Dr. Wenda Trevathan

Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder, 1980; Regent's Professor Emerita

Overview

Dr. Trevathan is a biological anthropologist whose research concerns aspects of human reproduction including childbirth, maternal behavior, sexuality, menopause and evolutionary medicine. Her most recent book is Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives:  How Evolution Has Shaped Women’s Health, published by Oxford University Press, 2010.

E-Mail: wtrevath@nmsu.edu

Recent Publications

• Trevathan, W. R., E. O. Smith, J. J. McKenna (Eds.) (2008). Evolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectives. New York : Oxford University Press.

• Thompson, Laura A. and Wenda R. Trevathan (2008) Cortisol Reactivity, Maternal Sensitivity, and Learning in Three-Month-Old Infants. Infant Behavior and Development 31:92-105.

• Trevathan, W. R. (2008) Evolutionary Obstetrics.  In Evolution and Medicine:  How Applications Advance Research and Practice, Randolph Nesse, Editor.  Published Lecture in A Henry Stewart Talks Series in Biomedicine and the Life Sciences, London, UK. http://www.hstalks.com/evomed/index.htm

• Rosenberg, K. R. and W. R. Trevathan (2007) An anthropological perspective on the evolutionary context of preeclampsia in humans. Journal of Reproductive Immunology 76:91-97.

• Trevathan, W.R. (2007) Evolutionary Medicine. Annual Review of Anthropology 36:139-154.

• Burleson, Mary H., Wenda R. Trevathan, and Michael Todd (2007) In the mood for love, or vice versa: understanding the relations among physical affection, sexual activity, mood and stress in daily life. Archives of Sexual Behavior 36(3):357-368.