Sausage of Science

Next up in our summer book series, Dr. Agustin Fuentes, an anthropologist now at Princeton University, will read a section from his latest book entitled “Why We Believe: Evolution and the Human Way of Being”. We then rebroadcast his original interview (SoS 48, aired in August 2019), in which Dr. Fuentes discusses returning from the field. You can learn more about Dr. Fuentes' work by visiting his departmental website at Princeton: https://anthropology.princeton.edu/people/faculty/agustin-fuentes or his personal website: https://afuentes.com/. To see more of his content, follow him on Twitter @Anthrofuentes. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens Theresa Gildner, Email: Theresa.E.Gildner@dartmouth.edu, Twitter: @TEGildner

We are still away on our summer break, but to tide you over this week we will continue our series featuring book excerpts read by previous podcast guests. This week Dr. Prosanta Chakrabarty, an ichthyologist from LSU, will read a section from his upcoming book entitled “Explaining Evolution and Understanding Why it Matters More than Ever”. We then rebroadcast his original interview (SoS 28, aired in November 2018), in which Dr. Chakrabarty discusses science communication and outreach, as well as narratives used to discuss topics like evolution. You can learn more about Dr. Chakrabarty’s work by visiting his website: http://www.prosanta.net/ Email him at: prosanta@lsu.edu and follow him on Twitter @PREAUX_FISH Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens Theresa Gildner, Email: Theresa.E.Gildner@dartmouth.edu, Twitter: @TEGildner

This episode is the first in our special summer series which features author readings from recent books. Hear Dr. Lesley Jo Weaver read a chapter from her book “Sugar and Tension: Diabetes and Gender in Modern India.” After her reading, we re-air her original interview from one year ago. In that interview, Dr. Weaver shares stories of wire cutting and wisdom that range from the process of moving cross-country to identifying and working with sustainably developed NGOs. Her latest research project in India will be focusing on social stratification, mental health, and stigma. More information about her research can be found on the Department of International Studies at the University of Oregon website: https://intldept.uoregon.edu/profile/ljweaver/. To get in touch with the “Speaking of Race” podcast, check out their website: http://speakingofrace.ua.edu/podcast. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens Theresa Gildner, Email: Theresa.E.Gildner@dartmouth.edu, Twitter: @TEGildner

This week Chris and Cara chat with Dr. Michael Gurven on a variety of topics, ranging from advice on finding a field site that matches your research interests, the long and challenging process of establishing a successful longitudinal study, the importance of true collaborative work with indigenous populations (especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic), and the need to move beyond “WEIRD” populations and consider health and human biology in more diverse groups. Learn more about Dr. Gurven’s work at his website: https://gurven.anth.ucsb.edu/ Email him at: gurven@anth.ucsb.edu and follow him on Twitter @MGurven You can learn more about the Tsimane Health and Life History Project here: http://tsimane.anth.ucsb.edu/ Read the Tsimane team’s paper on responding to COVID-19 within indigenous populations here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31104-1/fulltext The paper “WEIRD bodies: mismatch, medicine and missing diversity” can be found here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513820300465 Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens Theresa Gildner, Email: Theresa.E.Gildner@dartmouth.edu, Twitter: @TEGildner

This week, Chris and Cara chat with Drs. Athena Aktipis, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University, and Lee Cronk, Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, to discuss their research with the Human Generosity Project. As always, we get to hear about their research journies, interests, and collaborative efforts. Additionally, we get a sneak preview on their latest research on human generosity, cooperation, and COVID-19. Be sure to check out the Human Generosity Project website at: http://www.humangenerosity.org/ or on Twitter @generousnature. To learn more about Dr. Aktipis, check out her lab website at: http://www.aktipislab.org/ and learn more about Dr. Cronk at: https://anthro.rutgers.edu/people/full-time-faculty/detail/89-lee-cronk. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens Theresa Gildner, Email: Theresa.E.Gildner@dartmouth.edu, Twitter: @TEGildner

