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• Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 - MAC - The Differences between Donkeys and Elephants: Where Genes and Politics Meet
  
  Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Pete Hatemi about the effects of genes and environments in elucidating social preferences and behaviors, including political attitudes and ideologies. Dr. Hatemi is a research fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and Associate Professor of Political Science, Microbiology and Biochemistry at The Pennsylvania State University. He is primarily interested in advancing the study of the neurobiological mechanisms of social and political behaviors and utilizing advanced methods in genetics, physiology, endocrinology, and neurology in order to better understand human decision making and preferences in complex and dynamic political environments. His recent book, co-edited with Rose McDermott, Man is by Nature a Political Animal at the University of Chicago Press, offers a comprehensive volume that includes applications of evolution, genetics, primatology, neuroscience, and physiology, to understand political preferences.
  
  Location: Riley Hall 201
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