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Carol Worthman, Ph.D. |
Publications by Carol Worthman |
Although the lines
of inquiry in which I am actively involved are diverse and several [see
links at left for details], they are unified by a central
focus, upon the biocultural interface. Biocultural dimensions of the
human condition remain largely uncharted and represent immense opportunity
for anthropological investigation, for the empirical, theoretical, and
pedagogical formulation of new ways to understand what it is to be human.
Human development and reproduction each represent arenas in which the
interplay of biology and culture are especially central, so these form
major themes in my research and teaching. Study topics have included
causes and consequences of variation in maturation schedules, applications
of life history theory, determinants of infant feeding and birth spacing,
and variation in male life history and reproduction. Other areas, such
as behavioral biology, arousal and attention regulation, developmental
epidemiology (including of risk for psychiatric disorders), and comparative
ecology of human sleep, are emerging areas of intensifying research
and theorization. All this work is not only my personal, individual
endeavor, but also intercalates with and relies on outstanding collaborative
colleagues and students as well as others in the US and abroad in the
Laboratory of
Comparative Human Biology. |