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Members of the Evolution Working Group - 2008-2009

  Name (affiliation) Research Interests

C. Fred T. Andrus
(Geological Sciences)

paleoclimatology & climate change; isotope geochemistry; archaeology; paleoecology; marine organism skeletal growth (fish otoliths, coral, mollusks, etc)

Jim Bindon
(Anthropology)

human evolution; race; human adaptation

David B. Boles
(Psychology)

comparative cognition; evolutionary cognition; brain evolution; handedness; language; history of Evolution Working Group
 

Michael Conaway
(Institute for Social Science Research)

 
Rosanna Guadagno
(Psychology)
social influence and persuasion; gender roles; technology and social interaction; sex differences in jealousy; female status hierarchies
David Kopaska-Merkel
(Geological Survey of Alabama)
ancient reef and mound deposits; carbonate geology; characteristics of hydrocarbon reservoir rocks

Richard A. Richards
(Philosophy)

Darwin; history and philosophy of biology; species and taxonomy; naturalism and value

Leslie Rissler
(Biological Sciences)

evolutionary biology; speciation; phylogeography; systematics; conservation genetics; biodiversity surveys
J. Brett Smith
(Geological Survey of Alabama)
aquatic biodiversity surveys; sexual selection in crayfishes; evolutionary theory; animal behavior; evolutionary psychology; practical implications of evolutionary mismatches

Ed Stephenson
(Biological Sciences)

molecular and cellular biology; evolution of developmental mechanisms; molecular evolution; history of the Evolution Working Group

Carl Stock
(Geological Sciences)

earth history; geologic history of life; paleontology; fossils; mass extinction
Chase Wrenn
(Philosophy)
philosophy of mind; philosophy of psychology; epistemology
John Yoder
(Biological Sciences)
evolution of morphological novelty