Hutton Honors College

The Problem of the Evolution of Sex:
Faculty Discussion Supper with
Evolutionary Biologist Michael Wade

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 * 6-7:30 p.m. * HHC Building (811 E. Seventh St.) * SIGN-UP REQUIRED

Acknowledged as "one of the most creative intellectual forces in evolutionary biology" and "one of the most significant evolutionary biologists of his generation," Michael Wade is a distinguished professor of biology and Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs at Indiana University. The former chair of the University of Chicago's Department of Ecology and Evolution, he joined IU's faculty in 1998. Wade is the recipient of the American Society of Naturalists' 2009 Sewall Wright Award and was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008. An important contributor to the development of the Chicago School of Evolutionary Genetics theory, Wade is an expert in sexual selection (the effect of natural selection on mating and reproductive traits). Wade has been on the editorial board of several journals, including Evolution and American Naturalist, and has written more than 130 articles and books, including, "Measuring Sexual Selection" (1987), Mating Systems and Mating Strategies (2003), and "What Are Maternal Effects (And What Are They Not)?" (2009).

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