Roger Sullivan PhD

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Courses :

• ANTH 001 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
• ANTH 153 Evolutionary Medicine
• ANTH 155 Method and Theory in Physical Anthropology
• ANTH 156 Evolution of Human Behavior
• ANTH 202 Graduate Seminar in Physical Anthropology

Recent Publications :

Sullivan RJ, Hagen E, Hammerstein P. 2008. Revealing the paradox of drug reward in human evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275: 1640, 1231-1241.

Sullivan RJ, Allen JS, Nero KL. 2007. Schizophrenia in Palau: A biocultural analysis. Current Anthropology 48: 2, 189-213.

Sullivan RJ, Andres S, Otto C, Miles W, Kydd R. 2007. The effects of an indigenous muscarinic drug, betel nut (Areca catechu), on the symptoms of schizophrenia: A longitudinal study in Palau, Micronesia. American Journal of Psychiatry 164: 4, 670-673.

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Research Projects :

Longitudinal biocultural study of factors affecting the expression of mental illness in Palau, Micronesia. Funded from 2002 by the Stanley Medical Research Institute (Bethesda, MD).

Research of logical reasoning and social cognition in schizophrenia (as Assistant Adjunct Professor at the UC Davis Medical School).

Research of plant neurotoxins in human evolution. Drug reward theory in evolutionary perspective.

Graduate Students :

Henry Lyle MA (graduated Spring 2006)

Serena Reynolds BA

Jordan Serin MA (graduated Fall 2011)

Isaac Vega BA

Hayley Mann BA

CV :

Roger Sullivan CV (pdf)