial and Bodily Features
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
- Covariation between formidability inferences and perceptions of men's preferred humor styles
- Crowd Salience Heightens Tolerance to Healthy Facial Features
- Men’s Expectations for Postconflict Reconciliation with Physically Strong Opponents
- Covariation Between Formidability Inferences and Perceptions of Men’s Preferred Humor Styles
- Preliminary evidence for neck musculature in shaping functional stereotypes of men's relationship motives
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Using psychological science to support social distancing: Tradeoffs between affiliation and disease‐avoidance motivations
- Competing motives in a pandemic: Interplays between fundamental social motives and technology use in predicting (Non)Compliance with social distancing guidelines
- Crowd Salience Heightens Tolerance to Healthy Facial Features
- No Evidence for Social Surrogacy in Fostering Intentions to Follow Social Distancing Guidelines
- Assessing the Online Scientific Community’s Support for Various Reasons for Article Retraction: A Preliminary Survey
- Differences in Support for Retractions Based on Information Hazards Among Undergraduates and Federally Funded Scientists
- The Signaling Function of Vaccine Status and Masking in Evaluations of Online Dating Profiles
- What does character education mean to character education experts? A prototype analysis of expert opinions
- Representative Sampling of the Via Assessment Suite for Adults
- What does character education mean to character education experts? A prototype analysis of expert opinions
- Representative Sampling of the Via Assessment Suite for Adults
- Demonstrate values: Behavioral displays of moral outrage as a cue to long-term mate potential.
- Company and perceiver characteristics influencing willingness to invest in female‐versus male‐led start‐up companies in STEM and non‐STEM fields
- Contextual factors that heighten interest in coalitional alliances with men possessing formidable facial structures
- Contextual Factors that Heighten Interest in Coalitional Alliances with Men Possessing Formidable Facial Structures in the United States
- A comprehensive meta-analysis of character education programs
- Preliminary Evidence for an Association between Journal Submission Requirements and Reproducibility of Published Findings: A Pilot Study
- Contextual desirability of strong men employing affiliative and aggressive humor
- Contextual Desirability of Strong Men Employing Affiliative and Aggressive Humor
- What does character education mean to character education experts? A prototype analysis of expert opinions
- “I hate to be a burden!”: Experiencing feelings associated with ostracism due to one's poor performance burdening the group
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