Wesley Allen-Arave
Human Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
Department of Anthropology
University of New Mexico
Education
Undergraduate
Anthropology, University of Utah
Graduate
Anthropology, University of New Mexico
Dissertation Committee: James Boone, Kim Hill, Jane Lancaster, and Richard Sosis
Grants and awards
Research grants and awards
2005 Evolutionary Anthropology Society (section of the American Anthropological Association) Best Student Investigator Award ($250)
2005 University of New Mexico Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Allocation: Does the need for a social network influence public goods provisioning? ($500)
2004 National Science Foundation, Cultural Anthropology Program, Unreciprocated Giving: Do Theories of Indirect Reciprocity or Generous Reputation Signaling Play a Role in Philanthropic Donations? ($10,000)
2003 University of New Mexico Student Research Allocation: Unreciprocated Giving: Tests of Generous Reputation Signaling Theories. ($360)
2002 University of New Mexico Office of Graduate Studies 3% Scholarship (tuition & fees)
1995 Golden Key Honor Society, University of Utah
1995 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Utah
Travel grants
2007 University of New Mexico Graduate Research Project and Travel Grant. ($965)
2007 University of New Mexico Anthropology Departmental Student Travel Allocation Grant. ($300, declined)
2007 University of New Mexico Career Services Student Conference Travel Award Grant. ($600, declined)
2006 University of New Mexico Graduate Research Project and Travel Grant. ($1,000)
2006 University of New Mexico Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Allocation (2 awards, $500)
2005 University of New Mexico Graduate Research Project and Travel Grant. ($980)
2005 University of New Mexico Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Allocation. ($450)
Papers and Publications
Publications
Invited professional meeting papers
2008 Allen-Arave, W. A multilevel regression analysis of Ache reservation food transfers. Current Studies in Evolutionary Anthropology session, 107th Annual American Anthropological Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA, November TBD.
2006 Allen-Arave, W. In the Company of Friends: Charitable Giving as a Group Directed Signal of Altruism. Current Trends and Directions in Evolutionary Studies of Cooperation session, 105th Annual American Anthropological Association Meetings, San Jose, CA, November 17th.
2005 Allen-Arave, W. Is Blood Thicker Than Water For Back-Scratches? Balanced Nepotism in a Small-Scale Society. Evolutionary Anthropology: Mating, Parenting, and Sociality session, 104th Annual American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington DC, December 3rd.
Volunteered professional meeting papers
2007 Allen-Arave, W. What Qualities are New Mexicans Signaling With Their Charitable Contributions? Expanding Frontiers in Evolutionary Anthropology: Approaches to Complex and Modernizing Societies session, 106th Annual American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington DC, November 29th.
2007 Boone, J. and W. Allen-Arave. Surviving Titanic: The View from Behavioral Ecology. Expanding Frontiers in Evolutionary Anthropology: Approaches to Complex and Modernizing Societies session, 106th Annual American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington DC, November 29th.
2007 Allen-Arave, W. An Audience of Social Network Members, But Not Strangers, Promotes Charitable Donations. Cooperation in Groups session, Human Behavior and Evolution Society 19th Annual Meeting, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, June 1st.
2005 Allen-Arave, W. Are Kin Simply Preferred Friends? Implications From Food Transfer Patterns on an Ache Reservation. Economics and Ecology session, Society for Anthropological Sciences 1st General Scholarly Meeting, Santa Fe, February 26th.
2003 Allen-Arave, W. Is Altruism Competitive or Guarded? Evidence from Emergency Intervention Studies. Cooperation and Game Theory session, Human Behavior and Evolution Society 15th Annual Meeting, University of Nebraska Lincoln, June 7th.
2002 Allen-Arave, W., M. Gurven, and K. Hill. Is Food Sharing Between Close Kin Due to Kin Selection or Reciprocal Altruism? Data Analyses of Ache Food Transfers. Coalitions, Cooperation, and Sharing session, Human Behavior and Evolution Society 14th Annual Meeting, Rutgers University, June 22nd
2000 Allen-Arave, W. Food Transfers Among Kin on an Ache Reservation: Exploring Sahlin’s Spheres of Reciprocities. Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies 48th Annual Conference, Santa Fe, January.
