Research Summary

I am interested in how evolutionary processes have produced our species. For 5.5 years I have collected genealogical information on Mayflower descendants and collateral families. I now have a preliminary database of over 310,000 individuals. We already have published one paper (concerning opposing inheritance strategies of different social classes) and are almost ready to submit another (maternal mortality). Our future papers will deal with migration patterns as evolutionary strategies.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University
• Ph. D., Anthropology, University of Illinois. Project: A Test of the Bergmann and Allen Rules among the Yucatec Maya.