Research Assistant Position: Cultural Evolution and Psychology of Story

Research Assistant Position: Cultural Evolution and Psychology of Story
Manvir Singh, Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution Lab, Human Evolutionary Biology/FAS
Summer 2019
 

Seeking research assistants with interests in narrative, cultural evolution, and human universals to assist with research on cross-cultural patterns in story. Duties: The project will involve gathering ethnography and folklore to compile a cross-cultural database of story with the goal of identifying universal narrative patterns. Students who get involved may be invited to lead their own independent projects using the data they help to gather. Other Information: The position is volunteer; hours/week and start date are flexible. The position is through the Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution Lab in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. To Apply: Please email Manvir Singh, manvirsingh@fas.harvard.edu. (posted 4/2019)