Congratulations to my MA student Courtney Elmore on her NSF GRFP!! A thread about Courtney's research, accomplishments, and where she's headed 🧵 #NSFfunded #veteransinSTEM #earlycareerresearcher #anthropology

Massive and important positive news... #NSF #GRFP awards are out. 2,599 awards! + 1,440 Honorable Mentions. A significant boost from last year. Congratulations to the winners (and HM-s)! & many thanks to the reviewers & program officers who made this possible. www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...

A few days ago, @wamsleylab.bsky.social pointed out that SBE has only awarded 16 grants this fiscal year (should be closer to ~200). bsky.app/profile/wams... I’m so thoroughly disgusted by having to constantly ask “so where is the money now/where is it going?”

The FY2027 budget requests $1.5 trillion for military spending and pays for it by gutting NOAA, FEMA grants, NIH, and fully eliminating programs that keep the lights on for struggling Americans.

The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...

Once again it is time to contract your representatives: The FY27 budget request for NSF (see nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...) would get rid of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.

The administration's budget request would cut research funding for the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency by more than 50%. It's hard to imagine an external enemy causing more long-term damage to this country. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Human sociality is the story of fragmentation, boundaries, and bridges. I'm looking forward to being part of this symposium in a few weeks, channeling anthropology and @psuliberalarts.bsky.social as we discuss cooperation, collective action, and intergroup dynamics

A whole year - that's how long losing federal funding delayed a key scientific project of mine. Now I'm en route to Kenya, to finally make it happen ✈️. 1/5

Thrilled to share our latest paper, out now in Science Advances! We explored the development of cooperative behaviors — fairness, trustworthiness, forgiveness, & honesty —  across five societies, culturally contextualizing them & seeing how they correlate. (1/5) www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Climate preparedness is on a lot of minds this year. Loved new pieces from @nytwirecutter.bsky.social on this & they have lots of recommendations, but it can be hard to decide where to start. Based on my past work, here are three smaller lifts from Wirecutter's list that can make a big difference:

3/3 👉 Can also compare content to what's on the restored cdc webpage (i.e. archive.org). If different, treat with caution unless there's clear scientific evidence explained on the webpage backing up the changes (not pseudoscience hand waving about 'abundant evidence' and 'restoring transparency')

What's in there: -NOAA funding the same, NSF similar decrease as last year (not big) -NSF, NASA, and DOE can't change their indirects (would help sustain necessary scientific infrastructure at unis) -SBIR & STTR will stay alive at NASA & DOE (keeps supporting small businesses in science & tech) 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

US-based scientists are stubborn: we're stubbornly staying in community. We're still showing up. We're turning up in droves at college and institute and department holiday parties, society and org gatherings, and end-of-semester celebrations. 1/

Recent piece in The Conversation by @annepisor.bsky.social !! theconversation.com/a-hard-year-...

Check out this article SSRI cofund @annepisor.bsky.social wrote for the @us.theconversation.com about federal workers & how they've been building support networks online. ➡️

Great piece about federal workers coming together. At #AltGov we know a thing or two about that. 🧡

Academics talk a lot about sustainability, but not always in ways practitioners can use. We spent 3 days with NGOs, businesses & community organizers to understand what actually works. New paper in Phil Trans B: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article... #AcademicSky #ScienceCommunication 🧪

Thousands of federal workers lost their jobs in 2025, but something unexpected emerged: they organized online to share information about unemployment benefits and emotional support – often with colleagues they'd never interacted with outside of work. @annepisor.bsky.social explains:

It's been a rough year for #federalworkers. But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝 In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻

tap. tap. is this thing on? evanthsociety is live on Bluesky! Watch this space for exciting and important updates about all things evolutionary anthropology. And, of course, for news about the upcoming EAS activities HBA in #Denver under #EASHBA2026 (pronounced eesh-buh). Re-post!

🚨Job Alert plz RT! Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition! We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals Open-rank apply.interfolio.com/178146

New paper out in Phil Trans with Angel Jimenez, Keith Jensen and Lei Chang From information free-riding to information sharing: how have humans solved the cooperative dilemma at the heart of cumulative cultural evolution? royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

It's been a rough year for #federalworkers. But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝 In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻

We are hiring a postdoc in the evolveD lab (evolvedlab.net) at Rutgers University. The remit is broad. We are looking for innovation, passion, and ethical collaboration. Please share the ad and email/ DM w/ Qs. We will start reviewing applications January 5.

🚨 AWARD DEADLINE 🚨 If you are, or know someone, doing really cool research as an early-career researcher…EHBEA is calling for SELF-nominations on their New Investigator Award. Deadline? December 19th, 2025 More information below 👇

Highlighting these postdoc opportunities in the Pontzer Lab at Duke University for #WplusEBSWednesday! One position is for "Human Ecology, Energetics, and Climate", and the other is for "Population Ecology Aging, and Health Network (PECAHN)". Start date is between Jan 15th 2026 and July 1st 2026.

