Spring 2012
Spring 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, a 2-credit course based on the seminar series (to register, submit a petition to the biology department office).
February 6, 2012:
Growing and Evolving Soft Robots
John Rieffel
Assistant professor of Computer Science
Union College
February 13, 2012
What Changes with the Evolution of Sociality? A Comparative Study in Social & Solitary Huntsman Spiders.
Dr. Linda S. Rayor
Dept. Entomology
Cornell University
February 27, 2012
Grandfather’s Age at Reproduction Influences Grandchildren’s Telomere Length: Thrifty Telomeres and Intergenerational Adaptive Plasticity
Dan Eisenberg
Department of Anthropology
Northwestern University
March 5, 2012
Functional Contextualism, Relational Frame Theory, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, The Matrix–and Evolution
Kevin Polk
Chief of Psychology
VA Medical Center
Augusta, ME
March 12, 2012
Visual Attention and the Acquisition of Information in Human Crowds
Andrew C. Gallup
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Princeton University
March 19, 2012
Organizational Benefits of Commensality
Kevin M. Kniffin
Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Cornell University
March 26, 2012
What Makes Us Tick? Orchids, Dandelions, and the Genetic Roots of Temperament
David Dobbs
Independent Author
Contributor to The Atlantic, New York Times Magazine, Nature, National Geographic;
Author of the Book Reef Madness: Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz, and the Meaning of Coral.
April 16, 2012
Mother’s Touch: A Source of Individual Variation in Daughter’s Reproduction
Nicole Cameron
Binghamton University
April 23, 2012
Hive Psychology and the Moral Life of Homo Duplex
Jonathan Haidt
University of Virginia and NYU-Stern
April 30, 2012
Evolutionary versus Racial Medicine: Why it Matters.
Dr. Joseph L. Graves, Jr.
Associate Dean for Research & Professor of Biological Sciences,
Joint School of Nano-sciences and Nano-engineering,
North Carolina A&T State University and UNC Greensboro.