2025/2026 Academic Year
September 15th (A)
Mismatch in Motion: Evolution, Environment, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Makenna Lenover Moyer, Ph.D. | Dickinson College
6-7 p.m.
SH 181
September 22nd*
Human idealism and its evolutionary roots
David Lahti, Ph.D. | City University of New York
6-7 p.m.
SH 181
September 29th (A)
Evolutionary Medicine and Nutritional Status: An Exploration of Childhood Anemia in Peru
Achsah Dorsey, Ph.D. | University of Massachusetts Amherst
6-7 p.m.
SH 181
October 6th
Evolution in the World's Longest-lived Birds - The Albatrosses
Paul Sievert, Ph.D. | University of Massachusetts Amherst
6-7 p.m.
SH 181
October 20th*
Applied Evolutionary Psychology in Education: Practical Insights for Educators and Learners
Jessica Murray, Ph.D. | Colgate University
6-7 p.m.
SH 181
November 3rd
Rapid changes in Earth’s magnetic field and UV-B radiation drove the Cambrian Evolutionary Radiation of Animals
Ed Landing, Ph.D. | New York State Museum
6-7 p.m.
SH 181
November 10th
Molecular genetics reveals the evolutionary history of birds
Jeremy Kirchman, Ph.D. | New York State Museum
6-7 p.m.
SH 181
* Attendance to talk will allot 2 SONA credits to psychology students
(A) Attendance/brief counts toward Anthropology Field Engagement Requirement
2025
February 10th*
Seth Dornisch | State University of New York at New Paltz
6-7 p.m.
CSB AUD
March 3rd*
Jonathan Vaughn, Ph.D. | State University of New York at New Paltz
6-7 p.m.
CSB AUD
March 10th
Anthony Basile, Ph.D. | State University of New York at Oneonta
6-7 p.m.
CSB AUD
March 24th (B)
The Spencer Mass Memorial Lecture
Amanda Townley, Ph.D. | National Center for Science Education
6-7 p.m.
CSB AUD
March 31st*
David Bjorklund, Ph.D. | Florida Atlantic University
6-7 p.m.
VIRTUAL ONLY (
April 7th*
Keelah Williams, Ph.D. | Hamilton College
6-7 p.m.
CSB AUD
April 14th* (B)
Gabriel Schlomer, Ph.D. | State University of New York at Albany
6-7 p.m.
CSB AUD
April 21st (B)
Lynnette Leidy Sievert, Ph.D. | University of Massachusetts Amherst
6-7 p.m.
CSB AUD
*Attendance to talk will allot 2 SONA credits to psychology students
(B) Attendance to talk will go towards credit for biology students
2024
February 5th
The Spencer Mass Memorial Lecture
Eric Keeling, Ph.D. | State University of New York at New Paltz
6-7 p.m.
February 12th
The Darwin Day Event
Glenn Geher, Ph.D. | State University of New York at New Paltz
6-7 p.m.
February 26th
Alexandra Shea, B.S. | University of California, Davis
6-7 p.m.
March 4th
Andrew Gallup, Ph.D. | State University of New York Polytechnic Institute
6-7 p.m.
March 11th
Kara Loeb Belinsky, Ph.D. | State University of New York at New Paltz
6-7 p.m.
April 1st
Alexander Bartholomew, Ph.D. | State University of New York at New Paltz
6-7 p.m.
April 8th
Kate Lomedico Marriot, M.S. | Brooklyn College & STEM Research Institute
6-7 p.m.
April 15th
Natalia Reagan, M.A.
6-7 p.m.
May 6th
Kyle Powell, State University of New York at New Paltz
6-7 p.m.
2023
February 13th
The Spencer Mass Memorial Lecture and Darwin Day Event
Stephen Pekar, Ph.D. | Queens College (City University of New York)
6-7 p.m.
February 27th
Bill McKibben | Middlebury College
6-7 p.m.
March 6th
April Bleske, Ph.D. | University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
6-7 p.m.
March 27th
Nate Pipitone, Ph.D. | Florida Gulf Coast University
6-7 p.m.
April 3rd
Rebecka K Hahnel, Doctoral Candidate | University of Texas
6-7 p.m.
April 10th
Jacqueline Di Santo, M.A. | Marist College & State University of New York at New Paltz
6-7 p.m.
