I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Emory broadly​ interested in the evolution of primate social cognition, the mechanisms that influence social choices, and the context in which these decisions are adaptive. As a primatologist, my work unpacks both proximate and ultimate mechanisms of social decision-making in primates, offering a promising avenue for understanding the importance of sociality, cooperation, and conflict on primate cognitive evolution. I co-direct a...