Fall 2012
Fall 2012 seminars are held on Mondays at 5:00 PM in AA-G008.
The Evolutionary Studies seminar series presents a guest speaker on an evolution-related topic about every week. It’s a great way to learn about evolution directly from a wide variety of scientists, and an excellent opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussion with researchers as well as your peers. Seminars are open to everyone. Students are encouraged to enroll in BIOL 480S/680S, a 2-credit course based on the seminar series.
September 10th, 2012:
EVOS, Aspects of Evolution, and Sex
Craig Eric Morris
Ph.D Candidate Department of Anthropology
Binghamton University
September 24th, 2012:
Using Evolution to Improve the Quality of Every Day Life
David Sloan Wilson
SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology
Binghamton University
October 1st, 2012:
There and Back Again: Songbird Migration and the Geolocator Revolution
Eli Bridge
Assistant Professor in the Oklahoma Biological Survey
University of Oklahoma
October 15th, 2012:
The Evolution of Jealousy (With Clips from Cheaters, Closer, and Chris Rock)
Barry X. Kuhle
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of Scranton
October 29th, 2012:
Canceled due to Sandy
November 5th, 2012:
The Social Affective Foundations of Mind: From Psychic Pain to Primal Joy
Jaak Panksepp
Baily Endowed Professor of Animal Well-Being Science at the College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University
November 12th, 2012:
A genetic incompatibility in DNA mismatch repair: consequences for adaptive evolution
Eric Alani
Professor of Genetics in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University
November 19th, 2012:
The Most Disgusting Sex Talk You’ll Ever Hear: Psychological Dynamics of Lust, Disgust, and Moral Reasoning
Jesse Bering, Ph.D
Author of Why is the Penis Shaped Like That?
November 26th, 2012:
Movie Showing: The Revisionaries
Discussion lead by Adam Laats
Professor of Education & History
Binghamton University
December 3rd, 2012:
Sexual Misperception: She’s Just Not That into You
Carin Perilloux
Visiting assistant professor of Psychology
Union College
