Assistant Teaching Professor
Fields of Interest
Biography
PhD, Anthropology, Penn State University, 2014
MA, Anthropology, Penn State University, 2011
BA, Anthropology & French, Sewanee: The University of the South, 2007
Not accepting new graduate students
Research
Selected Research
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Witkower, Z., Hill, A.K., Koster, J., and Tracy, J.L. (2022). Is a downwards head tilt a cross-cultural signal of dominance? Evidence for a universal visual illusion. Scientific Reports, 12, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04370-w
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Witkower, Z., Hill, A.K., Koster, J., and Tracy, J.L. (2021). Beyond face value: Evidence for the universality of bodily expressions of emotion. Affective Science, 2, 221-229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-021-00052-y
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Hill, A.K. (2017). Size and dominance. In: Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Shackelford, T.K. and Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds.). Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1418-1
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Hill, A.K., Cárdenas, R.A., Wheatley, J.R., Welling, L.L.M., Burriss, R.P., Claes, P., Apicella, C.L., McDaniel, M.A., Little, A.C., Shriver, M.D., and Puts, D.A. (2017). Are there vocal cues to human developmental stability? Relationships between facial fluctuating asymmetry and voice attractiveness. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38(2), 249-258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.10.008
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Hill, A.K., Bailey, D.H., and Puts, D.A. (2017). Gorillas in our midst? Human sexual dimorphism and contest competition in men. In: On Human Nature: Biology, Psychology, Ethics, Politics, and Religion. Tibayrenc, M. and Ayala, F.J. (eds.). Academic Press, 235-249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-420190-3.00015-6
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Hill, A.K. and Puts, D.A. (2016). Vocal attractiveness. In: Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Shackelford, T.K. and Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds.). Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1880-1
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Hill, A.K. and Eisenberg, D.T.A. (2016). The long and the short of it: New insights on sperm length help demystify the complexities of sexual selection. Asian Journal of Andrology, 18(6), 902-903. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1008-682X.185850
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Puts, D.A., Hill, A.K., Bailey, D.H., Walker, R.S., Rendall, D., Wheatley, J.R., Welling, L.L.M., Dawood, K., Cárdenas, R.A., Burriss, R.P., Jablonski, N.G., Shriver, M.D., Weiss, D.J., Lameira, A.R., Apicella, C.L., Owren, M.J., Barelli, C., Glenn, M.E., and Ramos-Fernandez, G. (2016). Sexual selection on male vocal fundamental frequency in humans and other anthropoids. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1829), 20152830. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2830
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Puts, D.A., Pope, L.E., Hill, A.K., Cárdenas, R.A., Welling, L.L.M., Wheatley, J.R., and Breedlove, S.M. (2015). Fulfilling desire: Evidence for negative feedback between men’s testosterone, sociosexual psychology, and sexual partner number. Hormones and Behavior, 70, 14-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.01.006
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Puts, D.A., Doll, L.M., and Hill, A.K. (2014). Sexual selection on human voices. In: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Psychology and Behavior, Weekes-Shackelford, V. and Shackelford, T.K. (eds.). Springer, 69-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0314-6_3
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Doll, L.M., Hill, A.K., Cárdenas, R.A., Welling, L.L.M., Wheatley, J.R., and Puts, D.A. (2014). How well do men’s faces and voices index mate quality and dominance? Human Nature, 25(2), 200-212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12110-014-9194-3
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Hill, A.K., Hunt, J., Welling, L.L.M., Cárdenas, R.A., Rotella, M.A., Wheatley, J.R., Dawood, K., Shriver, M.D., and Puts, D.A. (2013). Quantifying the strength and form of sexual selection on men’s traits. Evolution and Human Behavior, 34(5), 334-341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.05.004
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Hill, A.K., Dawood, K., and Puts, D.A. (2013). Biological foundations of sexual orientation. In: Handbook of Psychology and Sexual Orientation, Patterson, C.J. and D’Augelli, A.R. (eds.). Oxford University Press, 55-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199765218.003.0005
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Courses Taught
Summer 2023 Full-term
Summer 2022 Full-term
Summer 2021 Full-term
Spring 2020
Summer 2019 Full-term
Autumn 2018
- BIO A 101 A: Human Biological Diversity
- BIO A 101 AA: Human Biological Diversity
- BIO A 101 AD: Human Biological Diversity
- BIO A 101 AG: Human Biological Diversity
- BIO A 101 AJ: Human Biological Diversity
- BIO A 348 A: Evolutionary Biology and Human Diversity
- BIO A 348 AA: Evolutionary Biology and Human Diversity
- BIO A 348 AB: Evolutionary Biology and Human Diversity
Summer 2018 B-term
Spring 2018
Autumn 2017
Spring 2017
Autumn 2016
Spring 2016
Winter 2016
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