Tag Archives: Social Sciences

You will be judged; your large team research grant will be reviewed

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Joan E. Strassmann

Once I was involved in deciding who would get an important mentoring prize. One of the candidates was from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. He had many students supporting his nomination. They pointed out how empathetic he … Continue reading →

Posted in Grants, Group leadership | Tagged Attention, evaluation, evolutionary biology, Finnland, Finns, graduate students, international programs, Michigan State University, postdocs, Research, Rice University, Richard Dawkins, science, Shepherd School of Music, Social Sciences, United States | Leave a comment

Xenophobia – can we get rid of it? Can we understand it in Arizona?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Joan E. Strassmann

What kind of meeting do you like best, the kind where everyone has the same background you do, or the kind where there are people of different backgrounds? If the meeting is too large, there will be a natural tendency … Continue reading →

Posted in Scientific meetings | Tagged Arizona State University, Bert Hölldobler, Brad Armendt, Carlos Navarrete, Charles Blow, David Queller, Douglas Kenrick, Frans DeWall, Freeman Dyson, Herbert Gintis, Jeffrey Sachs, Jim Sidanius, Joan Silk, Kim Hill, Laurie Santos, Lawrence Kraus, Manfred Laubichler, Mark Schaller, Michael Hchter, New York Times, Phobia, Psychology, Rebecca Saxe, Richard Wrangham, Robert Boyd, Robert Kurzban, Social Sciences, Steven Neuberg, Washington University in St. Louis, Xenophobia | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Social Sciences

You will be judged; your large team research grant will be reviewed

Xenophobia – can we get rid of it? Can we understand it in Arizona?

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