His insights and perspectives will entertain and encourage you to live life with greater knowledge, awareness, and sensitivity about your own physical attractiveness and that of others, along with consequent attitudes and interactions toward you and from you.

Researcher - Writer - Speaker - Recognized as a Leading Authority. Dr. Patzer is uniquely qualified to speak about physical attractiveness (PA) and physical attractiveness phenomenon (PAP). Former dean, professor, business executive, entrepreneur, world travelled. Six published books, hundreds of academic-scholarly and mass media interviews, respected international reputation, and Founding Director of the Appearance Research Institute. Presentations by Dr. Patzer draw upon his qualifications, credentials, and experiences (for reference, see "About Dr. Patzer" section of this website or perform your own Internet browser search of his name). His work and commentary have received substantial vetting with approval. Diverse groups reasonably identified as religious and non-religious, feminist, university scholars, high school teachers, anti-discrimination advocates, not-for-profit organizations, for-profit businesses, and individual professionals, have all expressed favor.

Consider the topics listed below. If none of them seems to meet your needs exactly, don't be concerned. Each presentation by Dr. Patzer can be a rather unique experience, tailored to meet the needs and address specific issues of each audience. Whatever your occasion and audience, he will develop and present material to best meet the interests of your participants. Accordingly, he will work with you in advance, as much as you want, to determine your particular needs and wishes for him to speak at your event, organization, or university.

Dr. Patzer lives in Chicago (USA) and is available to travel to any location in and out of the United States for in-person speaking engagements concerning physical attractiveness (PA) / physical attractiveness phenomenon (PAP). His interests currently lean toward speaking at universities and colleges, but not only.

Presentations for speaking engagements typically span 2 hours (120 minutes). The first 90 minutes comprise lecture/speech accompanied by audio-visual material and the final 30 minutes comprise questions, answers, follow-up comments, and interactive discussions. As you might prefer, particular presentations can alter or supplement typical format.

A speaking engagement can be more than the presentation. With advance agreement, Dr. Patzer will meet also with individuals and small groups. Examples are executives and leadership officers of your organization, planners and other people special to the event, and key community donors as might be the case for some university programs. Setting for these additional small meetings can vary. These can range from conversation in a standard sit-down meeting room or classroom, conversation over lunch-dinner, and interviews with local city press or the campus newspaper/radio station as might be the case for some university programs.

Precise speaking topics are flexible and can be adjusted to accommodate your preferences; that is, with advance agreement not to detract from truthful information about physical attractiveness. Accordingly, Dr. Patzer will tailor presentations to exclude, include, substitute, and emphasize certain subject areas and topics. Psychology, popular culture, business, cross-cultural understanding, personal improvement, religion, sociology, politics, and mass media, characterize the general subject areas.

Presentation titles and speaking topics include:

• Looks: Why They Matter More Than You Ever Imagined!
  • Powerful, Pervasive, Often Denied or Unrecognized.
  • Selecting Mates to Earning Incomes to Raising Kids.
  • Elected Politicians. Social Injustices. Who Escapes?


• Physical Attractiveness Phenomenon
  • What is It? Is it Important? Does it affect you and how?
  • Do preferences for physical attractiveness go deeper than just romance, even when looks shouldn't count? For instance, at the bank or the doctor, are better looking people treated better than everyone else?


• Life, Living, and Looks
  • Have you ever wondered how different life might be if you were better looking?
  • Physical Attractiveness Pursuits: Unreasonable Efforts, Costs, and Goals?
  • Cosmetic Surgery for Career-Resume Enhancement?


• Looks Don't Matter, It's What's Inside that Counts — Get Real!
  • Facial Profiling: Legal Discrimination based on Physical Attractiveness.
  • Employment Decisions about Appearances to Hire, Promote, and Pay.
  • Ethical Dilemmas of Physical Attractiveness, Today and Tomorrow.


• Physical Attractiveness: Determinants and Consequences
  • Determinants: Many & Complicated, Physical & Non-Physical, Compensatory & Non-Compensatory, Shifting & Unequal, Gestalt.
  • Consequences: Benefits & Detriments. Actions to take, or not.

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• *What Smart Parents (should) Know about Physical Attractiveness:
  • Information for Parents of New Students


• *What New Students Should Know about Physical Attractiveness:
  • In & Out of Classrooms


• *Graduation and Physical Attractiveness:
  • Transitioning from Paying Student to Paid Employee


• *Entrepreneurial Venture as Career Choice:
  • Focus on Dr. Patzer's recent Work concerning Physical Attractiveness


• *Mass Media Interviews and To Serve as Subject Matter Expert:
  • Focus on Dr. Patzer's recent Work concerning Physical Attractiveness

• * Speaking topic particularly for universities, such as during new student orientations.
• * Speaking topic particularly for universities, to students interested in career choices.