Fridays 12:30-2:00 PM
Parrington Hall Commons, Room 308
All Biodemography talks are followed by a didactic
session from 3:00-4:00 PM.
All Regional Affiliate talks are followed by a
Fellows-Affiliate session from 1:30-2:00 PM.
January 7
Dr. Eric Roth, University of Victoria
(Regional Affiliate)
“Self-Deception in HIV/AIDS Risk Assessment? A Test
on Sexual Behavior Micro-data from a Northern Kenyan
Community”
January 14
Dr. Michael Gurven, UC Santa Barbara
(Biodemography)
“Long Lifespan and Late Maturation Among Humans”
January 21
Dr. James Carey, UC Davis
(Biodemography)
“Human Life Span in Biodemographic Perspective”
January 28
Dr. Peter Donaldson, Population Council
“An Activist's View of Global Demographic Issues”
February 4
Dr. Merwan Engineer, University of Victoria
(Regional Affiliate)
"An Almost Structurally Exact Overlapping
Generations Model of the Rendille of Northern Kenya"
February 11
Dr. Kenneth Wachter, UC Berkeley
(Biodemography)
"Mutation Accumulation, Social Support, and
Evolutionary Theories of Longevity"
February 18
Dr. Tom Burch, University of Victoria
(Regional Affiliate)
"Explaining the Life Course: Realistic Scientific
Goal or Will-o'-the Wisp?"
February 25
Dr. Carl Mosk, University of Victoria
(Regional Affiliate)
"Crossover in International Migration: Causes and
Consequences"
March 4
Mary Shenk, University of Washington
"Gotras, Gold, or a Good Position: A Behavioral
Ecology Perspective on the Problem of Dowry
Inflation"
March 11
Dr. William Grady, Battelle CPHRE
(Regional Affiliate)
"Couple Decisions about Contraception: Lessons from
the Pilot Study for a National Couples Survey"