Christopher Ryan (author)

Christopher Ryan
Born (1962-02-13) February 13, 1962
Residence Los Angeles, California
Education Saybrook University
Occupation Author
Spouse(s) Cacilda Jethá
Website http://www.chrisryanphd.com

Christopher Ryan is an American author best known for co-authoring the book Sex at Dawn. He received a B.A. in English and American literature in 1984 and an M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology 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

  1. http://www.saybrook.edu/. Retrieved 1 December 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. . 2000. ISBN 9780493717630. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
  4. http://search.proquest.com/docview/305260310
  5. http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_ryan_are_we_designed_to_be_sexual_omnivores?language=en
  6. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sex-dawn
  7. "Tangentially Speaking". feralaudio.com. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  8. Ryan, Christopher. "For the Record". Psychology Today. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
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