1999 Allen-Arave, M. Gurven, K. Hill, & A. Hurtado. Food Sharing Patterns on an Ache Reservation: Implications for Kin Terms, Nepotism, and Reciprocal Altruism. Modeling Cooperation session, Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Meeting, University of Utah, June 5th.
1999 (Delivered by 2nd author W. Allen-Arave) Gurven, M., W. Allen-Arave, K. Hill, and A. Hurtado. It’s A Wonderful Life: Signaling Generosity Among the Ache of Paraguay. Alternative Approaches to the Evolution of Cooperation symposium, Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Meeting, University of Utah, June 4th.
Public lectures
2007 Allen-Arave, W. In the Company of Friends: Social Network Influence on Charitable Giving. 11th Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of New Mexico, April 7th.
2007 Allen-Arave, W. The Ache of Paraguay. Paradise Hills Community Preschool, Albuquerque, NM, April 30th and May 1st.
2006 Allen-Arave, W. What Does an Anthropologist Do? Ventana Ranch Elementary School, Albuquerque, NM, February 21st.
2005 Allen-Arave, W. What Does an Anthropologist Do? Ventana Ranch Elementary School, Albuquerque, NM, March 4th.
2003 Allen-Arave, W. Is Altruism Competitive or Guarded? What Emergency Intervention Studies May Tell Us About Human Nature. 7th Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Union Spring Symposium, University of New Mexico, March 29th.
2002 Allen-Arave, W. Are Ache Reservation Food Sharing Patterns at Odds with Economic Bargaining Theory? 6th Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Union Spring Symposium, University of New Mexico, April 5th.
2002 Boone, J. and W. Allen-Arave. Is Honor Worth Dying For? Altruism, Social Class, and Survivorship in the Titanic Disaster of 1912. University of New Mexico Anthropology Department Brown Bag, March 26th.
2001 Allen-Arave, W. Dying of Thirst: Stable Cercopithecine Female Dominance Hierarchies. 5th Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Union Spring Symposium, University of New Mexico, March 23rd.
2000 Allen-Arave, W. Investigations of Kin Selection and Reciprocal Altruism: The Case of Nepotistic Food Transfers Among the Ache. 4th Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Union Spring Symposium, University of New Mexico, March.
1999 Allen-Arave, W. Untangling the Different Definitions of Reciprocity used by Anthropologists. 3rd Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Union Spring Symposium, University of New Mexico, March.
Poster presentations
2006 Allen-Arave, W. and J. Boone. To Die Like a Gentleman: Status Striving and Extreme Altruism in the Titanic Disaster. Human Behavior and Evolution Society 18th Annual Meeting, University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University, June 9th.
Sessions chaired and organized
2007 Chair and co-organizer (with M. Shenk), “Expanding Frontiers in Evolutionary Anthropology: Approaches to Complex and Modernizing Societies” sponsored by the Evolutionary Anthropology Society. 106th Annual American Anthropological Association Meetings, Washington D.C., November 29th.
2006 Chair, “Cooperation in Groups”. Human Behavior and Evolution Society 19th Annual Meeting, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, June 1st.
Past Employment History
University of New Mexico, Department of Anthropology
Instructor, 1999-2001
Instructor for Anthropology 261-Computer Lab in Human Evolutionary Ecology
Teaching Assistant for Anthropology 360-Human Behavioral Ecology
Teaching Assistant for Anthropology 351-Human Osteology
Teaching Assistant for Anthropology 110-Language, Culture, and the Human Animal
University of New Mexico, Center for Southwest Research
Reference Specialist, 1997-1999
Convergys, Ogden, UT
Instructor, 1994-1996
Professional and Public Service
Evolutionary Anthropology Society of the American Anthropological Association Awards Selection Committee, 2007
University of New Mexico, “The Community Experience” 3rd Annual Spring Storm Community Service Event volunteer, 2004
University of New Mexico, “The Community Experience”2nd Annual Spring Storm Community Service Event volunteer, 2003
University of New Mexico, “The Community Experience”1st Annual Spring Storm Community Service Event volunteer, 2002
New Mexico Roadrunner Food Bank, “Sortin’ Saturday” volunteer, 2002
University of New Mexico, Anthropology Graduate Student Union Symposium Logistics Committee, Spring 1997