April 17th
Anthony Volk, Ph.D. | Brock University
6-7 p.m.
April 24th
Steven Gangestad, Ph.D. | The University of New Mexico
6-7 p.m.
2022
February 7th
Four Arrows aka Don Trent Jacobs, Ph.D. | Fielding Graduate University
6-7 p.m.
February 14th Darwin Day Extravaganza
Note: This talk includes some content related to sexual assault and violence.
Todd Shackelford, Ph.D. | Oakland University
6-7 p.m.
February 28th The Spencer Mass Memorial Lecture
Fabrizio Spagnolo, Ph.D. | Long Island University
6-7 p.m.
March 21st
David Frederick, Ph.D. | Chapman University
6-7 p.m.
March 28th
Sara Hill, Ph.D. | Texas Christian University
6-7 p.m.
April 4th
Tania Reynolds, Ph.D. | University of New Mexico
6-7 p.m.
April 11th
Sethu Karthikeyan, Ph.D. | PACE University
6-7 p.m.
April 18th
HIGH SPEED EVOLUTION
Please use for the first hour and for the remainder of the talk.
David Clark, Ph.D. | State University of New York at New Paltz
6-7 p.m.
April 25th
Brianna McQuade | State University of New York at New Paltz
6-7 p.m.
2021
February 15th
February 22nd
Dan Lieberman, Ph.D.
Harvard University, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology
March 1st
Aaron Haselton, Ph.D.
State University of New York at New Paltz, Department of Biology
March 8th
Note: This talk includes some content related to sexual assault and violence.
David Buss, Ph.D.
University of Texas, Department of Psychology
March 15th
*
Laura Johnsen, Ph.D. Candidate
Binghamton University, Department of Anthropology,
March 22nd
Andrea Varga, Ph.D.
State University of New York at New Paltz, Department of Theatre Arts
March 29th
*
Jaime Cloud, Ph.D.
Western Oregon University, Department of Behavioral Sciences
April 5th
Olivia Jewell, M.A. & Trent Reid, B.A.
Alum of the State University of New York at New Paltz (Psychology and Geography)
April 12th
State University of New York at New Paltz, Department of Biology
2020
"Sweet Home Hudson Valley"
February 10th
Kerry Carso, Ph.D.
February 12th
Darwin’s 211th Birthday Party / Survival of the Fittest, Rap Battle, and more!
Terrace - 630-830
February 24th
Daniel J. Glass, Ph.D.*
March 2nd
Marianne Brandon, Ph.D.*
March 9th
Lydia Bright, Ph.D.
...(THEN THE PANDEMIC CAME ...)
2019 - Evolution and the Social World
February 11th
Natalia Reagan, M.A.
5:00-6:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
March 11th
Jason Lewis, Ph.D.
Turkana Basin Institute & Stony Brook University, Department of Anthropology
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
March 25th
Raj Pandya, M.S.
State University of New York at New Paltz, Department of Astronomy and Physics
Joseph Diamond, Ph.D.
State University of New York at New Paltz, Department of Anthropology
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
April 1st
Michael Frederick, Ph.D.
University of Baltimore, Division of Applied Behavioral Sciences
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
April 8th
Melanie Shoup-Knox, Ph.D.
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
April 15th
Cesar Rebellon, Ph.D.
University of New Hampshire, Department of Sociology
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
April 22nd
Katie Gruskin
State University of New York at New Paltz, Department of Education
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
2018 - The Tree of Life: From Cosmic Origins to Today
February 5th
Sten Odenwald, Ph.D.
NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
February 12th
Lou Mayo
NASA/GSFC Heliophysics Education Consortium
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
March 5th
Amy Bartholomew
State University of New York at New Paltz, Department of Physics & Astronomy
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
March 26th
John H. Long, Jr., Ph.D.
Vassar College, Department of Biology
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
April 9th
Lee Dugatkin, Ph.D.
University of Louisville, Department of Biology
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
April 16th
Joseph L. Graves, Jr., Ph.D.
North Carolina A&T State University & University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Biological Sciences
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
April 23rd
Glenn Geher, Ph.D.
State University of New York at New Paltz, Department of Psychology
6:00-7:30 p.m., CSB Auditorium
2017
Feb. 6 (Beginning of Darwin Week!)
Mandy Guitar, M.A.
Binghamton University
Department of Anthropology
6-7 p.m.
