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RYAN SCHACHT
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
[email protected]
http://ryanschacht.wordpress.com
PRESENT
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah
EDUCATION
2014
2009
2005
Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of California, Davis
Dissertation Title, “Reproductive Decision Making among the Makushi of Guyana”
Adviser: Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (Committee Members: Mark Grote, Andrew Marshall, Gail
Patricelli, Joanna Scheib, and Bruce Winterhalder)
M.A. in Anthropology, University of California, Davis
B.S. in Anthropology (with distinction), University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Research Specialties: Human behavioral ecology, reproductive health, family formation, risk taking, parental
investment, violence, sex ratio.
PUBLICATIONS
In press Schacht R and Bell AV. The evolution of monogamy in response to partner scarcity. Nature
Scientific Reports.
In press Schacht R, Tharpe D, and Smith KR. Marriage markets and male mating effort: violence and
crime are elevated where men are rare. Human Nature.
2016
Schacht R and Kramer KL. Patterns of family formation in response to the sex ratio. PLoS ONE
11(8).
2015
Schacht R and Grote M. Partner Choice Decision Making and the Integration of Multiple Cues.
Evolution and Human Behavior 36(6), 456-466.
2015
Schacht R and Borgerhoff Mulder M. Sex Ratio Effects on Reproductive Strategies in Humans.
Royal Society Open Science 2, 140402.
2014
Schacht R, Rauch KL, and Borgerhoff Mulder, M. Too Many Men: The Violence Problem?
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 29, 214-222.
2013
Schacht R. Cassava and the Makushi: A Shared History of Resiliency and Transformation. In
Food and Identity in the Caribbean, edited by Hanna Garth, 15-29. Berg Publishers, London.
2012
Borgerhoff Mulder M and Schacht R. Human Behavioural Ecology. The Encyclopedia of Life
Sciences. Wiley-Blackwell.
2009
Borgerhoff Mulder M, Schacht R, Caro T, Schacht J, and Caro B. Knowledge and Attitudes of
Children of the Rupununi: Implications for Conservation in Guyana. Biological Conservation
142, 879-887.
2008
Schacht R. A Gap in Sudanese Refugee Resettlement. Current Anthropology 49(4), 543.
2008
Willis MS, Esqueda CW, and Schacht R. Social Perceptions of Individuals Missing Upper Front
Teeth. Perceptual and Motor Skills 106, 423-435.
2005
Schacht, R. Female and Male Perceptions of Attractiveness: What is Attractive and Why? The
Nebraska Anthropologist 20, 63-69.
2005
Willis MS, Schacht R, and Toothaker R. Anterior Dental Extractions among Dinka and Nuer
Refugees in the United States: A Case Series. Special Care in Dentistry 25(4),193-198.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES, REVIEWS, COMMENTARIES AND POPULAR ARTICLES
In press Schacht R. Mate Choice. Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Wiley.
In press Schacht R. Sociobiology. Encyclopedia of Political Behavior. SAGE.
2014
Schacht R, Rauch KL, and Borgerhoff Mulder M. Does a surplus of men really mean more
violence? New Scientist 224 (2989), 28-29.
2013
Schacht R. Book Review: Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior. American Journal of Human
Biology 25(6), 857-858.
2008
Schacht R. Biological Adaptations and their Influence on Health during Economic
Modernization. Current Anthropology 49(6), 960.
2008
Schacht R. Big Hips = Brainy Babies? Current Anthropology 49(5), 767.
2008
Schacht R. Human Estrus. Current Anthropology 49(4), 542.
2008
Schacht R. Preference for Novelty. Current Anthropology 49(3), 360.
EDITED JOURNAL ISSUES AND BOOKS
Schacht R, Kramer KL, Szekely T, and Kappeler P. Adult sex ratios and reproductive decisions: a critical
re-examination of sex differences in human and nonhuman societies. Co-edited themed-issue
upcoming in 2017: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Schacht, R. Sex Ratios and Society: How Partner Availability Structures Social Interactions, Relationships,
and Parenting. Invited book for the series: Springer Briefs: Human Behavior, Biology and
Evolution. Currently under negotiation.
PRESENTATIONS
2015
2015
2014
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2013
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2012
2012
2012
Patterns of family formation in response to the sex ratio. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Columbia, MO.
Applications of sex ratio reformulations within sexual selection theory. Paper presented at the
Northwest Evolution, Ecology, And Human Behavior Symposium, Boise, ID.
Violence against Women: A Mating-Market Approach. Paper presented at the 114th annual
meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C.
Reproductive Decision Making among the Makushi of Guyana and beyond. Invited speaker.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Psychology.
Violence against Women: A Mating-Market Approach. Paper presented at the joint Society for
Applied Anthropology and Society for Anthropological Sciences meeting, Albuquerque, NM.
Provost’s Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Reception. Invited speaker.
Too Many Men: The Violence Problem? Paper presented at the 25th annual meeting of the
Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Miami, FL.
More Men More Violence? Poster presented at the 7th Annual California Workshop on
Evolutionary Perspectives of Human Behavior, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Explaining Sex Roles in Humans: Sex Ratio Effects on Reproductive Strategies. Poster presented
at the 24th annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Albuquerque, NM.
