Research Interests include evolutionary ecology, subsistence behavior, sex roles, and hunters and gatherers in South America and Africa.

I currently direct research with Michael Gurven (UCSB) among the Tsimane of Bolivia examining health, longevity, social support, and exchange.

Other affiliations include:
  - Santa Fe Institute
  - Population Studies Center, University of Michigan
  - Human Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences Network, UNM
  - Latin American and Iberian Institute, UNM