Lee Alan Dugatkin
Behavioral Ecologist, Evolutionary Biologist and Historian of Science
Author of How to Tame a Fox and Build a Dog
"A story that is part science, part Russian fairy tale, and part spy thriller. . . . Sparkling."
Author of Power in the Wild: The Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Ways Animals Strive for Control over Others (2022, University of Chicago Press)
"...a scrupulously scientific but highly accessible tour of power’s manifestations...Dugatkin’s depiction of power in the wild yields a stunningly provocative reflection."
Lee Dugatkin
Biography
I'm an evolutionary biologist and a historian of science in the Department of Biology at the University of Louisville. I have lectured about my research and my books at more than 175 venues around the world, including in New Zealand, Australia, Mongolia, Cuba, Russia, Romania, Turkey, The Czech Republic, Croatia, Taiwan, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and many other countries. I'm the author of twelve books and more than 200 articles, in such journals as Nature, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and The Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, and I'm a contributing author to Scientific American, The American Scientist, The New Scientist and The Washington Post. The New York Times Book Review called my book, How to Tame a Fox and Build a Dog, "Sparkling... A story that is part science, part Russian fairy tale, and part spy thriller… it may serve — particularly now — as a parable of the lessons that can emerge from unfettered science, if we have the courage to let it unfold.”
Books by Dugatkin
Coming in May 2024
"A fitting companion to Ed Yong’s An Immense World."
Kirkus
"With engaging prose and sweeping scope, The Well-Connected Animal explores the intricate interactions that characterize animal societies and the equally compelling story of the scientists who study them.” -- Jonathan B. Losos, author of "The Cat’s Meow" and "Improbable Destinies"
Translations underway: Chinese, Italian
"...a scrupulously scientific but highly accessible tour of power’s manifestations... Dugatkin’s depiction of power in the wild yields a stunningly provocative reflection."
Wall Street Journal
w/Carl Bergstrom, 3rd edition
4th edition
Revisions for a 5th edition are underway. A Chinese edition of the 2nd edition is available and a Chinese edition of the 4th edition is underway.
"Dugatkin’s book is fast-paced, snappy and suspenseful as we follow the moose’s journey."
Financial Times
Translated to German and Spanish. A Farsi edition is underway.
"Exhilarating. . . . [This] is an engaging book with devoted enthusiasm for the ideas of the main protagonist, William Hamilton. . . . Dugatkin's . . . account offers much to think about."
Science
Translated into Greek.
(w/Kern Reeve)
Translated into Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
Translated into Chinese and Korean
Publications (beside books)
Online Lectures
How to Tame a Fox and Build a Dog
Power in the Wild podcast
Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose
Vavilov's Dream
Behind the Crimson Curtain: The Rise and Fall of Peale's Museum
The Evolution of Goodness
Thomas Jefferson and the Hessian Fly
Smashing Wallace's White Picket Fence
The Deep Roots of Power
Join My Lab
I am always interested in having talented Ph.D.-to-be students join my lab. Contact me if you are interested.
Current Ph.D. Students
Caroline Driscoll: working on the evolution of empathy in nonhumans.
Emmy Delekta
Former Ph.D. Students
Dr. Matthew Hasenjager, postdoctoral fellow,
Dr. Ryan Earley, Professor, University of Alabama
Dr. Amy Cavanaugh, Professor, Truckee Meadows College
Dr. Trish Adams, research associate, California State University, Monterey
Dr. Michael Alfieri, Professor, Viterbo University
Kropotkin Archive
Coming soon
- Contact MeDepartment of Biology
University of Louisville(502) 852-5943
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