Human Biology Association · SoS 109 – Dr. Kara Hoover blows our noses and our minds Dr. Kara Hoover from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks chats with Chris and Cara about her research on the human sense of smell. She tells us about the development of testing tools needed to … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 108- Your Story Doesn’t Quit: The 5-8 childhood transition with Dr. Benjamin Campbell Dr. Benjamin Campbell is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee specializing in the evolution of human life course. He focuses on the way steroid hormones form a critical link between energetics and … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 107 – From watching Bones to publishing research papers with Carlye Chaney Carlye Chaney is a PhD candidate in anthropology at Yale University and the HBA student rep. She chats with us about her undergraduate work on the association between exercise and immune function, the importance of including midterm exams … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 106 – Emergent Warfare, Side Quests, and Effective Pedagogy with Dr. Marc Kissel Cara and Chris chat with Dr. Marc Kissel, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Appalachian State University. Dr. Kissel is broadly interested in the processes by which we became human, and he uses methods … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 105 – Aha Moments and Middle Childhood Research with Dr. Courtney Helfrecht Our guest this week is Dr. Courtney Helfrecht, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alabama. Dr. Helfrecht chats with us about her path to bicultural anthropology and her work on adrenarche and alloparenting … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 104-Doing the Biocultural Work with Dr. Jada Benn Torres and Dr. Gabriel A Torres Colón Jada Benn Torres is Associate Professor of Anthropology and the Director for the Laboratory of Genetic Anthropology and Biocultural Studies at Vanderbilt University. She specializes in genetic ancestry, health disparities, and the Caribbean. You can … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 103 – A Chat with Renaissance Woman Delaney Glass This week we continue our series highlighting the work of the Sausage of Science producers. In this episode Cara chats with assistant producer Delaney Glass, a graduate student at the University of Washington. Delaney is broadly interested in human growth and … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 102 – Shaping how you grow older with Katie Sayre This week’s guest is Katie Sayre, a PhD student at the University of Southern California. Katie’s work focuses on aging across different populations and lifestyles. She chats with Chris and Cara about her work with the Hadza of Tanzania and … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 101- Zombification: Being at the edge of what’s known and unknown with Dr. Athena Aktipis Athena Aktipis is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University and is the co-director of the Human Generosity Project. She is also the chair of the Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Meeting: www.zombiemed.org/ and host … Read More

Human Biology Association · SoS 100 – A Gloriously Complicated Problem with Alex Niclou In this special 100th SoS episode, Chris and Cara chat with our very own podcast producer Alexandra Niclou. A PhD candidate at the University of Notre Dame, Alex studies the many facets of human energetics and physiological adaptations. In particular, her … Read More