Justin R. Garcia
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Contact:
Justin R. Garcia Department of Biological SciencesBinghamton University PO Box 6000 Binghamton, New York 13902-6000 .
E-mail: justin.r.garcia@gmail.com
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Education:
PhD (in progress), Biological Sciences (EEB), Binghamton University, expected 2011
MS, Biomedical Anthropology, Binghamton University, 2009
Certificate, Evolutionary Studies, Binghamton University, 2007
BA, Neuroscience & Behavioral Development, Binghamton University, 2007
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About:
Justin R. Garcia is a doctoral student in the Laboratory of Evolutionary Anthropology and Health, Departments of Biological Sciences and Anthropology at Binghamton University in New York, where he holds a SUNY Doctoral Fellowship. He is affiliated with the Institute for Evolutionary Studies (EvoS program) and is also Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Human Development. Justin was born and raised in New York City, and enjoys swimming, fishing, tennis, and theatre.
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Research Interests:
(coming soon)
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Editorial:
Editorial Board, The Evolutionary Review: Art, Science, and Culture
Editorial Board, EvoS: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium
Ad Hoc Reviewer, The Journal of Social, Evolutionary, & Cultural Psychology
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Teaching Experience:
Bioculture of Love & Sex, Instructor (see video clip)
Animal Behavior, Teaching Assistant (with Dr. Anne B. Clark)
Current Topics in Evolutionary Studies, Teaching Assistant (with Dr. David Sloan Wilson)
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Awards:
- SUNY STEM Doctoral Fellowship (3-years)
- Binghamton University Clark Doctoral Fellowship
- 2009 NEEPS Student Award for Excellence in Research
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Organizations:
Human Behavior and Evolution Society
International Society for Behavioral Ecology
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Book:
I am currently co-editing a volume on the active role of women in evolution (call for papers):
Evolution’s Empress: How Females Shape Human Adaptation (working title). RS Chang, M Fisher, JR Garcia & S Strout (Eds).
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Selected Bibliography:
JR Garcia & C Reiber. (2008). Hook-up Behavior: A Biopsychosocial Perspective. Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 2, 192-208.
JR Garcia & G Saad. (2008). Evolutionary Neuromarketing: Darwinizing the Neuroimaging Paradigm for Consumer Behavior. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 7, 397-414.
A Dreber, CL Apicella, DTA Eisenberg, JR Garcia, RS Zamore, JK Lum & BC Campbell. (2009). The 7R polymorphism in the dopamine receptor D4 gene (DRD4) is associated with financial risk-taking in men. Evolution and Human Behavior, 30, 85-92.
LL Heywood, JR Garcia & DS Wilson. (in press). Mind the Gap: Appropriate Evolutionary Perspectives Toward the Integration of the Sciences and Humanities. Science & Education.
BC Campbell & JR Garcia. (in press). Neuroanthropology: Evolution and Emotional Embodiment. Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience.
DTA Eisenberg, CL Apicella, BC Campbell, A Dreber, JR Garcia & JK Lum. (in press). Assortative human pair-bonding for partner ancestry and allelic variation of the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.
LL Heywood & JR Garcia. (in press). Ins and Outs: Evolution, Fashion, and Prestige Hierarchies. The Evolutionary Review: Art, Science, and Culture. SUNY Press, New York.
LL Heywood & JR Garcia. (forthcoming). Fashion as Adaptation: The Case of American Idol. In Shira Tarrant and Marjorie Jolles (Eds), Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style. SUNY Press, New York.
JR Garcia, G Geher, B Crosier, G Saad, D Gambacorta, L Johnsen & E Pranckitas. (conditionally accepted). The interdisciplinary context of evolutionary approaches to human behavior: a key to survival in the ivory archipelago. Futures.