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The EvoS Program

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This program is modeled after a similar program at Binghamton directed by David Sloan Wilson. We hope that this program will ultimately create an opportunity for faculty and students at New Paltz to (a) develop a deep understanding of evolutionary ideas, (b) conduct cross-disciplinary research using evolution as a synthesizing paradigm, and (c) contribute to novel ideas across disciplines guided by evolutionary reasoning.

Given the major force that evolutionary theory has come to be in fields such as psychology and anthropology, evolution isn't just for biologists anymore! See Cosmides and Tooby's primer on evolutionary psychology for an account of how evolution can be incorporated into the behavioral sciences. We believe that academics have just started to scratch the surface when it comes to utilizing and applying evolution. We further believe that an accurate, broad, and deep understanding of evolutionary principles will be an important tool for future scholars and thinkers across academic disciplines.

EvoS Executive Board

If you are interested in participating in this program in the capacity of being a:

  • student in the program,
  • Faculty member who offers content courses in the program
  • a faculty member who offers courses that take a critical perspective regarding evolution
  • someone who is interested in presenting a seminar in our Spring seminar series, please contact the EvoS program director (Glenn Geher (email): geherg@newpaltz.edu).

Contact Information

Glenn Geher, EvoS Director
Associate Professor of Psychology
Office: HUM 9B
Phone: (845) 257-3091
E-mail: geherg@newpaltz.edu

Corinna Chaize
Student Assistant
E-mail: chaize04@newpaltz.edu
Office Phone: (845)-257-2379
College Hall 113-A


Office Hours Spring 08:

  • Thursdays, 11:30-2:00
  • Fridays, 2:00-3:15

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