• Siobhán Cully
  • Siobhán Cully
  • Focus Area: Human Behavior and Ecology
  • ACADEMIC BIOGRAPHY:

    Siobhán M. Cully is an associate professor of anthropology at Rutgers University and Director of the evolveD lab. She received her doctoral degree in biocultural anthropology from the University of Washington and trained as a postdoctoral fellow in anthropology and demography at Stanford University before beginning her academic career in New Zealand. She has also held appointments at Boston University and the University of New Mexico prior to returning to native New Jersey. 

  • CURRENT PROJECTS:

    Dr. Cully uses mixed methos to understand apparent paradoxes in human evolutionary studies, including disability, female-centered societies, and adoption and fosterage. She hosts the first accessible lab for bio-cultural anthropology, supporting bench-, field-, and computational work with local and global populations.

  • RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Evolution and human behavior, health, disability, gender, intersectionality, higher education, accessibility and inclusion