The structure of the CES Executive Committee reflects our dedication to diversity. The standard roles of President, Secretary, and Treasurer are supported with eight additional members-at-large (“ordinary members”) and two student representatives, as well as Past President and President-Elect. The Executive Committee represents diverse research fields and geographic regions where our members are active.

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Alex Mesoudi, President

Institution: University of Exeter, UK

Role: Professor, Department of Ecology and Conservation

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/amesoudi

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Nicole Creanza, Treasurer

Institution: Vanderbilt University, USA

Role: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreanzaLab

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Adrian Bell, Secretary

Institution: University of Utah, USA

Role: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Adrian_V_Bell

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Sarah Mathew, Past President

Institution: Arizona State University, USA

Role: Associate Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahMathew1

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Fiona Jordan, President Elect

Institution: University of Bristol, UK

Role: Professor, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://x.com/fiona_jordan

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Simon Greenhill, Awards Officer

Institution: University of Aukland, New Zealand

Role: Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonJGreenhill

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Tim Waring, Membership Secretary

Institution: University of Maine, USA

Role: Associate Professor, School of Economics

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tmwaring

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John Bunce, Conference Liaison

Institution: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

Role: Senior Researcher, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Email: [email protected]

Twitter:

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Nicole Wen, Elections Officer

Institution: Brunel University London, UK

Role: Lecturer in Psychology, Centre for Culture and Evolution

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicolejwen

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Lucy Aplin, Social Media Outreach

Institution: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany / Australian National University, Australia

Role: Research Group Leader / Senior Lecturer, Research School of Biology

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LucyMAplin

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Cristina Moya, Wikipedia Content Development

Institution: UC Davis, USA

Role: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HyperadaptHyrax

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Maxime Derex, Advancing Cultural Evolution (ACE) Awards Officer

Institution: Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, France

Role: CNRS researcher

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaximeDerex

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Feryl Badiani, Student Representative

Institution: University of Wellington Victoria, New Zealand

Role: PhD student, Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/feryl_badiani

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Ishaan Sinha, Student Representative

Institution: University of Exeter, UK

Role: PhD student

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ishaan-sinha-02785b193

Past executive committee members

Past Presidents
  • Sarah Mathew
  • Kevin Lala
  • Rachel Kendal
  • Peter Richerson
Past Executive Committee Members
  • Kenichi Aoki
    Robert Boyd
    Michele Gelfand
    Russell Gray
    Joshua Jackson
    Purity Kiura
    Alex Mesoudi (Treasurer)
    Sumitava Mukherjee
    Nicole Wen
    Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
    Fiona Jordan (Secretary)
  • Juliet Dunstone
  • Carol Ember
  • Michelle Kline
  • Patrícia Izar
  • Kenny Smith
  • Dan Sperber
  • Masanori Takezawa
  • Hideo Daikoku