Leda cosmides biography of rory

American psychologist

Leda Cosmides (born May 1957) is an American psychologist, who, together with anthropologist husband John Tooby, pioneered the field of evolutionary psychology.

Biography

Cosmides was born into a Greek family.^[1] Her parents, George Cosmides and Nasia Cosmides (née Murlas), founded the St George Greek Orthodox Church in Bethesda, Maryland.^[2]

Cosmides originally studied biology at Radcliffe College/Harvard University, receiving her BA in 1979.

While an undergraduate, she was influenced by the renowned evolutionary biologistRobert L. Trivers, who was her advisor.

Leda cosmides biography of rory

In 1985, Cosmides received a PhD in cognitive psychology from Harvard. After completing postdoctoral work under Roger Shepard at Stanford University, she joined the faculty of the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1991, becoming a full professor in 2000.

In 1992, together with Tooby and Jerome Barkow, Cosmides edited The Adapted Mind: Evolutionar