Laura Simone Lewis, PhD

Incoming Asst Prof @UCSBPsych & @UCSB_Anthro • ape social cognition • @UC_PPFP Postdoc Fellow @UCBerkeley • PhD @HarvardHEB • @NSF GRFP • @DukeU alum (she/her)

[Laura Simone Lewis, PhD @LauraSimoneLew]

I am absolutely elated to share that I’ll be starting as an Assistant Professor @ UC Santa Barbara with a joint appointment in @UCSBPsych and @UCSB_Anthro beginning July 2025!! I’m deeply honored and excited to join a wonderful community of colleagues & build my lab and team

[Alison Gopnik @AlisonGopnik]

New paper from Laura Lewis and Jan Engelmann et al. (including me) with a clever new method. Chimps and kids will forgo reward to get a chance to look at social interactions
https://t.co/XcWIXvcwR6

[Zoe Liberman @zoeliberman]

Help support grad students in PBS! The Development and Evolution Area is starting a fund for a graduate student award, and any small amount helps! Use the link below

🚨Check the "in honor of" box and add PBS DEVO Area to tag your donation as part of our fund🚨

[Liran Samuni @LirSamuni]

Social play is not only fun but also has important social functions in #chimpanzee societies, promoting bonding & collective cooperation! @CurrentBiology

It is also a behavior that is really a pleasure to document

Access it here
https://t.co/eZm1gO2qsa

[Cat Hobaiter @NakedPrimate]

Last minute team changes mean we have a position open at short notice. Starts mid-Jan, application deadline Nov 21, costs covered & small stipend. DM for any questions - it’ll be full-on algae fishing fun times!!! Pls RT

[Sarah Pope-Caldwell @SezDoesScience]

🎉I'm recruiting! GSU's ADAPT Lab is looking for TWO PhD students for Fall 2025 to study how culture and environment shape flexible thinking.

Position1️⃣:Cross-cultural focus (USA & Rep. Congo)🗺️
Position2️⃣ :Nonhuman Primate focus 🐒

https://t.co/BlzgPQolHI #PhD #Psychology

[Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas_]

[Please retweet!] My paper, 'Cognitive Representations of Social Relationships and their Developmental Origins" has been accepted at Behavioral and Brain Sciences! I'm thrilled to be able to engage with people's commentary! Please consider writing one! https://t.co/Hk3p5FPPdq

[Prof Kathelijne Koops @KathelijneKoops]

Come join us in beautiful Zurich for a postdoc!!! 🤩 @APE_Group_UZH

https://t.co/32TWOOTQKd

@UZH_Science @UZH_ch

[Kimberly J. Martin, PhD @drkimjmartin]

🚨Announcement!🚨
👋🏾 #AcademicTwitter I am on the #academicjobmarket! I was a UC President’s Postdoc Fellow @UC_PPFP & am now a Postdoc @YalePsychology. I do quant & qual research to understand & address Black health & healthcare outcomes. Learn more here: https://t.co/vrLRpUN7Is

[AmSoc Primatologists @ASPvoice]

KEEP ‘EM WILD! Primates are not Pets! Marmoset infants belong with their families, NOT in your home! 

If you care about primates, help protect them in their native habitats by donating to the American Society of Primatologists, Conservation Committee (https://t.co/eko1RJEkSh).

[Laura Simone Lewis, PhD @LauraSimoneLew]

@chiarazulberti @MPI_EVA_Leipzig @P_eMartin @HannaSchleihauf Such a great poster Chiara!!🤩

[Chiara Zulberti @chiarazulberti]

Thrilled to attend the 'Bridging the Tech Gap' workshop at @MPI_EVA_Leipzig. Huge thanks to the organizers
@P_eMartin, @LauraSimoneLew and @HannaSchleihauf for this insightful event and the opportunity to present my annotation system for chimpanzee gestures!

[Louise Mackie @LouiseEMackie]

Beer & poster time @MPI_EVA_Leipzig 's Bridging the Technological Gap Workshop 2024! Thanks @HannaSchleihauf @LauraSimoneLew @P_eMartin 🙏

I loved presenting this (ongoing) collaborative project on social learning with eye-tracking technology in chimps 👀🐵

[Laura Simone Lewis, PhD @LauraSimoneLew]

@ShanyDror @LouiseEMackie @MPI_EVA_Leipzig @HannaSchleihauf @P_eMartin Ahhh so good!!🤩🤩

[Tommaso @TommasoGhi]

Ready to devStart...!

[Laura Simone Lewis, PhD @LauraSimoneLew]

@DevSciStart @MPI_EVA_Leipzig Can’t wait!!🤩🤩

[DevStart @DevSciStart]

All set up and excited for tomorrow's workshop at @MPI_EVA_Leipzig! 🎉 We'll dive into designing eye-tracking studies and processing data with open-source tools. Can't wait to get started! 🚀👀

[Laura Simone Lewis, PhD @LauraSimoneLew]

@AlexHHChan @MPI_EVA_Leipzig @P_eMartin @HannaSchleihauf Thank you for such an amazing talk @AlexHHChan, I was definitely blown away!!🤩

[Alex Chan @AlexHHChan]

Kicking off the bridging tech gap 2.0 workshop at @MPI_EVA_Leipzig today, thank you all for the kind words, which ranged from "I was blown away" to "I was flabbergasted" 😅

Thank you @P_eMartin @LauraSimoneLew @HannaSchleihauf for the invite and putting on another year of btg!

[Laura Simone Lewis, PhD @LauraSimoneLew]

@womeninhighered Thank you so much!