HUMAN BEHAVIOR & EVOLUTION SOCIETY 31ST ANNUAL MEETING HBES BOSTON 2019 Welcome to HBES 2019! As the host committee for the 31st annual meeting of Human Behavior and Evolution Society, we are pleased to welcome you to Boston. Boston and the local neighborhood features prominently not only for US history but also the history of our society with seminal work and founding members coming out of Harvard (or more specifically, Irv DeVore’s living room), MIT, UMass Amherst, Brandeis, Tufts, etc. This year’s keynote speaker, David Buss, graced the Harvard Psychology department for a time, before he left for the other hub of evolution and behavior, U. of Michigan. The evolutionary social and life sciences are thriving these days in the many universities and colleges in New England, and we are excited to share HBES with this extended community of researchers and share their work with the society. This year we are trying out a few innovations for HBES. First, the new ‘datablitz’ 5-minute talk format allows speakers to highlight new data or theoretical insights that might not otherwise fit into a session of longer conference talks. Datablitzes will be organized this year ~7 to a session to give plenty of time for questions and discussions after crisp presentations of the work. Second, with generous support from the society, we are offering subsidized onsite childcare for attendees with children. Humans are mammals, and parental investment is thing after all! The conference program this year holds the usual main events. Wednesday evening we invite you join us in Ziskind Lounge for a catered reception to welcome you to Boston. Students were invited to register for a mentorship lunch on Thursday, and Thursday evening we will gather in Metcalf Large for the poster session and perhaps share a drink. Friday in the lunch hour the society will hold its open Business Meeting in Back Court, and following its conclusion the editors of E&HB will be available for a ‘meet the editors’ lunch (lunch provided by Elsevier). Friday evening we will take a short walk to the “BU Beach” for the BBQ. Saturday the Women of HBES group will be hosting a networking event in Back Court where women/femme scientists can meet, network, and obtain support from other members (lunch available for purchase). Saturday evening we return to Metcalf Large for the banquet and keynote address. We are grateful for support from the society for generous subsidy of student registration and housing, Harvard’s Division of Social Science and Department of Psychology (Mahzarin Banaji, Chair) for funding, and to Elsevier for sponsoring a ‘meet the editors’ lunch. Please let us or any of our student volunteers know if you have any questions about the conference or Boston. You’ll know us by our red-border name tags. We are happy to help! Carolyn Hodges-Simeon, Max Krasnow, and Danielle Truxaw HBES 2019 Host Committee ____ HBES 2019 1 Acknowledgements Host Committee:​ Carolyn Hodges-Simeon, Max Krasnow, Danielle Truxaw Program Committee:​ Coren Apicella, Dan Conroy-Beam, Aaron Lukaszewski, Katherine McAuliffe, Elizabeth Pillsworth, Chris von Rueden Poster Award Committee​: ​To be announced at the award ceremony New Investigator Award Committee:​ To be announced at the award ceremony Post-Doctoral Research Award Committee:​ To be announced at the award ceremony Student Mentor Lunch Organizer​: Nicole Barbaro Statistics and Methods Workshop​: Nicole Barbaro, Julia Stern, Lars Penke Social Neuroendocrinology Pre-Conference​: Amanda Hahn and Jaime Palmer-Hague Integrated Approaches to Research on Culture Pre-Conference:​ Peter Blake, Katherine McAuliffe, Felix Warneken Grievance committee:​ ​Bobbi Low, Pete Richerson, Catherine Salmon, David Schmitt, Nicole Barbaro, Jaimie Krems, & Karthik Panchanathan WoHBES (Women of HBES) organizers​: Gretchen Perry, Kristin Snopkowski, Dorsa Amir, Jordann Brandner, Marjorie Prokosch, Renée Hagen Institutional Support​: Harvard Department of Psychology, Harvard Division of Social Science HBES Suppor​t: Elizabeth Cashden (President), Catherine Salmon (Treasurer) And all of our student volunteers from Harvard & BU! ____ 2 HBES 2019 HBES Officers Acting/Past President Elizabeth Cashdan President Elect Doug Kenrick Treasurer Catherine Salmon Secretary / Archivist Todd Shackelford Communication Officer Debra Lieberman Student Representative Nicole Barbaro Council Member at Large (2019) Steve Gaulin Council Member at Large (2019) Nancy Segal Council Member at Large (2021) Bernhard Fink Council Member at Large (2021) Maryanne Fisher Council Member at Large (2023) Pat Barclay Council Member at Large (2023) David Puts _____________________________________________________________________________________ HBES Meetings Publication Committee Meeting​ (closed): Wednesday May 29, 8:30 - 10:55 am [GSU 310] Grievance Committee Meeting​ (closed): Wednesday May 29, 8:30 - 10:55 am [GSU 315] Executive Council Meeting​ (closed): Wednesday May 29, 10:55 am - 1:20 pm [GSU 310] Business Meeting​ (open to all): Friday May 31, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm [Back