Christopher Ryan (author)
Christopher Ryan | |
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| Born | February 13, 1962 |
| Education | Saybrook University |
| Occupation | Author |
| Spouse | Cacilda Jethá |
| Website | http://www.chrisryanphd.com |
Christopher Ryan is an American author best known for co-authoring the book Sex at Dawn (2010). He received a B.A. in English and American literature in 1984 and an M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology[citation needed] from Saybrook University, an accredited hybrid low-residency/online learning program based in San Francisco twenty years later.[1] His masters thesis examined difference in specific personality measures between working fashion models and the general public.[2] His doctoral dissertation analyzed the prehistoric roots of human sexuality, and was guided by the psychologist Stanley Krippner,[3] a humanistic psychologist, with additional committee members Sabrina Zirkel and Jürgen W. Kremer.[4]
Ryan gave a TED talk[5] in February 2013, contributes to Psychology Today[6] and has an interview podcast called Tangentially Speaking with Dr. Christopher Ryan.[7]
He is married to his sometime collaborator and co-author of Sex at Dawn, Cacilda Jethá.[8]
References
- ^ http://www.saybrook.edu/. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
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- ^ http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_ryan_are_we_designed_to_be_sexual_omnivores?language=en
- ^ http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sex-dawn
- ^ "Tangentially Speaking". feralaudio.com. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ Ryan, Christopher. "For the Record". Psychology Today. Retrieved 30 July 2012.