Fall 2014

Fall 2014 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 451/680S, a 2-credit course based on the seminar series.

 

September 8th, 2014:

Orientation

Craig Eric Morris

Ph.D candidate in Anthropology

Binghamton University

September 15th, 2014:

Egalitarian motives in a stratified society: Evidence from RICH economic games in Fiji

Matthew Gervais

John Templeton Foundation Post-Doc in Anthropology & Psychology

Rutgers University & Arizona State University

September 22nd, 2014:

Darwin on the evolution of conscience

Derek Turner

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Connecticut College

September 29th, 2014:

The Benefits of Recognizing the Darwinian Roots of Homo consumericus

Gad Saad

Professor of Marketing

Concordia University

October 6th, 2014:

Eco-evolutionary games: how invasive plants, earthworms and deer are reshaping our neighborhoods

Bernd Blossey

Associate Professor of Natural Resources

Cornell University

October 13th, 2014:

Reconstructing hearing in human fossils: a new approach to the evolution of language?

Rolf Quam

Professor of Anthropology

Binghamton University

October 20th, 2014:

The Evolutionary Psychology of Breaking up and Making up

T. Joel Wade

Professor of Psychology

Bucknell University

October 27th, 2014:

Does Anything Really Matter, or Did We Just Evolve to Think So?

Sharon Street

Associate Professor of Philosophy

New York University

November 3rd, 2014:

Environmental Dynamics when Evolutionary and Ecological Rates Converge

Nelson George Hairston Jr

FHT Rhodes Professor of Environmental Science

Cornell University

November 10th, 2014:

Obesity begins before birth? Effects of maternal nutrition, stress, and other health behaviors on children’s lifelong cardiometabolic health

Kelsey Dancause

Professor of Kinanthropology

University of Quebec in Montreal

November 17th, 2014:

Multi-Level Issues in Evolutionary Theory and Organizational Behavior/Leadership

Francis Yammarino

SUNY Distinguished Professor in the School of Management & Director of the Center for Leadership Studies

Binghamton University

December 8th, 2014:

Graduate student mini talks