Sex Ratio Effects on Sex Roles: Dads Replace Cads When there are More Lads. Poster presented
at the 6th Annual California Workshop on Evolutionary Perspectives of Human Behavior, SLO, CA
What Evolutionary Psychology Missed in the Study of Sex Differences: Mate Choice Preferences
among the Makushi of Guyana. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Anthropological Sciences, Las Vegas, NV.
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R. Schacht, 2016
Social Context and Mate Choice: Shared and Divergent Responses among the Makushi of
Southwestern Guyana. Paper presented at the 111th annual meeting of the American
Anthropological Association, Montréal, Québec.
Female and Male Perceptions of Attractiveness: What is Attractive and Why? Paper presented
at the 115th annual meeting of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE.
Teeth, Food, and Identity: Social Change among the Dinka and Nuer of Sudan. Paper presented
at the 64th annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Dallas, TX.
Teeth, Food, and Identity: Social Change among the Dinka and Nuer of Sudan. Paper presented
at the UCARE Spring Research Symposium, Lincoln, NE.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011-2013
2013
2007-2013
Associate Instructor: Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis
ANT 15, Behavioral and Evolutionary Biology of the Human Life Cycle (Summer 2011,
Spring 2012, Summer 2013)
ANT 50, Evolution of Human Nature (Summer, Fall 2012)
Teaching Assistant: Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis
PSY 159, Gender and Human Reproduction (Spring 2013)
Teaching Assistant: Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis
ANT 1, Human Evolutionary Biology
ANT 15, Behavioral and Evolutionary Biology of the Human Life Cycle
ANT 122A, Economic Anthropology
ANT 158, The Evolution of Females and Males: A Biological Perspective
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2016
201520142013-2014
2010-2011
2009
2008
2007
2006
Field research: Yucatan, Mexico (Maya)
Data collection on risk orientation and economic diversification.
Utah Population Database (UPDB): University of Utah
Data analysis on adverse early life conditions and adult outcomes.
U.S. Census Data: University of Utah
Data management and analysis on patterns of family formation.
Undergraduate Education: UC Davis
Data collection on student perceptions of hybrid (online) course construction
Dissertation Research: Guyana, South America (16 months).
Data collection on reproductive decision making across eight villages
Field Research: Guyana, South America (Makushi)
Pilot data collection assessing the applicability of Western psychometrics.
Field Research: Guyana, South America
Data collection on conservation attitudes among local schoolchildren.
Field Research: Guyana, South America
Establishing local contacts and visiting potential field sites.
Research Assistant: Guyana, South America. Supervisors: Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
and Tim Caro.
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS
2016-2019
National Science Foundation (1632338): Risk-sensitive Decision Making: Subsistence
Diversification in Response to Novel Environments (Co-PI).
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National Institute of Health (RO1AG022095): Early life conditions, survival and health
(ELCS): a pedigree-population based study (Co-Investigator).
Provost’s Dissertation Year Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences:
Awarded by the Office of Graduate Studies, College of Letters and Science .
UC Davis and Humanities Graduate Research Award: Awarded by the Office of
Graduate Studies, University of California, Davis.
Poster Prize: 7th Annual California Workshop on Evolutionary Social Science.
Evolutionary Anthropology Graduate Program Fellowship: Awarded by the Department
of Anthropology, University of California, Davis.
Poster Prize: Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Meeting .
Peter and Diana Crook Graduate Travel Award: Department of Anthropology,
University of California, Davis.
Graduate Student Travel Award: Office of Graduate Studies, University of California,
Davis.
UC Davis and Humanities Graduate Research: Awarded by the Office of Graduate
Studies, University of California, Davis.
Dissertation Improvement Grant: Institute for Governmental Affairs, University of
California, Davis.
Evolutionary Anthropology Graduate Program Fellowship: Awarded by the Department
of Anthropology, University of California, Davis.
Wenner Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant: Gender Roles, Mate Choice,
and Adult Sex Ratios: A Comparison in the Rupununi, Guyana.
Floyd and Mary Schwall Dissertation Year Fellowship in Medical Research: Awarded by
the Office of Graduate Studies, University of California, Davis.
National Science Foundation DDIG (#0962440): Parental investment, socioecological
variation, and family formation: Comparative cases in Guyana.
Summer Institute for Research Design in Cultural Anthropology: Sponsored by the
National Science Foundation. Three-week intensive course at Duke University (room,
board and tuition).
Evolutionary Anthropology Summer Fellowship: Awarded by the Department of
Anthropology, University of California, Davis.
Dissertation Improvement Award: Institute for Governmental Affairs, University of
California, Davis.
Evolutionary Anthropology Summer Fellowship: Awarded by the Department of
Anthropology, University of California, Davis.
Evolutionary Anthropology Summer Fellowship: Awarded by the Department of
Anthropology, University of California, Davis.
UCARE Student Research Grant: Awarded by the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, for
“Perceptions of Those with Missing Teeth”.
UCARE Student Research Grant: Awarded by the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, for
“Nutrition and Dental Restoration Project”.
REFERENCES
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Professor, UCD
Bruce Winterhalder, Professor, UCD
Elizabeth Cashdan, Professor, UU
Alan Rogers, Professor, UU
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