Dorsa Amir: Academic Positions

Dorsa Amir
Boston College, Department of Psychology

www.dorsaamir.com
dorsa.amir@bc.edu

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2018 - now: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Boston College, Department of Psychology
Advisor: Katherine McAuliffe

EDUCATION

2018: Yale University
Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology
Committee: Richard Bribiescas, Claudia Valeggia, Yarrow Dunham

2012: University of California, Los Angeles
B.S. in Anthropology, c um laude
Advisor: Daniel M.T. Fessler

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

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2018: Amir D.✶, Jordan M.R.✶, Rand D. An uncertainty management perspective on
long-run impacts of adversity: The influence of childhood socioeconomic status on
risk, time, and social preferences. J ournal of Experimental Social Psychology. ↗

2018: Bryant G.A., Fessler D.M.T., Fusaroli R., Clint E., Amir D., Chavez B., Denton
K.K., Diaz C., et al. The perception of spontaneous and volitional laughter across
21 societies. P sychological Science. ↗

2017: Amir D., Jordan M.R. The behavioral constellation of deprivation may be best
understood as risk management. Response to Pepper & Nettle’s “The Behavioural
Constellation of Deprivation: Causes and Consequences”. Behavioral and Brain
Sciences. ↗

Updated August 2018

2016: Jordan M.R., Amir D., Bloom P. Are empathy and concern psychologically
distinct? Emotion. ↗

2016: Polous A.M., Mehta N., Amir D., Zhuravka I., Reger M.L., Fanselow M.S.
Conditioning- and time-dependent increases in context fear and generalization.
Learning and Memory. ↗

2016: Amir D., Jordan M.R., Bribiescas R.G. A longitudinal assessment of associations
between early life environment, adversity perception, and economic status on
fertility and age of menarche. PLoS. ↗

2016: Urlacher S.S., Liebert M.A., Snodgrass J.J., Blackwell A.D., Cepon-Robins T.J.,
Gildner T.E., Madimenos F.C., Amir D., B ribiescas R.G., Sugiyama L.S.
Heterogeneous effects of market integration on subadult body size and nutritional
status among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. A nnals of Human Biology. ↗

2016: Amir D., Jordan M.R., Rand D.G. Cultural evolution need not imply group
selection. Response to Richerson et al.’s “Cultural Group Selection Plays an
Essential Role in Explaining Human Cooperation: A Sketch of the Evidence”.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences. ↗

2015: Amir D., Ellison P.T., Hill K.R., Bribiescas R.G. Diurnal variation in salivary
cortisol across age classes in Ache Amerindian males of Paraguay. A merican Journal
of Human Biology 27(3):344-348. ↗

2013: Amir D.✶, Fessler D.M.T.F.✶ Boots for Achilles: Progesterone’s down-regulation
of cholesterol is a second-order adaptation. Q
uarterly Review of Biology 8 8(2):
97-116. ↗

2012: Long V., Fujioka W., A mir D., Fanselow M. Pharmacological resistance of stress
enhanced fear learning in an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Anxiety Disorders / Book 2. InTech Publishing. ↗

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

In review: Amir D., Jordan M.R., McAuliffe K., Valeggia C.R., Sugiyama L.S., Bribiescas
R.G., Snodgrass J.J., Dunham Y. The developmental origins of risk and time
preferences across diverse populations.

In review: Amir D., Valeggia C.R., Srinivasan, M., Sugiyama L.S., Dunham Y. Measuring
subjective social status in children of diverse societies.

In review: Cepon-Robins T.J., Schrock J., Eick G., Bedbury A., Liebert M.A., Urlacher S.S.,
Madimenos F.C., Harrington C.J., Amir D., Bribiescas R.G., Sugiyama L.S.,
Snodgrass J.J. Soil-transmitted helminth infection and intestinal inflammation
among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador.
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GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, & HONORS

2018-2021: John Templeton Foundation, “Building Virtue: Environmental and social
influences on the development of fairness, forgiveness, honesty, and
trustworthiness” with Katherine McAuliffe and Liane Young ($946,264) ↗
2017: Cognitive Development Society Diversity Travel Award
2016: Yale MacMillan International Dissertation Research Fellowship ($17,600)
2013: Yale Albert Williams Fund ($3,000)
2014: Yale Schwartz Family Foundation Fund ($2,000)
2014: Yale Latin American & Iberian Studies Tinker Grant

MEDIA COVERAGE

“Can You Tell a Real Laugh from a Fake One?”. Science Magazine.
“You’re Not Fooling Everyone with Your Pretend Laughter”. The Washington Post.
“Empathy is Nice, But It’s Not Exactly Necessary”. New York Magazine.
“The Perils of Empathy”. The Wall Street Journal.