Court] Meet the Editors Lunch​ (open to all): Friday May 31, 12:30 am - 1:30 pm [Back Court] ____ HBES 2019 3 Important Information Check-in & Onsite Registration​: Conference check-in and onsite registration will occur daily from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm in the Stone Lobby, 2nd floor of the GSU. A limited number of banquet and BBQ tickets will be available for purchase while supplies last. WiFi:​ Access is provided by the BU Guest network. ​Connect to “BU Guest (unencrypted)”. Once connected, open up a web browser and you should be redirected to: https://safeconnect.bu.edu:9443. Click “New Guest”, enter your information in the required fields and click “Continue”. (Note: International visitors may enter ten 0s for a phone number if you have access to email.) A message stating your request has been approved will appear on the screen. Your new login information will be sent to you in both a text message and an email. Click the “Continue” button to be returned to the sign-in page, then use the login and password that have been sent to you in the steps above to gain access. Poster Set-up​: The Poster Session is 7:00 - 9:00 pm on Thursday May 30. Presenters should plan to put up their posters in Metcalf Large between 6:00 and 7:00 pm that day. Posters will need to be removed after the Poster Session, no later than 9:30 pm. Posters that have not been recovered by that time will be removed by conference staff. Datablitz Presentations​: All datablitz presentations will be 5 minutes in length with 5 minutes for questions and transition to the next speaker. During the break before the session all presenters should gather in the session room and coordinate putting slide decks on one laptop to present from. A conference volunteer will be available to help coordinate and keep the session on time. Oral Presentation Sessions​: All oral presentations will be 15 minutes in length with an additional 5 minutes allocated for questions and a transition to the next speaker. A conference volunteer will be assigned to each session and will help facilitate loading talks in the break before the session, starting the session on time and keeping speakers to the schedule. Transportation​: The easiest way to get from the dorms/hotels/GSU to downtown Boston is via the Green Line, which is above ground in the center of Commonwealth Avenue (see maps on the following page). Parking​: Both overnight and commuter parking is available on a pay-for-entry basis (see https://www.bu.edu/parking/lots-locations/family-guests-and-visitor-parking/). ____ 4 HBES 2019 HBES Code of Conduct Attendees at HBES events must agree to the following as a condition of registration: ● Treat all participants, HBES staff, and vendors with courtesy and consideration. ● Be respectful and collaborative, critiquing ideas rather than individuals. ● Abuse, intimidation, discrimination, and sexual harassment are unacceptable. Sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or sexually directed remarks constitute sexual harassment when such conduct (1) persists despite rejection, (2) is grossly inappropriate, or (3) is made to a subordinate who might reasonably fear that their position would be jeopardized if those advances were rejected. More information on what constitutes sexual harassment can be found in the full policy description: https://tinyurl.com/HBESCOC ● Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants, and alert a member of the HBES grievance committee if you need assistance or notice a dangerous situation or someone in distress. Members of the grievance committee can be identified by their green-bordered name badges. The current members of the grievance committee are: Bobbi Low, Pete Richerson, Catherine Salmon, David Schmitt, Nicole Barbaro, Jaimie Krems, and Karthik Panchanathan. You may also contact the grievance committee through the main HBES website (https://www.hbes.com/grievance/). The grievance committee may offer advice and may attempt to mediate disputes, and will report formal complaints to the Executive Council. The Council may, at its discretion, issue warnings, ask violators to leave the HBES meeting, or, for serious or repeated violations, revoke membership in the society. The investigative procedure is described in the full policy description: https://tinyurl.com/HBESCOC ● Respect the rules and policies of the meeting venue, hotels, and any HBES-contracted facility. Please see the full statement of the HBES Code of Conduct and related policies at: https://www.hbes.com/conference ____ HBES 2019 5 GSU Second Floor ____ 6 HBES 2019 GSU First Floor ____ HBES 2019 7 Important Locations Conference address​: George Sherman Union (GSU), Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Avenue Lodging​: 10 Buick Street (dormitories), Hotel Commonwealth, Residence Inn by Marriott Accessible Green Line train stops (see T map subsection below)​: St. Paul Street, Boston University West, Boston University Central (all on B Line) ____ 8 HBES 2019 Lunch Options In the GSU (1st Floor) Basho Sushi BU Cheeseology Charles River Bread Co.