Location: CSB AUD
Feb. 13 (Conclusion of Darwin Week)
Medicine without Evolution is like Engineering without Physics (working on the link)
Randy Nesse, M.D.
ASU
Department of Biological Life Sciences
6-7 p.m.
Location: CSB AUD via Zoom!
Feb. 27
Lauren Vigna, M.D.
First Care Family Practice
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
Mar. 13 (Faculty Panel)
New Paltz Faculty Panel
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
6-7 p.m.
Location: CSB AUD
Apr. 3
David Puts, Ph.D.
PSU
Department of Anthropology
6-7 p.m.
Location: CSB AUD
Apr. 24
Self-Care, Group-Care, Earth-Care (working on the link)
David Sloan Wilson, Ph.D.
Binghamton University
Department of Anthropology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
2016
Feb. 8
Thomas Nolen, Ph.D.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Department of Biology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
Feb. 15
James Higham, Ph.D.
NYU
Department of Anthropology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
Feb. 29 (Leap Year!)
Doug Emlen, Ph.D.
University of Montana
Department of Humanities and Sciences
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
March 7
Gordon Gallup, Ph.D.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Albany
Department of Psychology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
March 14 (Pi Day!)
Paul M. Bingham, Ph.D. & Joanne Souza, Ph.D.
Stony Brook University
Departments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
April 11
Joshua Duntley, Ph.D.
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
April 18
Rebecca Burch, Ph.D.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Oswego
Department of Human Development
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
2015
Feb. 12 -
Feb. 23
Kara Belinsky, Ph.D.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Department of Biology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 100
MARCH 2
Patricia Wright, Ph.D.
Stony Brook University
Department of Anthropology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
March 9
Dan O'Brien, Ph.D.
School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University; Boston Area Research Initiative, Harvard University
Department of Sociology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
March 23
Todd Disotell, Ph.D.
New York University
Department of Anthropology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
April 6
Mandy Guitar, M.A.
Binghamton University Ph.D. student and Teaching Assistant
Department of Anthropology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
April 13
Christopher Lynn, Ph.D.
The University of Alabama
Department of Anthropology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC102
April 20
Joel Wade, Ph.D.
Bucknell University
Department of Psychology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC102
2014
Feb. 10
Ralph Holloway, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Department of Anthropology
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location: LC 100
Feb. 12
William Varga
Utah Botanical center
7-8 p.m.
Location: CSB Auditorium
Feb. 24
Natalie Jeremijenko, Ph.D.
New York University
Department of Art
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location: LC 102
March 10
Ken Nystrom, Ph.D.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Department of Anthropology
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location: LC 102
March 24
Andreas Koenig, Ph.D.
Stony Brook university
Department of Anthropology
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location: LC 102
April 7
Alex Bartholomew, Ph.D.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Department of Geology
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location: LC 102
April 21
Craig Bielert, Ph.D.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Oneonta
Department of Psychology
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location: LC 102
2013
Feb. 11 - Happy Darwin Day!
Geoffrey Miller, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico - Department of Psychology
Visiting Professor at New York University's Stern Business School
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location LC100
Feb. 21
Andrew Faust
Permaculture Teacher and Designer
6-7 p.m.
Location LC100
March 4
Neanderthal Evolution- Surfing the genomic wave: archaic hominin hybridization with modern humans (currently working on the link)
Todd Disotell, Ph.D.
New York University
Department of Anthropology
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location LC102
March 11
David Rothenberg, Ph.D.
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Department of Humanities
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location LC102
March 18
Sarah Strout, Ph.D.
Dominican College
Department of Psychology
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location LC102
April 1
Holly Dunsworth, Ph.D.
University of Rhode Island
Department of Anthropology
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location LC102
April 8
Hamilton Stapell, Ph.D.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Department of History
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location LC102
April 15
Andrew Gallup, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor at Bard College
Department of Psychology
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location LC102
April 22
Daniel Glass, M.A.
University of Massachusetts Boston
Department of Psychology
5:30-6:45 p.m.
Location LC102
Special Events
2012
SPECIAL VIDEOS OF THE EVOS SUMMIT (Oct. 26, 2012):
Feb. 6
Whining is the Sincerest Form of Flattery (currently working on the link)
Rosemarie Sokol Chang, Ph.D.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Department of Psychology
5:30-6:30 p.m.
