Spring 2008

February 1, 2008:

The Prevention of Psychological and Behavioral Problems Through an Intentional Science of Cultural Change

Anthony Biglan
Center on Early Adolescence
Oregon Research Institute

February 8, 2008:

The genetic basis of parallel evolution in threespine stickleback

William Cresko
Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Oregon

February 22, 2008:

The Evolution of Morality, and Some (Surprising) Implications for Children’s Social Functioning

Patricia Hawley
Department of Psychology
University of Kansas

February 29, 2008:

The history, mating system, and MHC biology of tiger salamanders from Indiana

Andrew DeWoody
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Purdue University

March 7, 2008:

Fearful Brains in an Anxious World

Joseph LeDoux
Center for Neural Science
New York University

March 14, 2008:

Functional insights into human evolution from comparative genomics

James Noonan
Department of Genetics
Yale University School of Medicine

April 4, 2008:

Too good to be true: conserved developmental programs coordinating phenotypic plasticity

Barbara Finlay
Department of Psychology
Cornell University

April 11, 2008:

Competition for paternity: The impact of evolution on human genital morphology and behavior

Gordon Gallup
Department of Psychology
University at Albany-SUNY

April 25, 2008:

Urban Ecology: The Changing Face of Ecology

Richard V. Pouyat
USDA Forest Service

May 2, 2008:

Hormones, mating, and pairing: A tale of two birds

Elizabeth Adkins-Regan
Departments of Psychology and Neurobiology
Cornell University

May 9, 2008:

Evolution, Behavioral Economics, and Addiction

James MacKillop
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
Brown University