How do individuals navigate the complex problems associated with social living? What kinds of cognitive and behavioral systems underlie decisions to cooperate with others or to leave a group? My work has investigated these questions through agent-based simulations of behavior, focusing especially on simple rules underlying cooperation and social movement.
Affiliations
University of Arizona, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Post-doctoral Fellow (2008)
University of Pennsylvania, Psychology Department
MA, PhD, Psychology (2003-2008)
National Science Foundation
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipient (2003-2005)
Portland State University, Systems Science Department
Developed and taught Agent-Based Simulation
course (2002-2003)
Economic Science Laboratory
Visiting scholar (1999)
Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics
Instructor in public and private schools (1999-2003)
Reed College, Department of Psychology
B.A., Psychology (1998-2002)
Contact
Email: athena.aktipis[at]gmail.com