CSB Auditorium
Feb. 13
The Prince of Evolution (currently working on the link)
Lee Dugatkin, Ph.D.
University of Louisville
Department of Biology
5:30-6:30 p.m.
CSB Auditorium
Feb. 27
Darwinian Medicine: Maybe There IS Something to this Evolution Thing (currently working on the link)
Robb Wolf
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Reception/Book signing to follow, 6:45 p.m. in the Terrace
Lecture Center 100; more details !
March 5
Men at Risk: Understanding Sex Differences in Human Mortality Rates with an Evolutionary Life History Framework (currently working on the link)
Dan Kruger, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
School of Public Health
5:30-6:30 p.m.
CSB Auditorium
April 2
Why Ask, "How?" (currently working on the link)
Adam Goldstein, Ph.D.
Iona College
Department of Philosophy
5:30-6:30 p.m.
CSB Auditorium
April 9
Where Personality Meets the Page: Evolution and Adaptive Self-Expression in Alice Andrews’s Trine Erotic (currently working on the link)
David Michelson
Binghamton University
Department of English
5:30-6:30 p.m.
CSB Auditorium
April 30
Evolved to Cabaret: Expressing Human Behavioral Evolution Through Costume Design (currently working on the link)
Andrea Varga & Laura Johnsen
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Department of Theatre Arts
5:30-6:30 p.m.
CSB Auditorium
2011
Feb. 7
State of EvoS New Paltz
Part 1; Part 2 (currently working on the links)
- Presentations on the SEVERAL new courses being added to the New Paltz curriculum to serve the EvoS program
- A summary of the grant activities funded by the National Science Foundation
- The future of EvoS New Paltz - And More!
Feb. 21
Sex Differences in Hero Creation: A Sociobiological Analysis of Children's Fantasy Literature (currently working on the link)
Victoria Ingalls, Ph.D.
Marist College
Department of Biology
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Feb. 28Evolution and Women's Health (currently working on the link)
Chris Reiber, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Binghamton
Department of Anthropology
5:30-6:30 p.m.
March 7
AEPS - Inaugural meeting of the Applied Evolutionary Psychology Society Part 1; Part 2; Part 3 (currently working on the links)
featuring Nick Armenti, Nando Pelusi, Jon Raskin, and Jerome Wakefield
4:30-7:10 p.m.
March 14The Demise of the Dinosaurs: A Biotic Crisis or a Biotic Revenge? (currently working on the link)
Gordon Gallup, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Albany
Department of Psychology
5:30-6:30 p.m.
March 28Exploiting Evolution at the Molecular Level (currently working on the link)
Jeff Reinking, Ph.D.
State University of New York at New Paltz
Department of Biology
5:30-6:30 .m.
April 4
SEEKING and PLAYING: Affective Infrastructures and the Evolutionary Function of Sport (currently working on the link) Leslie Heywood, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Binghamton
Department of English
5:30-6:30 p.m.
April 11 How Natural Selection Produced Humans- How Humans Produce Knowledge (currently working on the link)
Paul Bingham and Joanne Souza
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
5:30-6:30 p.m.
April 25
Eels, and Naming Nature (currently working on the link)
James Prosek
Author of Eels An Exploration, From New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Amazing and Mysterious Fish; Bird, Butterfly, Eel; and The Day My Mother Left.
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Dec. 1 (2011)
From Singles to Swingers: Biopsychosocial Views on Contemporary Human Sexual Behavior (currently working on the link)
Justin Garcia, Ph.D.
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction
Indiana University
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Lecture Center 100
2010
• Darwin Day
Monday Feb. 8, 2010
Niles Eldredge
American Museum of Natural History Paleontology
LC 100
- 4:30-5:30 p.m. - Discussion/Presentation of Evolutionary Studies Consortium, EvoS Journal, and Evolution: Education and Outreach given by Glenn Geher along with Greg, Michelle, and Niles Eldredge (currently working on the link)
- 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Public Lecture by Niles Eldredge - Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life (currently working on the link)
- 6:30-7:30 p.m. - Questions / Discussion
(Co-sponsored by )
Monday Feb. 22, 2010
Margaret Ronsheim, Ph.D.
Vassar College
Department of Biology
Director of Environmental Studies
LC 102, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Monday March 8, 2010
Lee Alan Dugatkin, Ph.D.
