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Carolyn R. Hodges-Simeon is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University. She holds joint appointments in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences and is affiliated with the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program. Her research focuses on human evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, and biomedical anthropology, particularly the adaptive developmental plasticity of sex-typical traits and the evolutionary origins of sex/gender differences. She employs laboratory-based methods to study vocal characteristics and their relationship to sexual selection and health signaling.
- Education: PhD (2013), MA (2009) in Integrative Anthropological Sciences (UC Santa Barbara); MA (2005) in Psychology (College of William and Mary); BA (2001) in Psychology (Colorado College).
- Affiliations: Director of Graduate Studies (2022–present), Co-Director of the Utila Child Health Project (2020–present), Biological Anthropology BSL-2 Wet Laboratory Co-Director (2014–present).
Her research interests span evolutionary medicine, sexual selection, and life history theory. Recent work includes studies on testosterone therapy’s effects on transgender men’s vocal masculinization and the link between vocal pitch and immunocompetence. She has secured grants from the NIH, NSF, and Wenner-Gren Foundation, totaling over $2.6M.
Key awards include the Wenner-Gren Foundation Post-PhD Grant (2020). Her lab investigates topics such as pathogen disgust sensitivity and blood pressure variation in primates. She advises numerous graduate and undergraduate students on projects ranging from vocal signaling to childhood health disparities.
