Marcy Ekanayake-Weber
About me
Welcome to my website!
I am an anthropologist and behavioral scientist, with a focus on agent-based modeling methodology. I am currently a postdoctoral associate at Yale School of Public Health, where I am developing an agent-based model of drug-resistant gonorrhea. For my dissertation research, I used computer simulations to understand why primates live in groups, and how different types of animal societies may have evolved. In the future, I hope to continue applying a simulation approach both to issues of human disease and health inequity, through a biocultural lens, and to the evolution of social behavior. I am also interested in improving pedagogy techniques within anthropology.
How to pronounce my name (in IPA):
mɒrsiː ekənaɪjəkə webər
Recent publications:
Ekanayake-Weber, O’Connor-Coates, and Koenig, 2024. Steep hierarchies without skew? Modeling how ecology and assessment strategies shape despotism of relationships. American Naturalist 203:2. https://doi.org/10.1086/727702
Ekanayake-Weber, 2024. Towards Teaching a Humanistic Anatomy: Confronting Racism in Human Anatomy Courses. Teaching Anthropology 13(1). https://doi.org/10.22582/ta.v13i1.712
Ekanayake-Weber, Mathew, Cunha, Payen, Grimm, and Koenig, 2024. It's about time: Feeding competition costs of sociality are affected more by temporal characteristics than spatial distribution. Ecology and Evolution 14(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11209
Regarding research, you can read more details on my human health research page and my non-human primate research page. I am also a dedicated educator with over 10 years of teaching experience at the university level. You can read more about my teaching experience, interests, and publications on my Teaching page.
You can also download my complete CV for the specifics of my education and other accomplishments.
