Matt Zefferman
Any views expressed are, at most, my own and do not reflect those of any organization.
- I watched Crazy Rich Asians over the holidays. Why didn't any of you tell me that the protagonist is a game theorist?
- My brain keeps trying to interpret the new "food pyramid" as a ternary plot.
- Happy Trogday to those who celebrate!
- Reposted by Matt ZeffermanExcited for the new Transmissions episode on ASU's Sarah Mathew on how human warfare evolved, and her fieldwork in Kenya. Watch here: youtu.be/eUqEcxf5uBQ?... New Episodes monthly! Created by @ferylbadiani.bsky.social and @ahnisnaahsi.bsky.social CC: @arizonastateuni.bsky.social
- Blind Melon - No Rain
- Reposted by Matt Zefferman📢 Come join us! Penn State Anthropology is hiring *two tenure-track assistant professors*, one in human reproductive ecology and one in archaeology. Here are just a few reasons why working at Penn State is awesome:
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- DoggCatcher >> Spotify
- When I was in the Air Force, many of my troops were on SNAP.
- "The toppings contain potassium benzoate." Whenever getting ice cream.
- Reposted by Matt Zefferman**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
- By my departmental colleague.
- This was the most played non-kid song on my playlist last year.
- I once wrote a sentence that stated that the iterative development of weapons technology was akin to what evolutionary biologists call an "arms race."
- 48 - 50 (not counting airports or drive-bys). I'm pretty sure I have not visited Tucson or Tulsa as an adult, but maybe as a kid. Disappointing that this does not include cities in Alaska or the entire upper half of the country between St Paul and Portland.
- Reposted by Matt ZeffermanApplications are open for SFI's 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships If you’ve recently earned a Ph.D. in any scientific field and want to pursue independent, transdisciplinary research, consider applying. Deadline: October 1, 2025 Apply here: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
- Here are my two for the Double Feature.
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- I watched the whole Frozen movie with my daughter, and not once does Elsa wear a dress with her own picture on it.
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- In the four-year-old's process of sorting out "real" from "pretend," my favorite part is discovering the fantastical, yet very real, things that she insists are pretend. This morning's examples are "the Taj Mahal" and "bats." The world is full of wonders.
- Reposted by Matt Zefferman“The gender-equality paradox entails that countries with more equality have larger gender differences in behavior. Positive associations between equality & gender differences disappear or reverse when accounting for cultural clusters of countries. The paradox appears to be a methodological artifact”
- Reposted by Matt ZeffermanNew 2 year post-doc position on cultural adaptation in complex environmental management.
- Grammerly is now telling me to replace all instances of "use" with "utilize." It used to be pretty good at finding typos, now it is trying to get me to write like a stochastic Internet parrot, I guess.
- Our in-house journal (Countering Threats Exchange) has a call for a special issue on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. They are looking for submissions from various angles. nps.edu/web/ccht/con...
- I'm presenting virtually at HBES this year. Thanks to @humbehevosoc.bsky.social for adding us stranded folks to the program. You can see our talks online or come to ACA 314 on Friday at 5:50 EST / 2:50 PST to see us on the big screen.
