Dr. Farnaz Kaighobadi is a Professor of Psychology at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, where she has taught since 2016. She received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Florida Atlantic University and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at Columbia University. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, sexuality, and health psychology and behavior. She has investigated predictors of violence in intimate relationships, sexual-risk behaviors, and health literacy among other topics.

Education

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at Columbia University

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Florida Atlantic University
M.A., Psychology-General Research, California State University, Long Beach
B.A., Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Courses taught (at BCC)

PSY 11: Introduction to Psychology
PSY 22: Social Psychology
PSY 35: Dynamics of Human Motivation
BIO 20: Aspects of Human Sexuality

Selected Publications

Marshall, A., Mackson, G., Kaighobadi, F., Hoffman, N. D., Ciarleglio, A., & Sandfort, T. G. (2024). Health literacy among sexual and gender-diverse adolescents in New York City. Health Education & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/10901981241307616

Reigada, L. C., Kaighobadi, F., Niwa, E. Y., Ahmed, T., Carlson, D. J., & Shane, J. (2023). An intersectional examination of the impact of COVID-stress and discrimination on college students’ resilience and mental health. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2023.2249104

Kaighobadi, F., Shane, J., Niwa, E. Y., Ahmed, T., & Reigada, L. C. (2023). The sociodemographic and psychosocial correlates of COVID-19 vaccine concerns among urban college students. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12790. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12790

Kaighobadi, F., Figueredo, A. J., Shackelford, T., & Bjorklund, D. (2021) A cascade model of socio-developmental events leading to men’s perpetration of violence against female partners. Evolutionary Psychology, 19 (4), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/14747049211040751

Kaighobadi, F., Collier, K. L, Sandfort, T., Lane, T., & Reddy, V. (2019). Sexual Violence Experiences among Black Gay, Bisexual and Other Men who have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in South African Townships: Contributing Factors and Implications for Health. South African Journal of Psychology, 5 (2), 170-182. https://doi.org/10.1177/0081246319859449

Davis, A., Kaighobadi, F., Stephenson, R., Rael, C., Sandfort, T. (2016). Associations between alcohol use and intimate partner violence among men who have sex with men. LGBT Health, 3, 400-406.

Kaighobadi, F., Knox, J., Reddy, V., Nel, D., & Sandfort, T. (2013). Age and sexual risk among black men who have sex with men in South Africa: The mediating role of attitudes towards condoms. Journal of Health Psychology. Advance online publication.

Knox, J., Reddy, V., Kaighobadi, F., Nel, D., & Sandfort, T. (2013). Communicating HIV status in sexual interactions: assessing social cognitive constructs, situational factors, and individual characteristics among South African MSM. AIDS and Behavior. Advance Online Publication.

Kaighobadi, F., & Stevens, J. R. (2013). Does fertility status influence impulsivity and risk taking in human females? Adaptive influences on intertemporal choice and risky decision making. Evolutionary Psychology, 11, 700-717.

Kaighobadi, F., Shackelford, T.K., & Weekes-Shackelford, V.A. (2011). Do women pretend orgasm to retain a mate? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41, 1121-1125.

Kaighobadi, F., Shackelford, T. K., & Buss, D. M. (2010). Spousal mate retention in the newlywed year and three years later. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 414-418.

Kaighobadi, F. & Shackelford, T. K. (2009). Suspicions of female infidelity predict men’s partner directed violence. Behavioral and Brain Science, 32, 281-281.

Kaighobadi, F., Shackelford, T. K., & Goetz, A. T. (2009). From mate retention to murder: Evolutionary psychological perspectives on men’s partner-directed violence. Review of General Psychology, 13, 327-334.