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Normative infrastructure as a platform for reinventing social institutions
Mathew, S. (PI)
John Templeton Foundation
1/9/23 → 9/16/24
Project: Research project
Evaluating community perceptions and ethical considerations in genetics research in small scale populations
Wilson, M. (CoI), Mathew, S. (CoI), Stone, A. (PI) & Robert, J. (CoI)
HHS: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
8/15/22 → 7/31/24
Project: Research project
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Talk among Turkana warriors: How gossip and reputation expand the scale of cooperation
Mathew, S. (CoI)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
8/1/22 → 8/2/22
Project: Research project
Doctoral Dissertation Research: How norms are maintained and how they change: a case study of cooperative farming surplus division in Derung village D, Yunnan, China
Mathew, S. (PI)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
9/1/20 → 2/28/22
Project: Research project
RAPID: How interpersonal interaction and personal hygiene norms and their shift dynamics impact COVID-19 transmission
Mathew, S. (PI)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
6/1/20 → 11/30/21
Project: Research project

25 Article
5 Review article
2 Letter
2 Short survey
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Adaptations to water stress and pastoralism in the Turkana of northwest Kenya
Lea, A. J., Caldas, I. V., Garske, K. M., Gerlinger, E. R., Arroyo, J. P., Echwa, J., Gurven, M., Handley, C., Kahumbu, J. C., Kamau, J., Kinyua, P., Lotukoi, F., Lopurudoi, A., Lowasa, S., Njeru, S. N., Mallarino, R., Martins, D. J., Messer, P. W., Miano, C. & Muhoya, B. & 10 others, Peng, J., Phung, T., Rabinowitz, J. D., Roichman, A., Siford, R., Stone, A. C., Oill, A. M. T., Mathew, S., Wilson, M. A. & Ayroles, J. F., Sep 18 2025, In: Science. 389, 6766, p. 1246-1251 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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A norm about harvest division is maintained by a desire to follow tradition, not by social policing
Yan, M., Li, Z., Li, Y., Boyd, R. & Mathew, S., Jun 24 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 25, e2413214122.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Little evidence that posttraumatic stress is associated with diurnal hormone dysregulation in Turkana pastoralists
Zefferman, M. R., Baumgarten, M. D., Trumble, B. C. & Mathew, S., 2025, In: Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. 13, 1, p. 77-91 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

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Group-structured cultural selection can explain both war and peace
Mathew, S. & Zefferman, M., Jan 15 2024, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 47, e1.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Third-party arbitration and forgiving strategies increase cooperation when perception errors are common
Lenfesty, H., Mathew, S., Fikes, T., Ross, C. T. & Boyd, R., Jul 17 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2027, 20240861.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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Tribe in Kenya Evolved Genetic Mutation That Lets Them Survive with Almost No Water
Mathew, S.
3/19/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Reports from Vanderbilt University Advance Knowledge in Science (Adaptations To Water Stress and Pastoralism In the Turkana of Northwest Kenya)
Stone, A. & Mathew, S.
10/27/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
New research indicates effects of PTSD on body vary by culture
Mathew, S. & Trumble, B.
3/19/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Effects of PTSD on body and culture: Study finds the link
Mathew, S. & Trumble, B.
3/3/25
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Effects of PTSD on body vary by culture, study of Turkana warriors suggests
Mathew, S. & Trumble, B.
3/2/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media

Sarah Mathew

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Normative infrastructure as a platform for reinventing social institutions

Evaluating community perceptions and ethical considerations in genetics research in small scale populations

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Talk among Turkana warriors: How gossip and reputation expand the scale of cooperation

Doctoral Dissertation Research: How norms are maintained and how they change: a case study of cooperative farming surplus division in Derung village D, Yunnan, China

RAPID: How interpersonal interaction and personal hygiene norms and their shift dynamics impact COVID-19 transmission

Adaptations to water stress and pastoralism in the Turkana of northwest Kenya

A norm about harvest division is maintained by a desire to follow tradition, not by social policing

Little evidence that posttraumatic stress is associated with diurnal hormone dysregulation in Turkana pastoralists

Group-structured cultural selection can explain both war and peace

Third-party arbitration and forgiving strategies increase cooperation when perception errors are common

Tribe in Kenya Evolved Genetic Mutation That Lets Them Survive with Almost No Water

Reports from Vanderbilt University Advance Knowledge in Science (Adaptations To Water Stress and Pastoralism In the Turkana of Northwest Kenya)

New research indicates effects of PTSD on body vary by culture

Effects of PTSD on body and culture: Study finds the link

Effects of PTSD on body vary by culture, study of Turkana warriors suggests

Sarah Mathew

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