Christopher Ryan (born February 13, 1962) is an American author best known for co-authoring the book Sex at Dawn (2010).
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Born | (1962-02-13) February 13, 1962 (age 60) |
Education | Saybrook University |
Occupation | Author |
Spouse(s) | Cacilda Jethá |
Website | http://www.chrisryanphd.com |
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 master's thesis examined differences 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] titled Are we designed to be sexual omnivores? in February 2013, contributes to Psychology Today[6] and hosts a popular podcast called Tangentially Speaking with Dr. Christopher Ryan.[7]
In 2018-2019, Ryan published Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity, also known as, Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress (ISBN 1451659105),[8][9] as well as the ebooks: Tangentially Reading (ASIN B07C91LTZ2) and Tangentially Talking Drugs (ASIN B07Y6TWJ7Z) based on his popular podcast, Tangentially Speaking.
He is married to his sometime collaborator and co-author of Sex at Dawn, Cacilda Jethá.[10]
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