Dr Aiyana Willard
Reader in Psychology
Quad North 126
- Email: aiyana.willard@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265151
- Psychology
Summary
Aiyana Willard is a Lecturer (psychology) in the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel University London and a research associate at the Institute for Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford. Her research interests are in the cultural evolution of religion, karma, witchcraft and other supernatural beliefs.
Academic career:
- Lecturer in Psychology, Brunel University London, 2018-current.
- Postdoctoral researcher, Oxford, 2017-2018
- Postdoctoral researcher, University of Texas at Austin, 2015-2017
- PhD in Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2015
- MA in Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2011
Newest selected publications
Willard, A., Baimel, A., Turpin, H., Jong, J. and Whitehouse, H. (2022) ''. Evolution and Human Behavior, 41 (5). pp. 385 - 396. ISSN: 1090-5138
Turpin, HD. and Willard, AK. (2022) ''. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 4. pp. 1 - 19. ISSN: 2513-843X
Baimel, A., Apicella, C., Atkinson, Q., Bolyanatz, A., Cohen, E., Handley, C., (2022) ''. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 12 (1-2). pp. 4 - 17. ISSN: 2153-599X
et al.Purzycki, BG., Willard, AK., Klocov谩, EK., Apicella, C., Atkinson, Q., Bolyanatz, A., (2022) ''. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 12 (1-2). pp. 38 - 60. ISSN: 2153-599X
et al.Vardy, T., Moya, C., Placek, CD., Apicella, CL., Bolyanatz, A., Cohen, E., (2022) ''. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 12 (1-2). pp. 18 - 37. ISSN: 2153-599X
et al.