Current Postdoctoral Researchers
Andrew W. Delton, Ph.D. (post-doc; Ph.D. in Psychology completed in 2010 with Leda Cosmides & John Tooby) studies the evolutionary psychology of human cooperation using experimental work and simulation studies (email or click here for more information).
Max Krasnow, Ph.D. (post-doc; Ph.D. in Psychology completed in 2010 with Leda Cosmides & John Tooby)
Max is working on topics including: foraging adaptations in spatial cognition, adaptations for acquiring knowledge about and using tools, modeling the cognitive mechanisms that enable cooperation and their evolution, and exploring a ‘concepts-as-mechanisms’ approach to understanding concepts (email or click here for more information).Julian Lim (post-doc; Ph.D. in Anthropology completed in 2012 with Leda Cosmides & John Tooby) is interested in the psychology of gratitude, friendship formation and representations of the intentions of other agents.(email)
Theresa E. Robertson, Ph.D. (post-doc; Ph.D. in Psychology completed in 2011 with Stanley Klein) is interested in the psychology of responding to rejection and social exclusion, as well as how people cooperate. (email)
Daniel Sznycer, Ph.D. (post-doc; Ph.D. in Anthropology completed in 2010 with John Tooby & Leda Cosmides) is studying the computational nature of status emotions like shame and pride. (email or click here for more information)
Danielle Truxaw, Ph.D. (post-doc; Ph.D. in Psychology completed in 2010 with Tamsin German) studies mechanisms of tool use and foraging-related spatial skills. (email)
Current Graduate Students
Sangin Kim (graduate student, Anthropology) is interested in understanding the phenomenon of human morality in connection with topics of emotion, cooperation, conflict, punishment, culture, norm and life history. He applies models and principles from diverse disciplines including anthropology, biology, psychology, and economics, etc. (email)
Jade Price (graduate student, Anthropology; currently on leave) studies the role that emotions such as shame, guilt, embarrassment and pride play in cooperative relationships.
Jason Wilkes (graduate student, Psychological and Brain Sciences; email)
Current Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Researchers
Affiliated with the CEP
Aaron Blackwell, Ph.D. (postdoc advisor Michael Gurven, Anthropology; click here for more information)
Adrian Jaeggi, Ph.D. (postdoc advisor Michael Gurven, Anthropology)
Christopher Von Rueden, Ph.D. (Ph.D. in Anthropology completed in 2011 with Michael Gurven; postdoc advisor Michael Gurven)
Adam Cohen (advisor Tamsin German, Psychology)
Aldo Cimino (advisor Steven Gaulin, Anthropology) studies newcomers and hazing (click here for more information)
Randy Corpuz (advisor Daphne Bugental, Psychology)
Carolyn Hodges (advisor Steven Gaulin, Anthropology)
Anthony Lopez (advisor Rose McDermott, Political Science, Brown University)
Melanie Martin (advisor Michael Gurven, Anthropology)
Lisa McAllister (advisor Michael Gurven, Anthropology)
Emily Miner (advisors Steven Gaulin & Michael Gurven, Anthropology; click here for more information)
Anne Pisor (advisor Michael Gurven, Anthropology; click here for more information)
Zach Simmons (advisor Jim Roney, Psychology)
Katherine Sobraske (advisor Steven Gaulin, Anthropology)
Past Graduate Student and Postdoctoral ResearchersAdvised by Leda Cosmides & John Tooby
Brandy Burkett, Ph.D. (completed 2009, Psychology), is interested in social cognition, and her research investigates the domain specificity of attribution processes (email).
David Pietraszewski, Ph.D. (completed 2009, Psychology) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Infant Cognition Center, Yale University. He studies the cognitive mechanisms underlying social group categorization (email or click here for more information).
Elsa Ermer, Ph.D. (completed 2007, post-doc 2007-2008, Psychology) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mind Research Network, University of New Mexico. She studies reasoning, judgment and decision-making mechanisms specialized for the social world (email or click here).
Josh New, Ph.D. (completed 2006, Psychology) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Barnard College (email or click here for more information).
