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Paul Smaldino
Title:
Associate Professor
Email:
psmaldino@ucmerced.edu
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Research
Education:
Ph.D., 2011 — University of California, Davis
M.A., 2007 — New School for Social Research; New York, NY
B.A., 2002 — Wesleyan University; Middletown, CT
Research Interests:
Complex adaptive systems
Social and cultural evolution
Cooperation
Decision making
Collective behavior
Biological patterns
Mathematical and computational modeling
Philosophy of science
Graduate Groups:
Cognitive and Information Sciences
Discipline:
Cognitive Science
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