University of Louisville
Department of Biology
A special session of the 4th Annual conference
Friday March 26, 2010
David Sloan Wilson, Ph.D.
Binghamton University
• Sex and the Scala Naturae (currently working on the link)
Friday, March 26, 2010
Marlene Zuk, Ph.D.
University of California
Department of Biology
LC 100, 7-8:30 p.m.
Saturday March 27, 2009
Richard Wrangham, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Department of Anthropology
CSB Auditorium, 6-7 p.m.
• Molecular aspects of co-evolution of bacteria and their eukaryotic hosts- Gentle diplomacy or Trojan War tactics (currently working on the link)
Monday April 5, 2010
Alexei Savchenko, Ph.D.
University of Toronto Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Banting & Best Dept. of Medical Research
LC 102, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
• Nurturing Nature: Epigenetics and the Transmission of Behavior Across Generations (currently working on the link)
Monday April 12, 2010
Frances A. Champagne, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Department of Psychology
LC 102, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Monday April 19, 2010
Carl Brett, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati Department of Geology
LC 102, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Evolutionary Studies ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, The Evolutionary Studies Club, and the National Science Foundation
2009
Darwin's 200th birthday was Feb. 12, 2009! Happy Birthday Charles!
The Science of Sex Appeal: An Evolutionary Perspective *Feb, 9, 2009 Gordon Gallup, psychologist, University at Albany (currently working on the link)
Darwin’s Legacy in the Behavioral Sciences: Human Mating Research in the 21st Century (Darwin Day Speaker) *Feb. 12, 2009 (THURSDAY) David Schmitt, psychologist, Bradley University and Director of the International Sexuality Description Project (currently working on the link)
What Did Darwin Do? *Feb. 16, 2009 Warren Allmon, geologist, Cornell University and Director of The Museum of the Earth (currently working on the link)
The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origin of War *March 2, 2009 David Livingstone Smith, philosopher, University of New England and Director of the New England Institute (currently working on the link)
Intimacy, Infidelity, and the Individual *March 9, 2009 Justin Garcia, anthropologist, Binghamton University (currently working on the link)
How Women Compete for Mates *March 23, 2009 MaryAnne Fisher, psychologist, St. Mary's University (currently working on the link)
Phylogeny and Evolution of Unusual Genetic Systems in Armored Scale Insects April 13, 2009 Ben Normark, biologist, University of Massachusetts (currently working on the link)
Diet, Sex, and Aging for Supermodels (supermodel organisms, that is) April 20, 2009 Aaron Haselton, biologist, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ (currently working on the link)
2008
Feb. 6 (W)
• A. From 3-4:30 p.m., the work of Lionel Tiger, the Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, will be the focus of
The Evolution of Behavioral Sex Differences in Humans: A Public Discussion. Honors Center (in College Hall). Click HERE for the video (you need realplayer; see realplayer.com for a free download). (currently working on the link)
•B. at 6 p.m. Darwin Day Lecture titled "What Would Darwin Say?" to be given by Dr. Tiger. LC 102. (currently working on the link)
» See the Biology Department Homepage for a nostalgic set of photos of this event! (see: http://www.newpaltz.edu/biology/news.cfm?id=3887)
• March 3 (M) - Rebecca Burch, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Oswego, Psychology Department How Seminal Fluid Has Evolved to Affect Female Psychology and Physiology
• March 10 (M) - John Long, Vassar College, Biology Department Biomimetic Evolutionary Analysis: Using Robots to Test Adaptation Hypotheses
• March 31 (M) - Anne Clark, Binghamton University, Biology Department The Social Lives and Sometimes Hard Times of American Crows (Corvus Brachyrhynchos)
• April 7 (M) - Eugene Heath, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Philosophy Department Social Evolution Before Darwin
• April 14 (M) - Susan Hughes, Albright College, Psychology Department Sex Differences in Romantic Kissing
• April 28 (M) - Scott Barry Kaufman, Yale University, Psychology Department A Tale of Two Minds: Implications for Intelligence, Reasoning, and Creativity
RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER - originally slated for Feb. 9 - look for notices on reschedule!
Lemur Evolution and Ecology
Patricia Wright, Ph.D.
Stony Brook University
Department of Anthropology
6-7 p.m.
Location: LC 102
