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EDUCATION

2021 - Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California Los Angeles

Committee: H. Clark Barrett (chair), A. Duranti, J. Manson, and J. Armstrong

2017 - M.A., Anthropology, University of California Los Angeles

2015 - Bachelor (Licenciatura), Anthropology, University of Buenos Aires

2007 - Bachelor (Licenciatura), Music Composition, Catholic University of Argentina


CURRENT POSITION

2021 – Senior Researcher / Postdoctoral scholar at Center for Applied Cognitive Science, UT-Austin


GRANTS

2020 – Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division, $20,000

2019 – Culture of Schooling Grant, University of Texas at Austin and Templeton Religion Trust, $50, 000

2019 – Field Travel Award, UCLA International Institute, $1,150

2018 – Robert Edgerton Endowed Graduate Student Award, $10,000

2018 – Tinker Field Research Grant, UCLA Latin American Institute, $2,500

2017 – Field Research Grant, UCLA Department of Anthropology, $2,250

2013 – Argentinian National Foundations for the Arts, AR$10,000


RESEARCH

Selected Publications

(forthcoming) - "Cross-cultural differences in the concept of lying" in Wiegmann, A. “Lying, Fake News, and Bullshit” in the Bloomsbury series “Advances in Experimental Philosophy”

(in press) - “ Schools as Cultural Reproduction Devices”. Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution. F.T.K. Fong, A. Erut, C.H. Legare.

(in press) - "Developing Cross-Cultural Data Infrastructures (CCDIs) for research in cognitive and behavioral sciences". Review of Philosophy and Psychology. Burger O., Chen L., Erut A., Fonk F., Rawlings B., Legare C.

2020 –"Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment", Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287, 20192794. House B.R., Kanngiesser P., Barrett H.C., Yilmaz S., Smith A.M., Sebastian-Enesco C., Erut A., Silk J.B.

2019 – “Universal norm psychology leads to societal diversity in prosocial behavior and development”, Nature Human Behavior, 4, pages 36–44. House B.R., Kanngiesser P., Barrett H.C., Broesch T., Cebioglu S., Crittenden A.N., Erut A.S., Lew-Levy S., Sebastian-Enesco C., Smith A., Yilmaz S., Silk J.B.

2017 – M.A. Thesis - “Ethnicity, Essentialism, and Folk Sociology Among the Wichí of Northern Argentina”, University of California, Los Angeles.

2015 – “La representación de la métrica en la música tonal”, Epistemus, vol 3, no 2, Erut A.S. and Wiman F.

2014 – “Transmisión musical en una comunidad Wichí del Chaco Occidental”. Buenos Aires, Argentinian National Foundations for the Arts. Erut A. S.

2012 - “El Espectro Métrico. Aspectos metodológicos de su aplicación en la enseñanza musical”, F. Schifres (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd meeting of the Seminar of Acquisition and Development of Musical Language in Music Education. Buenos Aires: SACCoM. Erut A.S. and Wiman F.

2012 - “Grouping Spectrum. Toward a redefinition of the concept of musical understanding”, Associação Brasileira de Cognição & Artes Musicais, Florianopolis, Brasil. Erut A.S. and Wiman F.

2012 -“El Espectro Métrico en el análisis musical”. Revista de Musicología Carlos Vega, 16, Buenos Aires, UCA. Erut A.S. and Wiman F.

2011 - “Espectro Métrico: hacia una redefinición del concepto de comprensión musical”. Proceedings of the Tenth Meeting of Cognitive Science of Music. Erut A. S. and Wiman F.

Selected Conferences

2021 - "Experimental approaches to truth and responsibility". Erut A.S., chair, Kiper J., co-chair, American Anthropological Association Conference Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 17th-20th.

2021 - "Social truth, lies, and epistemic negotiation: testimony and moral responsibility in a Shuar-Achuar conflict resolution in Western Amazonia". Erut A.S., American Anthropological Association Conference Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 17th-20th.

2021 - The influence of social norms on the development of third-party punishment across societies. House B., Kanngiesser P., Barrett H.C., Yilmaz S., Sebastian-Enesco C., Erut A., Silk J.2021 SRCD Virtual Biennial Meeting April 7th - 9th.

2019 - Plant avoidance behaviors in Shuar infants and toddlers. Wertz A., Erut A. S., Smith A., Elsner E., Barrett H.C. Talk at 31st Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference HBES, Boston, 29th May - 1st June, 20192019 - Shuar infants’ behavior towards plants and other objects. Wertz A., Erut A. S., Smith A., Elsner E., Barrett H.C. Talk at EHBEA, Toulouse, France from 24th to 26th April, 2019

2019 Universal norm psychology and the origins of societal diversity in prosocial behavior. House B.R., Kanngiesser P., Barrett H.C., Broesch T., Cebioglu S., Crittenden A.N., Erut A.S., Lew-Levy S., Sebastian-Enesco C., Smith A., Yilmaz S., Silk J.B. Talk at SRCD Biennial Meeting Baltimore, Maryland, March 21-23, 2019.

2018 - Universal norm psychology leads to societal diversity in prosocial behavior. House B.R., Kanngiesser P., Barrett H.C., Broesch T., Cebioglu S., Crittenden A.N., Erut A.S., Lew-Levy S., Sebastian-Enesco C., Smith A., Yilmaz S., Silk J.B. Talk at CES 2018, Tempe, October 22nd - 24th 2018

2018 – Ethnicity and folksociology among the Wichí of northern Argentina – Erut A.S. Poster at the 30th Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference, Amsterdam, 4th -7th July 2018

2018 - Shuar infants' behavior towards plants and other objects. Wertz A., Elsner E., Erut A. S., Smith A., Barrett H.C. Poster at the International Congress of Infant Studies, Philadelphia, USA from June 30 – July 3rd.


TEACHING

Teaching Fellow, UCLA, 2016 – 2020

  • Spring 2020 - “Introduction to archeology” - Teaching Fellow

  • Winter 2020 - “Mother nature father time: evolutionary perspectives on parenting” – Teaching Fellow

  • Fall 2019 - “The evolution of human sexual behavior” – Teaching Fellow

  • Spring 2019 - “Human evolution” – Teaching Fellow

  • Winter 2019 – “Mother nature father time: evolutionary perspectives on parenting” – Teaching Fellow

  • Fall 2018 – “Introduction to archeology” - Teaching Fellow

  • Spring 2018 - “Human evolution” – Teaching Associate

  • Winter 2018 – “Human evolution” – Teaching Associate

  • Fall 2017 – “Introduction to archeology” - Teaching Associate

  • Spring 2017 – “Introduction to psychological anthropology” – Teaching Assistant

  • Winter 2017- “The evolution of human sexual behavior” – Teaching Assistant

  • Fall 2016 – “Culture and society” – Teaching Assistant

  • Spring 2016 – “Human behavior ecology” – Reader

  • Spring 2016 – “Animal culture” – Reader

Teaching Assistant, UCA, 2003 – 2007

  • Annual - “Tonal Harmony I” – Teaching Assistant


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

UT-AUSTIN CENTER FOR APPLIED COGNITIVE SCIENCE

UT-AUSTIN EVOLUTION, VARIATION, AND ONTOGENY OF LEARNING LABORATORY

UCLA CENTER FOR BEHAVIOR, EVOLUTION. AND CULTURE

AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

UCLA DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION GROUP