CLAUDIA BRUMBAUGH
Psychology Department
Queens College
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11367
E-mail: Claudia.Brumbaugh@qc.cuny.edu
Telephone: 718-997-3250
FAX: 718-997-5052
CURRENT POSITION
2007 – present
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Neuropsychology
Ph.D. Sub-Program, Queens College, The City University of New York
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
Social/Personality/Organizational Psychology,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
M.A.
Social Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2004
B.A.
Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1999
GRANTS AND AWARDS
PSC-CUNY 41 Research Award, The Importance of Attachment Security in Mates, July 2010
PSC-CUNY 40 Research Award, Acculturation, Group Attachment, and Terror Management, July 2009
PSC-CUNY 39 Research Award, Person Perception and Attachment, July 2008
Stewart Travel Award, CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences, April 2008
Higginson Summer Research Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2007
Travel Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, January 2005
PUBLICATIONS
Brumbaugh, C.C. & Fraley, R.C. (in press). Adult attachment and dating strategies: How do insecure people
attract mates? Personal Relationships.
Wood, D. O., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2009). Using revealed mate preferences to evaluate market force and
differential preference explanations for mate selection. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
6, 1226 – 1244.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2007). Transference of attachment patterns: How important relationships
influence feelings toward novel people. Personal Relationships, 14, 369 – 386.
Fraley, R. C., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2007). Adult attachment and preemptive defenses: Converging evidence
on the role of defensive exclusion at the level of encoding. Journal of Personality, 75, 1033 – 1050.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2006). The evolution of attachment in romantic relationships. In M.
Mikulincer & G. Goodman (Eds.), The dynamics of romantic love: Attachment, caregiving, and sex
(pp. 71 – 101). New York: Guilford Press.
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Fraley, R. C., Niedenthal, P. M., Marks, M. J., Brumbaugh, C. C., & Vicary, A. (2006). Adult attachment and
the perception of emotional expressions: Probing the hyperactivating strategies underlying anxious
attachment. Journal of Personality, 74, 1163 – 1190.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2006). Transference and attachment: How do attachment patterns get
carried forward from one relationship to the next? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 552
– 560.
Fraley, R. C., Brumbaugh, C. C., & Marks, M. J. (2005). The evolution and function of adult attachment: A
comparative and phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 731 – 746.
Fraley, R. C., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2004). A dynamical systems approach to understanding stability and
change in attachment security. In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (Eds.), Adult attachment: Theory,
research, and clinical implications (pp. 86 – 132). New York: Guilford Press.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW AND IN PREPARATION
Heffernan, M., Fraley, R. C., Vicary, A., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (under review). The relationship structures
questionnaire: A self-report method for assessing adult attachment orientations across multiple
relational contexts. Submitted to Personal Relationships.
Brumbaugh, C.C. (in preparation). Feedback from securely and insecurely attached potential partners: Will
flattery get you everywhere?
Brumbaugh, C.C. (in preparation). Break-ups and the formation of new romantic attachments.
Brumbaugh, C.C. (in preparation). Mate Preferences across Ages and across the World.
INVITED TALKS
Brumbaugh, C. C. (2010, April). Finding and Losing Mates: The Role of Attachment and Previous
Relationships. Hofstra University.
Brumbaugh, C. C. (2009, December). Consensus and Individual Differences in Judgments of Who’s Hot and
Who’s Not. Brooklyn College.
Brumbaugh, C. C. (2009, July). Personality and Mate Preferences: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not? Laboratory of
Neurobiology and Behavior, Rockefeller University.
Brumbaugh, C. C. (2009, February). Attachment and Dating: How do Insecure People Attract Mates?
Social-Personality Psychology Colloquium, CUNY Graduate Center.
Brumbaugh, C. C. (2008, November). The Transference of Attachment Representations. Developmental
Psychology Colloquium, CUNY Graduate Center.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Brumbaugh, C.C., & Wood, D. (2009, November). Using Revealed Preferences to Examine Mate Preferences.
Paper presented at the New Directions in Research on Close Relationships Conference: Lawrence, KS.
Wood, D., & Brumbaugh, C.C. (2009, February). Who’s Hot and Who’s Not? Consensus and Sources of
Individual Differences in Mate Preferences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology: Tampa, FL.
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Brumbaugh, C. C. (2008, May). Adult Attachment and Dating Strategies. Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Association for Psychological Science: Chicago, IL.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2008, February). Break-ups and the Formation of New Romantic
Attachments. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology: Albuquerque, NM.
Fraley, R. C., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2007, January). Comparative Phylogenetic Methods for Studying Evolution
in Social-Personality Psychology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology: Memphis, TN.
Wood, D., Brumbaugh, C.C., & Fraley, R.C. (2006, October). "Indirectly" Measured Mate Preferences and
their Relation to Dispositional Characteristics. Poster presented at New Methods for the Analysis of
Family and Dyadic Processes: Amherst, MA.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2006, January). Transference of Attachment to Novel Relationships: The
Role of Parental and Partner Representations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology: Palm Springs, CA.
Fraley, R. C., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2006, January). Comparative and Phylogenetic Methods in Social and
Personality Psychology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology: Palm Springs, CA.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2005, June). The Evolution of Adult Attachment: A Comparative and
Phylogenetic Analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution
Society: Austin, TX.
Brumbaugh, C. C., Fraley, R. C., Marks, M. J., & Vicary, A. (2005, May). Adult attachment and the
perception of emotions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological
Association: Chicago, IL.
Brumbaugh, C. C., Fraley, R. C., & Marks, M. J. (2005, January). The Evolution and Function of Adult
Attachment: A Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology: New Orleans, LA.
Brumbaugh, C. C., Fraley, R. C., & Marks, M. J. (2004, May). The Evolution and Function of Adult
Attachment: A Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis of Pair Bonding. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2004, January). Transference of Working Models of Attachment. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Austin, TX.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2003, May). Transference of Attachment. Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Ad hoc reviewer for Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Personality
Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Ad hoc reviewer for Personal Relationships
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Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Happiness Studies
Ad hoc reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development
Ad hoc reviewer for Personality and Individual Differences
Ad hoc reviewer for European Journal of Social Psychology
Ad hoc reviewer for Basic and Applied Social Psychology
Mentor for 2009 Intel Science Talent Search
Chair of the Queens College Psychology Department Commencement Honors and Awards Committee
(2008-2010)
Webmaster for Queens College Psychology Department website
Member of the College Psychology Department Executive Committee
MEMBERSHIPS
American Psychological Association (APA)
2002 – present
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
2002 – present
American Psychological Society (APS)
2004 – present
Eastern Psychological Association (EPA)
2008 – present
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Queens College Department of Psychology
 Lecturer, “Personality Psychology” (Graduate and Undergraduate)
 Lecturer, “Social Psychology” (Graduate)
 Lecturer, “Advanced Experimental Methods in Social-Personality Psychology” (Undergraduate)
GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORING
Heather Henkell (Second Doctoral Exam Committee)
Judy Creighton (Second Doctoral Exam Committee)
Kim Rogers (Second Doctoral Exam Committee)
Nancy Andiloro (MA Thesis Committee)
Peryl Grossman (MA Advisor)
Tanzina Ahmed (MA Advisor)
Neda Moinolmolki (MA Advisor)
Sandrina Brown (MA Advisor)
Ella Teague (MA Thesis Reader)
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