📢 Reupping this: current & recent federal workers, would love to talk to you about how you're connecting & cooperating across agencies and regions! DM me if you'd like to share and we can switch to Signal. I'll need your name as a source for my records but am keeping folks anonymous in the article 💯

Current & recent federal workers! Are you connecting in new ways with people across agencies this year? I’m writing about it for The Conversation & would love to hear your experiences! DM me if you want to share (& happy to switch to Signal). You can remain anonymous in the article 👍🏻. Please repost!

For this #WplusEBSWednesday, we wanted to highlight some job opportunities closing November 1st & 2nd! First, Penn State University is hiring for a position as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology! (1/3) psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Leiden looking good today ;-) 📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026 ⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April 📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance) For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com

It was a pleasure to chat with Dave & David on @epthepod.bsky.social about all things groups: how people think about groups, when we'd expect to see intergroup tensions, and intergroup dynamics in 2025. Thanks for having me, both!

🚨Social scientists! @psuanthro.bsky.social & @ssripennstate.bsky.social are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor exploring how social & ecological environments shape reproduction, growth, &/or development. Review starts soon! Please share widely! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Have a resource, recommendation, or opportunity you think would benefit our community? Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2) 🔗 forms.gle/oz6M3fXN8G7z... #WplusEBS

👋 Meet Anne, our incoming Chair! @annepisor.bsky.social is faculty in Penn State's Anthropology dept. As incoming chair, she's learning the ropes from Chair @abbeyepage.bsky.social while supporting in roles like engaging with society leadership and leading event organization. (1/2) #WplusEBS

Postdoc position available at NYU Anthropology to work on topics related to longitudinal aging in the long-running (>80 years) study of rhesus macaque biology on Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico 🧪 #primates #academicsky apply.interfolio.com/173938 📷: davidraju, wikimedia commons

📢 Come join us! Penn State Anthropology is hiring *two tenure-track assistant professors*, one in human reproductive ecology and one in archaeology. Here are just a few reasons why working at Penn State is awesome:

💙New paper!💙 How is knowledge transmitted across generations in a foraging society? With @danielredhead.bsky.social we found: In BaYaka foragers, long-term skills pass in smaller, sparser networks, while short-term food info circulates broadly & reciprocally academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

My department is hiring an assistant professor of environmental behavioral sciences. The research area is open but we are particularly interested in people with research on collective action or computational social sciences. Happy to answer questions about the Doerr School or the department.

Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.

'“Reporting of bird banding from hunters is one of the best citizen science programs that is out there,” said Brad Bortner' - and is slated for a funding cut of 90%: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/s...

What if I told you that your friendships could help protect your local fisheries? In my op-ed in the Scranton Times-Tribune, I talk about how federal funding can support stewardship of US waterways - and how much taxpayers will lose from proposed cuts, including smart stewardship *and* $10bn a year.

What if I told you that your friendships could help protect your local fisheries? In my op-ed in the Scranton Times-Tribune, I talk about how federal funding can support stewardship of US waterways - and how much taxpayers will lose from proposed cuts, including smart stewardship *and* $10bn a year.

📢 On Friday, the NIH pulled funding for 10 centers monitoring infectious diseases around the globe -- diseases highly likely to cause the next pandemic (1). Let's look at just one of these diseases: Rift Valley Fever, monitored by my collaborators at WSU Global Health Kenya. 🧵

📢 On Friday, the NIH pulled funding for 10 centers monitoring infectious diseases around the globe -- diseases highly likely to cause the next pandemic (1). Let's look at just one of these diseases: Rift Valley Fever, monitored by my collaborators at WSU Global Health Kenya. 🧵

That's a wrap on the #HBES2025 #WplusEBS panel! Thank you to our panelists @robingnelson.bsky.social, @dconroybeam.bsky.social, @siobhancully.bsky.social And thank you to the #HBES2025 attendees who shaped this conversation. Read some final takeaways from our panelists: 👇 1/4

Some more good quotes from the #HBES2025 #WplusEBS panel so far! 👇 @robingnelson.bsky.social "I can't do the work I want to do if I'm not in the room, so I am staying in the room" @dconroybeam.bsky.social "People that are mutually invested in each other has made surviving [in academia] possible"

Today at 7 at #HBES2025: speed networking and community! See you at Byrdcage! 🍹 #WplusEBS

🚨 What #NIHfunded research has been cancelled or delayed at your local US university? Type in your local university's name here to find out 👇🏻 At Penn State: work on kidney disease and viruses like West Nile, among other research. #SaveNIH www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This week at #HBES2025 come hang out with #WplusEBS for networking, community, & ideas & tools for meeting the moment! We'll see you at: 🍹Survival of the Social Mixer - Thurs 7pm at Byrdcage 💬Gender & Identity.. Challenges to Research & Researchers in 2025 - Fri 4:50pm in Event Room (panelists 👇🏻)