Biocultural Anthropology Seminar Series (BASS)
BIO A 590: Current Issues in Human and Non-Human Primate Evolution
Autumn Quarter 2009
Wednesdays 3:30-5:00
Denny Hall 401
Faculty Coordinators: Steve Goodreau
Graduate Student Coordinators:
Seminar Schedule
September 30
September Reception
Denny Hall 401; 3:30-5:00
October 7
Lisa Jones-Engel
“Synanthropic Primates and Disease Risk in Asia”
Denny Hall 401; 3:30-5:00
October 14
Michele Andrasik
“Utilizing Community Based Participatory Research methods in the development of HIV prevention messages for African American and African born populations”
Denny Hall 401; 3:30-5:00
October 21 Smith et al
“Writing for Publication”
Denny Hall 401; 3:30-5:00
October 28 Devon Brewer
“Blood-borne HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa”
Denny Hall 401; 3:30-5:00
November 4
Abigail Bigham
"Interpreting patterns of variation at the GYPA locus in human populations: Is their evidence for balancing selection in response to Plasmodium falciparum?"
Denny Hall 401; 3:30-5:00
November 11
Nothing Scheduled - VETRAN'S DAY/WASHINGTON STATEHOOD DAY
November 18
Siobhan Mattison
"Does inheritance system matter? Factors predicting the proportion of boys among matrilineal v. patrilineal Mosuo"
Denny Hall 401; 3:30-5:00
November 25
Nothing Scheduled - Thanksgiving Eve
December 2
Benjamin Chabot-Hanowell
"Toward the behavioral ecology of kinship, migration, and remittance"
Abstract: Remittances are money and other goods sent by migrants to their home countries. The volume and social impacts of remittances exploded over the last two decades. Upward trends will continue while human lifestyles become more transnational. International aid organizations seek to enhance development efforts by maximizing positive effects of remittances on host communities. Biocultural anthropologists could facilitate these aims. The field integrates biological, sociological, demographic, and historical research to understand cross-cultural patterns in behavior and health. Complementarily, biocultural anthropologists could benefit from studying remittances. The phenomenon is widespread, numerous secondary datasets exist, and more detailed data will emerge in the near future. This seminar has three parts. First, I posit prospects and challenges in applying biocultural anthropology to remittance research in four broad areas: cultural transmission and dual inheritance theory, evolutionary medicine, evolutionary psychology, and human behavioral ecology. Second, I review important remittance data sources. Finally, I outline my dissertation research project, which will include a cross-cultural comparison of remittance behavior and a detailed population study on the Caribbean island, Dominica. Because the project is only in the development stage, I welcome constructive criticism, suggestions, and discussion.
Denny Hall 401; 3:30-5:00
December 9
Ben Trumble
"Testosterone, Energetics, and Male Life History"
Denny Hall 401; 3:30-5:00
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