Faculty

Michelle Brown
Faculty
Keywords
primate behavioral ecology; competetion among individuals, groups, and species; community energetics; vocal communication
Local Affiliations
UCSB Biobehavioral Lab
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Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Students

Sarah Alami
PhD Student
Publications
Alami, S., von Rueden, C., Seabright, E., Kraft, T.S., Blackwell, A.D., Stieglitz, J., Kaplan, H., & Gurven, M. (2020). Mother’s social status is associated with child health in a horticulturalist population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1922). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2783
Alami, S., Stieglitz, J., Kaplan, H., & Gurven, M. (2018). Low perceived control over health is associated with lower treatment uptake in a high mortality population of Bolivian forager-farmers. Social Science & Medicine, 200(September 2017), 156–165. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.01.017
von Rueden, C., Alami, S., Kaplan, H., & Gurven, M. (2018). Sex differences in political leadership in an egalitarian society. Evolution and Human Behavior. DOI:0.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.03.005.
Local Affiliations
Evolutionary Anthropology and Biodemography lab
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(619)994-4468
703 bolton walk
unit 208, mailbox 28

Amy Anderson
PhD Student
Keywords
disease ecology; skeletal biology; anemia; dohad
Publications
A.S. Anderson, B. Trumble, C. Hove, T.S. Kraft, H. Kaplan, M. Gurven, A.D. Blackwell. (2019) Old friends and friendly fire: Pregnancy, hookworminfection, and anemia among tropical horticulturalists. American Journal of Human Biology. DOI:10.1002/ajhb.23337
Local Affiliations
Broom Demography Center
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Ronnie Bailey-Steinitz
PhD Student
Keywords
primates; feeding ecology; energetics; between-species competition
Publications
A.S. Anderson, B. Trumble, C. Hove, T.S. Kraft, H. Kaplan, M. Gurven, A.D. Blackwell. (2019) Old friends and friendly fire: Pregnancy, hookworminfection, and anemia among tropical horticulturalists. American Journal of Human Biology. DOI:10.1002/ajhb.23337
Local Affiliations
Brown lab
Biobehavioral Laboratory Manager
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(858)882-7756

Spencer Mermelstein
PhD Student
Keywords
cognitive science; evolutionary psychology; communication; concepts; memory
Local Affiliations
Cognition and Development Lab
Contact
(949)355-2513