Michelle Scalise Sugiyama is a member of the UO Anthropology Department and Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences, an affiliate of the UCSB Center for Evolutionary Psychology, and Founder and Director of the Cognitive Cultural Studies Project. Her research and teaching are grounded in the evolution of cultural transmission. Specifically, her work explores the ways in which storytelling, art, and play are used to meet the challenges of hunter-gatherer life.
