California Institute of Technology

Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Jean E. Ensminger
Edie and Lew Wasserman Professor of Social Sciences
Photo of Jean E. Ensminger
Office: 202 Baxter Hall
Mailing Address:
MC 228-77
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
B.A., Cornell University, 1974; M.A., Northwestern University, 1976; Ph.D., 1984. Professor of Anthropology, Caltech, 2000-07; Wasserman Professor of Anthropology, 2007-09; Wasserman Professor, 2009-. Chair, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2002-06.

Research Interests

New Institutional Economics, Rational Choice Theory, Experimental Economics, Economic Anthropology, economic development

Projects

The Roots of Human Sociality

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