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       Subverting thought for political and economic gain.  (Retitled:  The roles of ethnocentrism, xenophobia, and the Great Chain of Being in the continuation of slavery after the American Revolution.)  American Political Science Association annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August, 2013.

        Mark-making, symbolic thought, and the "Creative Explosion."  2013 International Society for Human Ethology Summer Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.         
         
          A comparison between African ceremonial figurines and the 3000 BC Kissonerga "birthing" figurines.  (with Kathryn Coe).  Society for Cross Cultural Research annual meeting, Mobile, Alabama, February 2013.

         Uses of dolls across cultures.  (with Kathryn Coe).  Society for Cross Cultural Research annual meeting Los Vegas, Nevada, February 2012.

         Leadership and economics.  Association for Politics and the Life Sciences annual meeting, October 2011.
 
          Maneuvering minds:  The artful management of reason and emotion for political gain.  American Political Science Association annual meeting, Seattle, WA, September 2011.

          The function of figurines:  Mnemonic devices and lucky charms.  (with Kathryn Coe)  Society for Cross Cultural Research annual meeting, Charleston, S.C., February 2011.

           Life style predicts political behavior.  American Political Science Association annual meeting, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 2-6, 2009.  (This paper was one of the top ten downloaded from the conference.)

           Coercion through art.  Association for Politics and the Life Sciences annual meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 11-13, 2007.

            Comparative study of neural mechanisms for behaviors sheds light on political behaviors.  American Political Science Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2007.

            How and why music evokes emotion.  Music and Evolutionary Thought conference, Durham University, Durham, England, June, 2007.

           Traditions and cooperative behavior:  What makes people follow the rules.  Human Behavior & Evolution Society annual conference, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 30-June 3, 2007.

           Connecting the dots between sociality and suicide terrorism.  Association for Politics and the Life Sciences annual meeting, Washington, DC, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 2005.

            How art encourages cooperation using classical conditioning and emotional bonding.  Association for Politics and the Life Sciences annual meeting, Chicago, IL, Sept. 2-5, 2004.

            Art:  A means of getting and maintaining power.  Association for Politics and the Life Sciences annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, Aug., 2002.

            Do the visual arts of Africa support Miller’s thesis about female choice?  International society of Human Ethology conference, Montreal, Canada, Aug., 2002.

           Sexual selection cannot account for all art (with Kathryn Coe).  Human Behavior and Evolution society meeting, Rutgers University, June, 2002.

            Let’s rally around the flag:  How art affects cooperation.  Association for Politics and the Life Sciences annual meeting, Charleston, S.C., Oct. 2001.

            Influence of sociobiology on thinking about the arts.  Association for Politics and the Life Sciences annual meeting, Washington, DC, 2000.

            Signal selection, rock & roll, and the Vietnam War.  Association for Politics and the Life Sciences annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1999.

           The handicap principle, threat, and art.  Biopoetics Symposium – Human Behavior and Evolution Society conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, June, 1999.

            Unity in variety.  International Society of Human Ethology conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C., Aug., 1998.

           Common denominators in human and animal art.  Biopoetics meeting, University of California, Davis, July, 1998.

            Aesthetics and an evolutionary view of art:  How do they compare.  Human Behavior and Evolution society conference, University of California, Davis, July, 1998.

            Power through art.  European Sociobiology Society conference, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, July, 1996.

            A new aesthetics.  Human Behavior and Evolution Society conference, Northwestern University, June, 1996.  

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Invited Presentations:

             Art is a bridge between unconscious and conscious thought.  Presented at Art-Body-Mind:  An Integration, a symposium at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Nov. 2-5, 2000.

            Why do we make art.  Presented at the First International Conference on Sociobiology and Art, Amsterdam, Aug. 19-21, 1993.