{{Short description|American psychologist}} '''Todd F. Heatherton''' is a former professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College who retired following sexual harassment allegations against him.<ref name=hrfsma>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2018/06/heatherton-retires-following-sexual-misconduct-allegations|title=Heatherton retires following sexual misconduct allegations|author=The Dartmouth Senior Staff|date=14 Jun 2018|website=The Dartmouth|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=14 Jun 2018}}</ref> He was an associate editor of the ''Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience''. His recent research uses a social brain science approach, which combines theories and methods of evolutionary psychology, social cognition, and cognitive neuroscience to examine social behavior.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~heath/ |title=Todd F. Heatherton Home Page |publisher=Dartmouth.edu |date=2013-02-14 |accessdate=2013-04-09}}</ref>

==Research and career== {{BLP primary sources|date=December 2018|section}} Much of Heatherton's work has concentrated on examining the relationship between adolescent smoking and film{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}}. His work has helped to shed light on the strong relationship between children witnessing films with smoking characters, and the initiation of adolescent smoking. Along with colleagues, Heatherton has helped to isolate risk factors, including access to movies online and low parental restrictions on film, to an increased likelihood of adolescent smoking.<ref group="pub">Dalton, M.A., Sargent, J.D., Beach, M., Titus-Ernstoff, L., Gibson, J.J., Ahrens, M.B., Tickle, J., & Heatherton, T.F. (2003). Effect of viewing smoking in movies on adolescent smoking initiation: A Cohort Study </ref> He has also conducted research concerning the neurological underpinnings of smoking addiction.<ref group="pub">Wagner, D.D., Dal Cin, S., Sargent, J.D., Kelley, W.M., & Heatherton, T.F. (2011). Spontaneous action representation in smokers when watching movie characters smoke. Journal of Neuroscience,31, 894-898.</ref>

Heatherton has also conducted a great amount of research concerning the risk factors of bulimia nervosa, using the Eating Disorder Inventory. His work has helped to reaffirm perfectionism, low self-esteem, and a negative perceived weight status as risk factors for bulimia, while asserting that age could be a modifier in onset among at-risk individuals.<ref group="pub">Holm-Denoma, J.M., Gordon, K.H., Bardone, A.M., Vohs, K.D., Abramson, L.Y., Heatherton, T.F., & Joiner, T.E. (2005). A test of an interactive model of bulimic symptomatology in adult women. Behavior Therapy, 36, 311-321.</ref> A 20-year longitudinal study has also shown that marriage and children could be a modifier in bulimia in women.<ref group="pub">Keel, P. K., Baxter, M. G., Heatherton, T. F., & Joiner, T. E. (2007). A 20-year longitudinal study of body weight, dieting, and eating disorder symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 422-432.</ref> His work has also isolated low self-efficacy as a more succinct risk factor for bulimia than the multi-faceted dimension of self-esteem.<ref group="pub">Bardone-Cone, A.M., Abramson, L.Y., Vohs, K.D., Heatherton, T.F., & Joiner, T.E., Jr. (2006). Predicting bulimic symptoms: An interactive model of self-efficacy, perfectionism, and perceived weight status. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 27-42.</ref>

He was President of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spsp.org/?page=PrevExecOfficers|title=Previous Officers of SPSP|publisher=SPSP|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref>

Heatherton's recent work has concentrated on the study of social neuroscience.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Heatherton |first=Todd F. |date=2011-01-01 |title=Neuroscience of Self and Self-Regulation |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=1722023 |language=en |location=Rochester, NY|ssrn=1722023 }}</ref>

== Sexual misconduct allegation and retirement == In October 2017, Heatherton was placed on paid leave from Dartmouth as the result of a sexual misconduct investigation launched by Dartmouth College. The New Hampshire attorney general, the Grafton county attorney's and sheriff's offices, and the Hanover police opened a criminal investigation in response.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/3-Dartmouth-Professors-Are/241623|title=3 Dartmouth Professors Are Target of State Attorney General's 'Sexual Misconduct' Investigation|last=Hoisington|first=Sam|date=31 Oct 2017|website=The Chronicle of Higher Education|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=31 Oct 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2017/10/state-investigates-sexual-misconduct-allegations|title=State Investigates Sexual Misconduct Allegations|last=|first=|date=31 Oct 2017|website=Dartmouth News|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=31 Oct 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/us/dartmouth-professors-sexual-misconduct.html|title=Dartmouth College Professors Investigated for Alleged Sexual Misconduct|last=|first=|date=31 Oct 2017|website=The New York Times|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=31 Oct 2017}}</ref> New York University revoked his visiting scholar affiliation with their Department of Psychology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyunews.com/2017/11/07/nyu-fires-dartmouth-visiting-scholar-after-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/|title=NYU Fires Dartmouth Visiting Scholar After Allegations of Sexual Misconduct|last=|first=|date=7 Nov 2017|website=Washington Square News|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1 Dec 2017}}</ref> Heatherton's attorneys have released a statement saying that he is cooperating with the investigation and that, "he has engaged in no sexual relations with any student."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vnews.com/Todd-Heatherton-statement-on-investigation-13457843|title=Todd Heatheron Statement|last=|first=|date=31 October 2017|website=Valley News|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2 Dec 2017}}</ref> The statement also says that "Dr. Heatherton’s year away from Dartmouth is wholly unrelated to the investigation, as he was awarded a Senior Faculty Grant in October 2016 to facilitate a long-planned sabbatical, and he has utilized it for the 2017-2018 academic year. His sabbatical leave began on July 1, before he learned of the investigation."<ref name=":0" /> On June 14, 2018, the president of Dartmouth College announced that the dean of faculty recommended that Heatherton's tenure be revoked and that he be terminated, but he elected to retire immediately.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dartmouth.edu/~president/announcements/2018-0614.html|title=Dartmouth Faculty Disciplinary Process Update|last=Hanlon|first=Phil|authorlink=Philip J. Hanlon|date=14 June 2018|website=Dartmouth.edu|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref> He is banned from entering campus property or attending College events.<ref name=hrfsma/>

The university has not released any specifics of their investigation;<ref name=hrfsma/> however, a tenured professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis alleged that Heatherton groped her at an academic conference in 2002 while she was still a graduate student.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/11/dartmouth_professor_todd_heatherton_accused_of_groping_a_woman_in_2002.html|title=Three Dartmouth Psychology Professors Are Under Investigation for "Sexual Misconduct"|last=Engber|first=Daniel|date=13 Nov 2017|website=Slate|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1 Dec 2017}}</ref>

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