Ming Xue
PhD Candidate, Anthropology, UCLA, 2011;
MA, Anthropology, UCLA, 2010;
BS, Biological Science, Peking University, 2008
Office: Haines 360
Fax: 310-206-7833
E-mail:
echoxue@ucla.edu
Subfield
Evolutionary Anthropology
Research Interests
Keywords: Human friendship, Reciprocity, Social support, Social network
Region: Rural Tibet (Qinghai TAP), College students in China (Beijing), US (Los Angeles) and Japan (Hokkaido)
Publications
Xue, M. and Silk, J. 2011. The role of tracking and tolerance in relationship among friends. Evolution and Human Behavior. Evolution and Human Behavior. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.04.004
Xue, M. and Su, Y.J. 2011. Food transfer in Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana). International Journal of primatology (32): 445-455.
Grants and Awards
UCLA Anthropology Conference Travel Grant (2011, 2012)
Pre-dissertation Award from Lemelson/Society for Psychological Anthropology (2011)
Visiting scholar (2010 Summer, sponsed by Department of Behavioral Science, Hokkaido University)
UCLA Anthropology Student Research Grant (2009)
China-America Academic Exchange Program Scholarship (2008-2009)
UCLA Graduate Student Fellowship (2008-2012)
Advisors
Joan Silk (Chair)
Alan Fiske
Brooke Scelza
Daniel Hruschka (ASU)
Conference Presentations
Tracking among friends in four cultures (2012 AAA Conference, San Francisco, U.S.)
Tracking and tolerance among friends: a cross cultural study in China, US, and Japan (2011 AASP Conference, Kunming, China)
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