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Ashley J Coventry

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Psych PhD Candidate at UCSB || Student Social Media Officer for W+EBS || evolutionary psychology/human mating || she/her

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Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · Mar 12

🚨New paper! I tackle a confound in mate preference research: Are preferences & standards driven by one's own sex or target sex? Two studies show preferences are (mostly) driven by own sex, but overall standards are driven by target sex. Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/0956... #MatePreferences #Research

Deconfounding Sex and Sex of Partner in Mate-Preference Research - Ashley J. Coventry, Selina Mixner, Benjamin Gelbart, Kathryn V. Walter, Daniel Conroy-Beam, Tamsin C. German, 2025

Much of the previous research examining sex differences in human mate preferences has relied exclusively on heterosexual participants. Consequently, prior work ...

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tagerai.bsky.social @tagerai.bsky.social · Aug 19

I’ll have more to say about this paper in a bit, but very excited about it. Helps to explain why punishment doesn’t work to improve cooperation, why people still punish anyway, and what it implies about the evolution of cooperation and criminal justice policy www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Profitable third-party punishment destabilizes cooperation | PNAS

Third-party punishment is theorized by some scholars to be essential to the evolution of large-scale cooperation, but empirically, it often fails t...

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Carlos Sosa Colindres @carlossosacdres.bsky.social · Jun 10

I had a great time at HBES 2025 @humbehevosoc.bsky.social! I presented my work on a method we developed that allows us to predict who people will choose as partners 3 months into the future—participants chose romantic partners on their own, in their own mating markets—with zero intervention from us!

Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thanks to everyone who came to my #HBES2025 talk this morning! It’s exciting to finally share this work I’m so passionate about!

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 28

Join us at the #WplusEBS panel discussion at #HBES2025:

"Gender and Identity in the Evolutionary Human Sciences: Challenges to Research and Researchers in 2025"

🗓️June 6th
⏰4:50pm
📍Stockton University Campus Event Room

See you there!

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 28

🎙️Panel Chair: H. Clark Barrett (he/him) @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social

UCLA Anth Prof, Director of UCLA BEC, #HBES President

Expertise: Roots of human cog; nature & diversity of moral judgment; Indigenous knowledge & role in evolutionary and cog sci; ethics of evolutionary research & theorizing

5/6👇

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 28

🎙️Siobhán Cully (she/her) (@siobhancully.bsky.social)

Associate professor of Anth at Rutgers University; former NSF program director

Expertise: New perspectives on old debates in evolutionary anthropology, including how disabled people, adopted children, & women contribute to human evolution
4/6👇

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 28

🎙️Dr. Dan Conroy-Beam (he/him) (@dconroybeam.bsky.social)

Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at UCSB

Expertise: Am I expert in anything? I guess computational modeling of human mating psychology

#HBES2025 #WplusEBS 3/6 👇

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 28

🎙️ Dr. Robin Nelson (she/her) (@robinnelson.bsky.social)

Associate Professor in the SHESC at ASU

Expertise: Social Networks, Kin Investment and health outcomes across the lifespan; methods in qualitative behavioral research, and equity and access in research

#HBES2025 #WplusEBS 2/6 👇

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 28

Meet the speakers behind our #WplusEBS panel at #HBES2025:

“Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences”
🗓️Friday, June 6th
⏰4:50pm - 6:10pm

We’re highlighting each panelist in this thread so read on! 👇1/6

Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · May 27

Can’t wait to share some exciting new work at #HBES2025!

Join me for my talk:
“Is Mate Choice Predictable? Using Agent-Based Modeling to Prospectively Predict Successful Blind Dates”

🗓️ Thursday, June 5
⏰ 10:50 AM

Check out my abstract below ⬇️

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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · May 23

🚨Coming to #HBES2025? What questions should we ask at the gender & identity panel on Fri June 6th? Submit your suggestions here! 👉🏻 pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 23

⏳ Don’t forget to submit your Qs for the #WplusEBS panel at #HBES2025!

“Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025”

Help shape the discussion! Submissions are anonymous.

pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Suggest questions for HBES panel

What questions do you recommend we ask our panel of speakers at HBES 2025, focusing on gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences in 2025?

pennstate.qualtrics.com

Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · May 21

Unfortunately not — just a CWESS & UCSB URCA exclusive for now!

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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · May 20

👋🏻Are you a woman and/or member of the SGM community working in the evolutionary human sciences? We've relaunched W+EBS (@w-plus-ebs.bsky.social) to provide mentorship, networking, and advocacy at major EHS conferences, including HBES, CES, and EHBEA! 👇🏻Will you be at HBES in 2 weeks? 👀 If so... (1/2)

W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 12

❗Want to know what W+EBS is all about now? ❗

Check out our updated remit:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

💭 Got ideas for what we should do next? Submit suggestions here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#WplusEBS #InclusiveScience #EvolutionaryBehavioralSciences

W+EBS Mission statement and remit

W+EBS Mission statement and remit Tag-line Empowering women and SGM students, researchers and educators in the evolutionary behavioural sciences through mentorship, advocacy and community Missio...

docs.google.com

Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · May 20

I’m really excited about this panel: “Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025”

Help shape the conversation & submit your questions at the link below!

Let’s talk about what attendees actually care about.

Repost to spread the word!

W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 19

For the first 75% of the session, we’ll discuss curated Qs from #HBES2025 attendees.

What should we ask?

🙋Submit your questions anonymously here: pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#WplusEBS (3/3)

Suggest questions for HBES panel

What questions do you recommend we ask our panel of speakers at HBES 2025, focusing on gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences in 2025?

pennstate.qualtrics.com

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 19

For the first 75% of the session, we’ll discuss curated Qs from #HBES2025 attendees.

What should we ask?

🙋Submit your questions anonymously here: pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#WplusEBS (3/3)

Suggest questions for HBES panel

What questions do you recommend we ask our panel of speakers at HBES 2025, focusing on gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences in 2025?

pennstate.qualtrics.com

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 19

Read our #HBES2025 panel abstract!

This panel was co-organized by #W+EBS, the LGBTQ+ Social and Networking Event, and HBES president @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social.

What would you like to hear our panel discuss? (2/3)

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 19

#W+EBS is excited to announce our panel at #HBES2025:

"Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025"

Chaired by @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social
Moderated by @annepisor.bsky.social

Abstract below👇 (1/3)

Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · May 14

Congrats, Liz!!

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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · May 14

📣 New paper by myself @djsmith90.bsky.social and colleagues published today in @royalsociety.org Proc B 📣

Grandmothers are often seen as key carers, but this isn’t always the case.

We explore why in Agta forgers reflecting on the implications of demography for evolution of grandmothering 👵🌍

Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · May 14

Very proud of my first honors thesis student, Elora Shaw, presenting her work on the effects of dating app usage on mate search behavior at the @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Colloquium.

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 12

❗Want to know what W+EBS is all about now? ❗

Check out our updated remit:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

💭 Got ideas for what we should do next? Submit suggestions here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#WplusEBS #InclusiveScience #EvolutionaryBehavioralSciences

W+EBS Mission statement and remit

W+EBS Mission statement and remit Tag-line Empowering women and SGM students, researchers and educators in the evolutionary behavioural sciences through mentorship, advocacy and community Missio...

docs.google.com

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 12

We’ve been quiet, but big things are happening. WEBS is now W+EBS! 🎉

We’ve relaunched with a new name, mission, & platforms. What’s new?

- fresh name & logo
- broader mission for inclusivity
- shift to Bluesky & LinkedIn

Stay tuned for more updates in the coming weeks!

#WplusEBS

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Apr 19

🙏 We need your help 🙏

The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.

We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:

NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...

NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

w/ @noamross.net

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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thanks 🤩

Paper just accepted today 👀 and can’t wait to explore the many unanswered questions about reproductive and child rearing overlap further ❤️

Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Apr 15

Research led by @brunelcce.bsky.social’s @abbeyepage.bsky.social suggests the demography of grandmothering needs more attention. Cultural variation in grandmaternal care may be due to fertility & mortality patterns, eg the Agta where few kids get grandma care (tho grandmas give care when available)