Stacey L. Rucas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Department of Social Sciences
California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)
Office Bldg. 47 Room 12B
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
o. 805-756-1374 c. 505-453-8934
Email: srucas@calpoly.edu Web: http://cla.calpoly.edu/~srucas/index.html
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Human evolution, ecology of human social dynamics, characteristics of social networks, coalitions and partnerships, life-history characteristics of resource competition and social aggression, sex differences in grouping behaviors, non-human primate social comparisons, socio-ecological factors affecting reproductive decisions, and health and reproductive outcomes resulting from human behavioral variation, human lifespan, anthropology & epidemiology of human sleep patterns
PAPERS
.PDF Publications:
• Rucas, S., M. Gurven, H. Kaplan, J. Winking. The Social Strategy Game: Resource competition within female social networks among small-scale forager-horticulturalists. Human Nature. 2010. 21 (3): 1-18
• Rucas, S., M. Gurven, H. Kaplan, J. Winking, , S. Gangestad and M. Crespo. Female Intrasexual Competition and Reputational Effects on Attractiveness Among the Tsimane of Bolivia . Evolution and Human Behavior. Jan 2006, Vol. 21: 1
• Winking, J.,H. Kaplan, M. Gurven, S. Rucas. 2007. Why do men marry and why do they stray. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (published April 2007 online with upcoming print date).
In Progress :
• Rucas, S., M. Gurven, H. Kaplan, and J. Winking. Friends Enhance Fitness. In prep.
• Rucas, S., M. Gurven, H. Kaplan, and J. Winking, . Understanding Female Social Networks: An ecological analysis of friends, cooperators and enemies among Tsimane women. In prep.
• Rucas, S., M. Gurven, .H. Kaplan, and J. Winking, Life History Changes in Resource Competition among Tsimane Women and Girls. In prep.
