Dr. James Broesch

My theoretical interests are in empirically examining predictions from cultural transmission theory to determine their validity explaining patterns of cultural transmission in the real-world. I am also interested in how cultural transmission theory might inform and aid in the diffusion of public-health interventions through the recruitment of individuals that occupy key structural roles within local social networks.

I received my B.S. in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where I studied the impact of limb morphology changes on the energetic costs of human locomotion. After finishing my undergraduate degree, I spent 1 year studying juvenile development and social learning among non-captive white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica. I have conducted ethnographic field work in Bolivia among the Tsimane', and among indigenous Fijians in both the Yasawa and Moala groups of the Fiji Islands. 

Dr. James Broesch received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Emory University. Dr. James Broesch is now the Director of Science and System Performance at Nova Scotia Health Authority.