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| I teach, write and do research at the University of Washington, in Seattle, where I have been in the psychology department since 1973. My work and interests are diverse: I was one of the early contributors to the growth of sociobiology, and I continue to conduct occasional field studies of animal behavior, especially the evolution and ecology of social systems among free-living animals, notably mountain-dwelling species such as marmots and pikas. At the same time, much of my attention has recently been directed to understanding the underlying evolutionary factors influencing human behavior, a discipline sometimes called "evolutionary psychology." And finally, since the early 1980s I have been active in researching, promoting, and practicing the field of Peace Studies. |
I feel that these issues - animal behavior, evolutionary psychology and Peace Studies - are fundamentally linked, especially since they all involve questions of how biology affects behavior, including male-female differences, reproductive strategies, and the troubling problem of violence in living things generally. I also have a long-standing interest in philosophical matters, notably Buddhism and existentialism, and their connection to each other and to the question of "life's meaning." My most recent book - Payback: why we rataliate, redirect aggression and seek revenge - was co-authored with my wife, Judith Eve Lipton and published in summer, 2011 by Oxford University Press. I also write a regular blog for the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/author/dbarash
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