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.
Alex Mesoudi, President
Institution: University of Exeter, UK
Role: Professor, Department of Ecology and Conservation
Email: [email protected]
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
Sarah Mathew, Past President
Institution: Arizona State University, USA
Role: Associate Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/sarahmathew2025.bsky.social
Nicole Creanza, Treasurer
Institution: Vanderbilt University, USA
Role: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreanzaLab
Wataru Toyokawa, Newsletter
Institution: RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Japan
Role: Unit Leader
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/watarutoyokawa.bsky.social
Helena Miton, Archivist
Institution: Stanford University, USA
Role: Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]
Mason Youngblood, Membership
Institution: Stony Brook University, USA
Role: Postdoctoral fellow at Institute for Advanced Computational Science
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/masonyoungblood.bsky.social
Minhua Yan, Awards Officer
Institution: Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, France
Role: Research Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Maxime Derex, Advancing Cultural Evolution (ACE) Awards Officer
Institution: Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, France
Role: CNRS researcher
Email: [email protected]
John Bunce, Conference Liaison
Institution: American Museum of Natural History, USA
Role: Assistant Professor & Curator
Email: [email protected]
Nicole Wen, Elections Officer
Institution: Brunel University London, UK
Role: Lecturer in Psychology, Centre for Culture and Evolution
Email: [email protected]
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]
Cristina Moya, Web Maintenance & Membership, Wikipedia Content Development
Institution: UC Davis, USA
Role: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social
Feryl Badiani, Student Representative
Institution: University of Wellington Victoria, New Zealand
Role: PhD student, Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research
Email: [email protected]
Ishaan Sinha, Student Representative
Institution: University of Exeter, UK
Role: PhD student
Email: [email protected]
Past executive committee members
Past Presidents
- Alex Mesoudi
- Sarah Mathew
- Kevin Lala
- Rachel Kendal
- Peter Richerson
Past Executive Committee Members
- Kenichi Aoki
- Adrian Bell
- Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
- Robert Boyd
- Juliet Dunstone
- Hideo Daikoku
- Carol Ember
- Michele Gelfand
Russell Gray - Simon Greenhill
- Patrícia Izar
- Joshua Jackson
- Fiona Jordan (Secretary)
- Purity Kiura
- Michelle Kline
- Alex Mesoudi (Treasurer)
Sumitava Mukherjee - Kenny Smith
- Dan Sperber
- Masanori Takezawa
- Tim Waring
- Nicole Wen
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