Nicole Hess, Ph.D. (completed 2006, Anthropology) is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Washington State University, Vancouver. She studies the evolution of female friendship/coalitions, gossip, reputation, and the evolution of cooperation. Nicole was formerly a Predoctoral Fellow, jointly funded by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the Institute for Theoretical Biology at Humboldt University, both in Berlin, Germany (email or click here for more information).
Aaron Sell, Ph.D. (completed 2005, post-doc 2006-2010, Psychology) is a Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, Mt. Gravatt, in Brisbane, Australia. He is attempting to map the computational architecture of human anger including its causes, computations and behavioral consequences as well as individual differences (email or click here for more information).
Debra Lieberman, Ph.D. (completed 2003, Psychology) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami, and studies the cognitive mechanisms mediating kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance (email or click here for more information).
Michael Price, Ph.D. (completed 2003, Anthropology) is Lecturer in Psychology at Brunel University, West London. He studies psychological adaptations for group cooperation (email or click here for more information).
Brad Duchaine, Ph.D. (completed 2001, Psychology) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College. He studies face perception through a combination of neuropsychological, psychophysical, and transcranial magnetic stimulation (email or click here for more information).
Clark Barrett, Ph.D. (completed 1999, Anthropology) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles (email or click here for more information).
Ed Hagen, Ph.D. (completed 1999, Anthropology) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Washington State University, Vancouver. He studies parental investment, Darwinian psychiatry, and the evolution of emotions (email or click here for more information). Ed was formerly a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Theoretical Biology at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany.
Larry Fiddick, Ph.D. (completed 1998, Psychology) is an Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Psychology at Lakehead University in Ontario, Canada (email or click here for more information).
Robert Kurzban, Ph.D. (completed 1998, Psychology) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania (email or click here for more information).
Gary Brase, Ph.D. (completed 1997, Psychology) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Kansas State University (email or click here for more information).
Larry Sugiyama, Ph.D. (completed 1996, Anthropology) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon (email or click here for more information).
Past Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Researchers
Affiliated with the CEP
Aaron Lukaszewski , Ph.D. (Ph.D. in Psychology completed in 2010 with James Roney) is a Visiting Professor of Psychology at Loyola Marymount University, beginning in Fall 2012. (email or click here for more information)
Eyal Aharoni, Ph.D. (Ph.D. in Psychology completed in 2009 with Alan Fridlund) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mind Research Network, University of New Mexico (click here for more information)
Jessica Hehman, Ph.D. (Ph.D. in Psychology completed in 2009 with Daphne Bugental) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Redlands University (click here for more information)
Jeffrey Niehaus, Ph.D. (Ph.D. in Psychology completed in 2009 with Tamsin German) is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Victoria (click here for more information)
Eric Schniter, Ph.D. (Ph.D. in Anthropology completed in 2009 with Michael Gurven) is a Research Associate with the Economic Science Institute at Chapman University (email or click here for more information).
Alex Schwartz, Ph.D. (Ph.D. in Psychology completed in 2009 with Daphne Bugental) is an instructor at Santa Monica College.
Annie Wertz, Ph.D. (Ph.D. in Psychology completed in 2009 with Tamsin German) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Infant Cognition Center, Yale University (email or click here for more information).
David Beaulieu, Ph.D. (Ph.D. in Psychology completed in 2007 with Daphne Bugental)
Francis Steen, Ph.D. (Ph.D. in English completed in 2002 with Paul Hernadi & William Warner) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (email or click here for more information).
Mel Rutherford, Ph.D. (Ph.D. in Psychology completed in 2000 with David Brainard) is an Associate Professor in the department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He studies social perceptual development, with a focus on animacy perception and face perception. (email or click here for more information).
Michelle Scalise Sugiyama, Ph.D. (Ph.D. in English completed in 1997 with Eloise Hay, Steven Allaback & Stephen Miko) is a Research Associate at the University of Oregon Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences (email or click here for more information).
John Patton, Ph.D. (Ph.D. in Anthropology completed in 1996 with Napoleon Chagnon) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Fullerton (email or click here for more information).
Last Updated 2/ 2012