Dr. Jeffrey Winking

Professor

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Biography

Jeffrey Winking is a Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies at Texas A&M University College of Arts and Sciences. His academic pursuits largely focus on Cultural Anthropology, exploring key themes like human evolutionary ecology, marriage, parenting, and life history. His work aims to illuminate the evolutionary roots of parental and marital involvement, particularly through ethnographic research involving the Tsimane in lowland Bolivia and the Mayangna/Miskito communities in eastern Nicaragua. Winking's research interests also extend to understanding the evolutionary underpinnings of human prosocial tendencies, including cooperation and altruism. His commitment to advancing the field of anthropology is reflected in his teaching, which includes courses such as ANTH 205 – Peoples and Cultures of the World, ANTH 210 – Social and Cultural Anthropology, ANTH 434 – Human Evolutionary Ecology: Reproduction and Parenting, and ANTH 458/658 – Quantitative Ethnographic Methods.

Research Interests

Courses

ANTH 205 – Peoples and Cultures of the World ANTH 210 – Social and Cultural Anthropology ANTH 434 – Human Evolutionary Ecology: Reproduction and Parenting ANTH 458/658 – Quantitative Ethnographic Methods

Requirements for Texas A&M University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
Prerequisites
Baccalaureate degree Baccalaureate degree in Communication or related field preferred
Application Checklist
  • Curriculum Vita
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  • Writing Sample (up to 10,000 words)
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  • GraduateCAS Application
Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Communication and Journalism. Ph.D. program only currently admitting. GRE is test-optional.