Kristin Snopkowski

Associate Professor
Phone: (208) 426-3055
Email: kristinsnopkowski@boisestate.edu
Office: Hemingway Building, Room 51

Biography

Kristin Snopkowski is an evolutionary anthropologist and human behavioral ecologist. Her research focuses on the ways that evolutionary and ecological forces shape modern human variation, with a particular focus on reproductive decision-making, intergenerational and sexual cooperation and conflict, mental-health, menopause, and hormonal correlates.

She (along with Dr. Kathryn Demps) runs the Behavioral Endocrinology Laboratory which examines the interrelation of hormones and behavior.

Kristin is the Program Coordinator for the Data Analytics with R certificate.

Education

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of New Mexico

M.S., Anthropology, University of New Mexico

B.S., Computer Science, Cornell University

Research Interests

Behavioral Endocrinology
Evolutionary Demography
Fertility Transition
Human Behavioral Ecology
Kinship
Life History Theory

Lab Group

Evolutionary Perspective on Parenting, Reproduction, and Mating Strategies

Courses Taught

Biological Anthropology
Human Behavioral Ecology
Human Evolutionary History and Development
Kinship and Social Organization
Principles of Data Science
Senior Practicum-Portfolio
Statistical Methods in Anthropology
Statistical Modeling in R