In this episode, Drs. Lance Gravlee and Connie Mulligan join Chris and Cara to discuss the research that led to their article, "Shortened telomere length is associated with unfair treatment attributed to race in African Americans living in Tallahassee, Florida". The article was selected as the special feature in Volume 32 Issue 3 of the American Journal of Human Biology. Drs. Gravlee and Mulligan discuss their paths to anthropology, collaboration, and ongoing work with the Health Equity Alliance Tallahassee (HEAT) steering committee. Be sure to check out the latest issue of AJHB to learn more about this project! Learn more about Dr. Gravlee's work at his website: https://www.gravlee.org/ Follow him on Twitter @lancegravlee Learn more about Dr. Mulligan's work on her departmental website: https://anthro.ufl.edu/2013/09/29/mulligan/ To learn more about HEAT, check out: http://www.healthequityalliance.org/projects/heart/. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens Theresa Gildner, Email: Theresa.E.Gildner@dartmouth.edu, Twitter: @TEGildner

In this episode, Dr. Zaneta Thayer joins Chris and Cara to discuss her many projects examining the intergenerational effects of stressful experiences during pregnancy. Dr. Thayer works primarily in New Zealand, where her research has documented links between experienced discrimination and poor birth outcomes. She also discusses her recent clinical brief examining the health effects of psychosocial stress among individuals using assisted reproductive technologies. Finally, Dr. Thayer is joined by her postdoc Dr. Theresa Gildner to discuss their new project exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting maternity care and well-being. Learn more about Dr. Thayer’s work at her website: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/humanbio/ Email her at: zaneta.marie.thayer@dartmouth.edu Check out Dr. Thayer’s clinical brief on stress in ART at: https://academic.oup.com/emph/advance-article/doi/10.1093/emph/eoaa008/5815981 To learn more about the COVID-19 And Reproductive Effects (CARE) Study, please visit: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/care2020/ For those interested in the Dartmouth EEES graduate program, check out: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/EEES/ Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens Theresa Gildner, Email: Theresa.E.Gildner@dartmouth.edu, Twitter: @TEGildner

In this episode of the Sausage of Science, Cara and Chris talk with Drs. Jesús Rodriguez & Ana Mateos, scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) in Burgos, Spain. Drs. Rodriguez and Mateos highlight the amazing work going on at the center at the forefront of human evolution research. They also discuss their AJHB editor’s choice article entitled “No sex differences in the economy of load‐carriage”. Be sure to check out the article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajhb.23352 Their experimental work challenges long-held assumptions regarding sex differences in human energetics and contributes to both optimal foraging and life history theory. Learn more about CENIEH here: https://www.cenieh.es/en/about-cenieh Follow CENIEH on Twitter @CENIEH and the labs @CENIEH_Labs You can learn more about Dr. Rodriguez at: https://www.cenieh.es/en/about-cenieh/staff/rodriguez-mendez-jesus And about Dr. Mateos at: https://www.cenieh.es/en/about-cenieh/staff/mateos-cachorro-ana Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens Theresa Gildner, Email: Theresa.E.Gildner@dartmouth.edu, Twitter: @TEGildner

This week, dive into one of our most meta-episodes yet: the podcast about a podcast featuring the amazing researchers behind the Anthrolactology blog and podcast! This interview features not one, but three cutting-edge anthropologists working at the intersections of anthropology, human lactation, and society. Dr. EA Quinn is an associate professor of biological anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. Cecília Tomori is Director of Global Public Health and Community Health at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist is an assistant professor of maternal and child health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and when they come together, great things happen. Be sure to check out the Anthrolactology blog/podcast at https://anthrolactology.com/.

In this episode we bring you a cross-over with the podcast “With a Side of Knowledge”, hosted by Ted Fox from the University of Notre Dame’s Provost Office. This interview features our own Dr. Cara Ocobock discussing her work over brunch. Enjoy this fascinating conversation about extreme cold adaptations, Neanderthals, the anthropology of sports, and (of course) powerlifting. Check out other episodes from With a Side of Knowledge, found here: https://provost.nd.edu/about/podcast/ This interview originally aired on APR 16, 2020.