Barry Bogin
Professor of Biological Anthropology
Contact details
Room: U.2.07
Phone: +44 (0)1509 228819
Fax: +44 (0)1509 223940
Email: B.A.Bogin@lboro.ac.uk
Background
Born in the United States, studied Biology and Anthropology at Temple University, Philadelphia (BA, MA, and PhD in Anthropology). Worked at the Universidad del Valle in Guatemala (1974-76), Wayne State University, Detroit (1977-82), and University of Michigan-Dearborn (1982-2006). Appointed at Loughborough University in 2007.
Research Interests
Bicultural anthropology, human nutrition; human physical growth and development; evolution of the pattern of human growth.
Current research
Physical growth and health between Maya children living in Guatemala versus the USA; evolution of the pattern of human growth (human beings evolved two new stages of development - childhood and adolescence - stages not found in other mammals); use of relative leg length as an indicator of healhy growth; intergenerational influences on health.
Awards
- 2004 William E. Stirton University Professorship, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- 1999 Michigan Association of Governing Boards Distinguished Faculty Award.
- 1998 Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- 1993 Distinguished Research Award, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- 1974-1976 Latin American Teaching Fellowship, from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
- 1973 Tuition scholarship, Temple University.
Selected publications
- Barry Bogin, 2001,The Growth of Humanity. New York: Wiley. http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,0471354481,00.html
- S. Stinson, B. Bogin, R. Huss-Ashmore, D. Orourke (eds.), 2000, Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Approach. New York: Wiley. http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,0471137464,00.html
- Barry Bogin, 1999, Patterns of Human Growth, second edition. Cambridge University Press. http://www.cup.org/titles/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521564387
- Barry Bogin, Maria Inês Varela Silva, Luis Rios, 2007. Life history trade-offs in human growth: adaptation or pathology? American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 19, Issue 5 (p 631-642). PMID: 17636530
- Varela-Silva, M. I.; Frisancho, A. R.; Bogin, B.; Chatkoff, D.; Smith, P. K.; Dickinson, F.; Winham, D., 2007 Behavioral, environmental, metabolic and intergenerational components of early life undernutrition leading to later obesity in developing nations and in minority groups in the USA. Collegium Antropologicum, 31 (1), 39-46.
- J. L. Locke, B. Bogin, 2006. Language and life history: a new perspective on the evolution and development of human language. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29, 259-325.
You can view a fuller publications list on the University Publications Database.
External Activities
- Journal Activity
- 2002-present Appointed to the editorial board of the American Journal of Human Biology
- 2002-present Appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Human Ecology
- 1998-2003 Appointed to the editorial board of the journal Homo.
- 1997-present Appointed to the editorial board of the journal Annals of Human Biology.
- 1989-1993 Appointment as Associate Editor for human growth for the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
- 1988-1989 Appointment as Acting Editor and Associate Editor of the American Journal of Human Biology.
- 1981-1988 Appointment to Associate Editor of the journal Human Biology.
- 1979-1981 Appointed Assistant Editor of the journal Human Biology.
- Journal Referee
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology, American Journal of Human Biology, Annals of Human Biology, Homo, International Journal of Epidemiology, Anthropological Sciences (Japan), Human Ecology, Child Development,
- Learned Societies and Professional Affiliations
- American Association of Physical Anthropologists - Member
- Human Biology Association - Fellow
- Society for the Study of Human Biology - Member
- Visiting Titles
- Visiting Professor Technical University of Lisbon, Coimbra University (Portugal), University of Buenos Aires.
- Invited Lecture / Keynotes
- 2008 Life history and language. Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies
- Department of Biological Anthropology
- University of Cambridge
- 2007 Life history and Language, German Anthropological Sociiety, Freiburg
- 2006 Language and life history: a new perspective on the evolution and development of human language. Presented at the La Jolla Group on Human Origins, University of California, San Diego, March 3-4.
- 2005 Evo-Devo Do, or Primate Life History Evolution. Presented at the 3rd International Congress on Developmental Origins of Health & Disease, Toronto, November 16-19.
- 2004 Anthropometric variation and health: a biocultural model of human growth. Invited lecture, presented at the session “Constraints to statural growth: physiologic and therapeutic considerations.” The Lawrence Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society meetings, San Francisco, May 1.
- 2003 Stature as a measure of socioeconomic inequalities and poor living conditions among Portuguese, Cape Verdean-Portuguese and Cape Verdean children: 1993-2002. Invited lecture, presented at the conference Lusophone Africa: Intersection between the Social Sciences. Cornell University, May 2-3.
- 2002 Childhood begets children: human reproduction then and now. Presented at the International Society for Human Ethology meetings, Montreal, Canada, August 7-10, 2002.
- Bogin, B. Evolution of human childhood, adolescence, and fertility. Presented at the School of American Research Symposium on The Evolution of Human Life History, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 2-8, 2002.
- 2002 Bogin, B. Childhood begets children: human reproduction then and now. Presented at the Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, Cambridge University.
- 2001 “The evolution of adolescence.” Lecture at the Center for Human Development, University of California at San Diego, March 8, 2001
- 2001 “Childhood, play, and growth.” Lecture at the Symposium on Explaining Humans, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, La Jolla, California, March 9-11
- 2001 “How genetic are human body proportions?” Invited plenary lecture at the 7th International Symposium of Human Biology, Koseg, Hungary, April 25-28.
- 2001 “Human adolescence: life history, evolution, and health.” Invited lecture at the 3rd Congress of the Slovenian Association of School and University Medicine, Novo Mesto, Slovenia, May 24-26.
- 2000 “Childhood, play and growth.” Invited plenary lecture at the IXth International Congress of Auxology, Turin Italy, September 3-6.
- 2000 “Maya in Disneyland: Growth and health of Guatemala Maya immigrants in the United States.” Invited lecture at the 70th Anniversary Symposium of the Japanese Society of Human Ecology and Health, Nagasaki, Japan, November 17.
- 2000 “Childhood, play, and growth.” Invited lecture at the Primate Research Center, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan, November 22.
- 2000 “Maya in Disneyland: Growth and health of Guatemala Maya immigrants in the United States.” Invited lecture at the Auxological Society of Tokyo, Japan, November 25
- Advisory Roles
- 2007-present Executive Committee of the Society for the Study of Human Biology.
- 1991-1995 Election to the Executive Committee of the Human Biology Council.
- 1987-1991 Member of the Publications Committee, Human Biology Council.
- 1986-1987 Chairman of the Nominations Committee, Human Biology Council.
- Collaborative Research
- 2008-2010 Economics & Social Research Council, New Dynamics of Nutrition for Older People/ New Directions of Aging Programme. “MIGRATION, NUTRITION, AND AGEING ACROSS THE LIFECOURSE IN BANGLADESHI FAMILIES: A TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. A multidisciplinary project including Prof. Janice L. Thompson (Bristol), Prof. Joy Merrell (Swansea), Dr. Barry Bogin (Loughborough), Dr. Andrea Pieroni (Bradford), Dr. Vanja Garaj (Brunel), Dr. Petra Meier (Sheffield): £500,000.
- Other Evidence of Esteem
- Frequently interviewed by journalists from NewScientist, BBC, New York Times, National Public Radio (USA)