The Human Sociality Lab (HSL) studies human social life to tackle big questions and pressing social issues in the 21st century.
We focus especially on culture, like climate change adaptation; social networks, like how people pick connections and the information and social support that flows through them; and the evolution of the mind, like features of our cognition that regulate cooperation.
We do a lot of:
Our lab spans two universities, Penn State and Washington State.
Anne is accepting PhD students at Penn State in Anthropology, with the option to join a dual-degree program like Demography or Transdisciplinary Research on Environment and Society (TREES). See here for details on the Penn State programs and how to apply.
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HSL members acknowledge the traditional caretakers of the lands on which we live and work: Erie, Haudenosaunee (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora), Lenape (Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe, Stockbridge-Munsee), Shawnee (Absentee, Eastern, and Oklahoma), Susquehannock, and Wahzhazhe (Osage) Nations, Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Tribe, and Palus people.