New review out today in Evolutionary Anthropology on arranged marriage, coauthored with @dconroybeam.bsky.social and @davidwlawson.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1002/evan...

The Role and Consequences of Arranged Marriage in the Evolution of Human Mating

Mate selection has important fitness implications and thus has been a prominent focus across the evolutionary social sciences. However, despite ample evidence that human mate selection is uniquely sh....

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Congratulations to Elizabeth Agey, winner of the #HBES2026 Postdoctoral Investigator Award! 🎉 For her work on “Parental influence on mate choice shapes reproduction and socioeconomic resources in Nepal.” 👏

@anthroliz.bsky.social discussed parental influence on mate choice in Nepal and the effects of different levels of parental vs offspring choice on reproductive success. One key takeaway: we need to stop dichotomizing arranged marriages when studying these effects! (2/4) #HBES2026

Now that I'm officially on the website, I'm thrilled to announce that in just a few short weeks I'll be starting as an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa! anthropology.manoa.hawaii.edu/elizabeth-ag...

Elizabeth Agey – Department of Anthropology

Background As a first-year undergraduate I took an Intro to Biological Anthropology course, and I enjoyed it so much that I switched my major. As I took classes

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Come see me at HBES this week! I'll be talking about my work with @dconroybeam.bsky.social simulating mate choice in Nepali arranged marriages. Saturday at 9:50.

Glad to be over here on Bluesky! I'm a postdoc at UC Santa Barbara studying parental influence on mate choice in arranged marriages. I do most of this work in beautiful Nepal (pictured). Follow for updates on my research and occasional scenic photos from Nepal and Santa Barbara!