Dr. Courtney L. Meehan
Ph.D., Washington State University
Assistant Professor
Evolutionary and Cultural Anthropology
Research
Evolutionary and Behavioral Ecology, hunter-gatherers, sub-Saharan Africa, infant and child development, parenting strategies, cooperative childrearing and child health.
Courtney Meehan is biocultural anthropologist whose research focuses on the behavioral strategies of caregivers, child health, development and behavior. The broad aim of this research is to examine the significance of multiple caregiving on parental strategies, human pairbonding, family organization, and child development throughout our evolutionary history. She has conducted field research in the Central African Republic among the Aka tropical forest foragers and the Ngandu farmers since 1999. Her research is cross-cultural and has a strong quantitative and qualitative approach. Currently, she is examining the emotional health and development of children through data on Aka and Ngandu infant/maternal attachment.
Courses
Childhood and Culture (Anth 302), Cultural Ecology (Anth 309); Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Anth 316); Sex, Evolution and Human Nature (Anth 468); Integrative Themes in Anthropology (Anth 490, Spring 2008).
Representative Publications
Meehan, Courtney L.
2005 The Effects of Residential Locality on Parental and Alloparental Investment among the Aka Foragers of the Central African Republic. Human Nature: an interdisciplinary biosocial perspective 16(1): 58-80.
Meehan, Courtney L.
In Press Alloparental Investment and Relational Uncertainty among Ngandu Farmers of the Central African Republic. Human Nature: an interdisciplinary biosocial perspective.
Meehan, Courtney L.
In Review Maternal Time Allocation in Two Cooperative Childrearing Societies.
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