- Cultural Anthropology Program Coordinator
- Associate Professor
- Cultural Anthropology
- Phone: 979-458-2599
- Email: alvard@tamu.edu
- Office: Anthropology 235B
- Document: CV
![Michael Alvard](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/michael-alvard.jpg)
Biography
Courses Taught:
- ANTH 205 – Peoples and Cultures of the World
- ANTH 201 – Introduction to Anthropology
- ANTH 360 – Human Evolutionary Ecology
- ANTH 424 – Introduction to Human Evolutionary Anthropology
Educational Background
- PhD, University of New Mexico, 1993
Research Interests
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- Culture and biology
- Cooperation
- Human evolutionary ecology
- Horticulturalists
- Hunters and gatherers
- Local people and environmental issues
- Adaptation to the tropics
Selected Publications
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2015 Alvard M, Carlson D, McGaffey E (2015) Using a Partial Sum Method and GPS Tracking Data to Identify Area Restricted Search by Artisanal Fishers at Moored Fish Aggregating Devices in the Commonwealth of Dominica. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0115552. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115552
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2014 Alvard, M., E. McGaffey, and D. Carlson. (2014) A Method for Measuring Fishing Effort by Small-scale Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) Fishers from the Commonwealth of Dominica. Field Methods 27 issue: 3, page(s): 300-315. 1525822X14552221
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2012 Henrich J, Boyd R, McElreath R, Gurven M, Richerson PJ, Ensminger J, Alvard M, Barr A, Barrett C, Bolyanatz A et al. 2012. Culture does account for variation in game behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(2):E32-E33
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2011 Alvard, M. Genetic and Cultural Kinship among the Lamaleran Whale Hunters. Human Nature 22(1):89-107
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2009 Alvard, M. Kinship and Cooperation – The Axe Fight Revisited. Human Nature, 20:1-23
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