INVITED TALKS

2018: Cognition, Brain, and Behavior Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
2018: Monday Seminar, Columbia University, New York City, NY.
2018: Human Evolutionary Biology Colloquium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
2017: Lab for Experimental Evolutionary Psychology, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA.
2016: Evolutionary Psychology Lab, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
[first author only]

Amir D., Jordan M.R., McAuliffe K., Valeggia C.R., Sugiyama L.S., Bribiescas R.G., Snodgrass
J.J., Dunham Y. (2017) “Risk & time preferences as adaptive strategies: An evolutionary and
cross-cultural perspective”. Talk presented at the American Anthropological Association meeting,
San Jose, CA.

J.J., Dunham Y. (2018) “The developmental origins of patience: Evidence from diverse cultures ”
Talk at SRCD — Promoting Character Development Among Diverse Children and Adolescents:
The Roles of Families, Schools, and Out-Of-School-Time Youth Development Programs,
Philadelphia, PA.

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J.J., Dunham Y. (2017) “Risk & time preferences as adaptive strategies: An evolutionary and
cross-cultural perspective”. Talk presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society
meeting, Boise, ID.

J.J., Dunham Y. (2017) “Cross-cultural variation in children’s risk and time preferences”. Talk at
the Cognitive Development Society Biannual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Amir D., Dunham Y., McAuliffe K., Jordan M.R., Liebert M., Snodgrass J., Urlacher S.,
Madimenos F., Sugiyama L., Bribiescas R.G. (2016). “Socioeconomic environment, intertemporal
choice, and risky decision-making among Shuar children”. Poster at the Human Biology
Association Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA.

Amir D., Jordan M.R., Bribiescas R.G. (2015). “A longitudinal assessment of associations between
early life environment, adversity perception, and economic status on fertility and age
of menarche”. Poster at the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society Annual Meeting;
Boston, MA.

of menarche”. Poster at the Yale Day of Data; New Haven, CT.

of menarche”. Poster at the Human Biology Association Annual Meeting; St. Louis, MO.

Amir D., Fessler D.M.T.F. (2013) “Boots for Achilles: Progesterone’s Down-Regulation of
Cholesterol is a Second-Order Adaptation.” Poster at the CA Workshop on Evolutionary
Perspectives of Human Behavior; San Luis Obispo, CA.

FIELDWORK

2016-now: Gujarat, India, Berkeley LCD Lab & Yale SCD Lab
2013-now: Ecuador, S huar Health and Life History Project
2012-13: Azrou, Morocco, U of Lincoln Barbary Macaque Project

ACADEMIC & COMMUNITY SERVICE

2017-2018: Co-Founder/Organizer, Harvard-Yale Conference on Human Evolution
2017: Mentor, UC Berkeley LCD Lab Research Internship
2015: Co-Founder/Coordinator, Yale Conversations in Cognition Series
2015: Yale Humanist Society, STEAMM Mentoring Service Program
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2014-15: Yale Graduate Affiliate Program, Trumbull College
2013-17: Webmaster & Online Coordinator, Yale University Anthropology
2011-12: Administrator, UCLA Behavior, Evolution, & Culture Speaker Series
2008-13: Project Director, UCLA InterAxon

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Fellow: Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Instructor: David Watts
Human Evolutionary Biology, Instructor: Claudia Valeggia
Introduction to Cognitive Science, Instructor: Brian Scholl

Guest Lecturer: Yale University, Boston College, University of New Haven

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Ad-Hoc Reviewer: Proceedings of the Royal Society: B, Developmental Science, Public
Library of Science (PLoS), American Journal of Human Biology, Human
Nature, Evolution and Human Behavior, Evolutionary Psychological
Science, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Frontiers in
Psychology

Member: Cognitive Development Society, Human Biology Association,
Association for Psychological Science, Society for Research in Child
Development, Human Behavior and Evolution Society

Consulting Editor: “Blueprint: The Biological Basis of Our Common Humanity”
Author: Nicholas Christakis

POPULAR WRITING

Love, Death, and Other Forgotten Traditions. Nautilus Magazine. ↗
The Evolutionary Case Against Middle School. (In revision). S APIENS Magazine.
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Updated August 2018

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