Dr. Volk is a developmental psychologist interested in the area of parenting and child development. This is a broad area of research that lends itself to a broad scope of theoretical and methodological approaches.  A strong believer in multidisciplinary studies, Dr. Volk's overall interest is to gain an evolutionary, neurological, medical, cultural, social, and historical understanding of why parents do what they do. Dr. Volk's degrees in biology, neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and developmental psychology reflect an effort to gain that comprehensive understanding. For more information on Dr. Volk's research, please visit his research page. There are two main areas in which Dr. Volk focuses his primary research: how infants and adults interact and affect each other and how parents influence adolescent's health, antisocial, scholastic and/or bullying experiences.

For more information on Dr. Volk's research, please visit his research page.

Research Interests:

     * Parenting and Child Health
     * Infant-Child Facial Cues
     * Fathers and Infants
     * Adoption
     * Parental Discipline and Adolescent Outcomes
     * Parenting and Bullying & Victimization (particularly in girls' sports)
     * Parenting and Antisocial/Psychopathic Behavior
     * Historical and Cross-Cultural Patterns of Parent-Infant Interactions
     * Evolution of Parenting

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Volk, A.A. & Lagzdins, L. (2009 – In Press). Bullying and victimization among adolescent girl athletes. Athletic Insight. 37pp.

Volk, A.A., Dane, A.V., & Marini, Z.A. (2009- In Press.). Parent-focused interventions for the prevention of bullying: Accommodating children with difficulties regulating emotions. D. Pepler and W. Craig (Eds.). Rise Up for Respectful Relationships. PREVNet Series (Volume 2). 18pp.

Volk, A.A. & Atkinson, J. (December 2008 – In Press). Is child death the crucible of human evolution? Journal of Social and Cultural Evolutionary Psychology. 30pp.

Marini, Z., Dane, A., & Volk, A.A. (Fall 2008 – In Press). Understanding the complex experiences of bully/victims: The price of dual involvement in bullying and victimization. Education.com. 5 pp.

Volk, A.A., Lukjanczuk, J.M., & Quinsey, V.L. (2007). Perceptions of child facial cues as a function of child age. Evolutionary Psychology 5, 801-814.

Volk, A.A., & Quinsey, V.L. (2007). Parental investment and resemblance: Replications, revisions, and refinements. Evolutionary Psychology 5, 1-14.

Volk, A.A., Craig, W., Boyce, W., & King, M. (2006). Perceptions of parents, mental health, and school amongst Canadian adolescents from the provinces and the northern territories. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 21, 33-46.

Volk, A.A. & Quinsey, V.L. (2006). The influence of cues of high and low body weight on adults’ ratings in the Hypothetical Adoption Paradigm. The Scientific World Journal, 6, 1574-1582.

Volk, A.A., Craig, W., Boyce, W., & King, M. (2006). Adolescent risk correlates of bullying and different types of victimization. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 18(4), 375-386.

Volk, A.A., Lukjanczuk, J.M., & Quinsey, V.L. (2005). Influence of child and infant facial cues of low body weight on adults’ ratings of adoption preference, cuteness, and health. Infant Mental Health Journal, 26, 459-469.

Waller, K., Volk, A., & Quinsey V. L. (2004). The effect of infant fetal alcohol syndrome facial features on adoption preference. Human Nature, 15, 101-117.

Volk, A., & Quinsey V.L. (2002). The influence of infant facial cues on adoption preferences. Human Nature, 13, 437-455.

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

2005. Volk, A.A., Lukjanczuk, J., & Quinsey, V.L. Perceptions of Child Facial Cues as a Function of Child Age. Poster at the Canadian Psychological Association (Montreal).

2005. Volk, A.A. & Quinsey, V.L. Infant facial cues and the evolution of parental care: The Virtual Infant Paradigm.. Poster at the Canadian Psychological Association (Montreal).

2005. Volk A.A ., & Quinsey, V.L. Influence of Age on Child Facial Cues. Talk given at the Ontario Ecology & Ethology Colloquium (Ottawa).

2005. Volk, A.A . & Quinsey, V.L. Intuitive Parenting. Talk given at the 7th Annual Darwinian Days (Kingston).

2005. Volk, A.A., Lukjanczuk, J., & Quinsey, V.L. The Influence of Child and infant Facial Cues of Low and High Body Weight On Adoption Preference. Poster at the Society for Research in Child Developlment (Atlanta).

2004. Volk, A.A. & Quinsey, V.L. The Influence of Infant Facial Cues of Health and Happiness on Adult's Performance of the Virtual Infant Paradigm. Talk given at the Evolutionary Psychology: Then and Now (Ottawa).

2004. Volk, A.A., Lukjanczuk, J., & Quinsey, V.L. Influence of Child and infant Facial Cues of Low Body Weight on Adoption Preference. Talk given at the Ontario Ecology & Ethology Colloquium (Toronto).

2003. Volk, A.A., Craig, W., Boyce, W., King, M. Health Correlates of Different Types of Victimization in Adolescence. 3rd Child & Youth Health Conference. Vancouver.

2003. Waller, K., Volk, A., & Quinsey, V.L. The Effect of Infant Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Facial Features on Adoption Preference. Poster presented at Midwestern Psychological Association (Chicago).

2003. Volk, A . Better Face, Better Care? Talk given at the 6th annual Darwinian Days (Toronto).

2001. Volk, A . The Influence of Infant Facial Cues on Adult Feelings of Parental Care. 4th Annual Darwinian Days. Toronto.