My research interests lie in the intersection of complex social behavior and cognition. More specifically, I am interested in mechanisms underlying cooperation, reciprocity, inequity, and other economic decisions in nonhuman primates from an evolutionary perspective. This includes, but is not limited to, questions of what decisions individuals make and how they make these decisions, how their social or ecological environments affect their decisions and interactions, and under what circumstances they can alter their behaviors contingent upon these inputs.
Major Awards
2017: GSU GSURC Faculty Award for Undergraduate Research
2016: GSU College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduate Mentoring Award (inaugural recipient)
2016: Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award, College of Arts & Sciences, GSU
2015: Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award, College of Arts & Sciences, GSU
2014: APA Division 6 Cleversys Early Career Award (inaugural recipient)
2010: Dean’s Early Career Award for outstanding faculty within 10 years of their PhD in the College of Arts and Sciences at GSU (inaugural recipient)
2009: NSF CAREER Award
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Dr. Sarah Brosnan had previously held a position as a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University in the department of Anthropology. She is now a Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, & Neuroscience at Georgia State University and a member of the Neuroscience Institute. (website)