HELEN WASIELEWSKI
Role:
Anthropologist, Human Subjects Experiments
Institution:
Arizona State University
Helen Wasielewski is a post-doctoral researcher on the Human Generosity Project in the Aktipis lab. Helen is an evolutionary anthropologist who focuses on understanding the evolution of proximate mechanisms supporting uniquely human social behaviors. Her current work examines the relationships between food sharing and the evolution of cooperative behavior. Helen holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Rutgers University, where she completed a large-scale experimental microsociety study to identify the mechanisms underlying cumulative cultural evolution. Outside the lab, Helen has conducted traditional anthropological fieldwork, including research on the Navajo Nation to understand the impact of culture contact on the shifting ideologies of leadership style and their implications for Navajo women.