Joan E. Strassmann
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Joan E. Strassmann is an American evolutionary biologist and the Charles Rebstock Professor of Biology at the Washington University in St. Louis.<ref name="StrassmanFacultyBio" /> She is known for her work on social evolution and particularly how cooperation prospers in the face of evolutionary conflicts.<ref name="StrassmanFacultyBio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Her dissertation research explored theories of social behavior and evolution using individually marked social wasps in wild colonies.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 2011, Strassmann joined the Biology Department of Washington University in St. Louis.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> after leaving Rice University where she worked for the previous 31 years. Strassman earned a bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Texas.
She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (2013).<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> She has received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (2004),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was elected a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society (2002), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2004),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008), and served as president of the Animal Behavior Society (2012).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Dr. Strassmann has a blog where she shares her beliefs on teaching, learning, and science.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She believes that Wikipedia is a good resource for learning and teaching.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dr. Strassmann has also addressed the need for diversity among academicians.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Honors
- Fellow, Animal Behavior Society, 2002
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2013
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- Evolutionary biologists
- Women evolutionary biologists
- American evolutionary biologists
- University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni
- University of Texas at Austin alumni
- Rice University faculty
- Living people
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Washington University in St. Louis faculty