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Jordie Hoffman

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Master's of Science, Anthropology 2026

University of Utah | Supervisor: Dr. Thomas S. Kraft

Honours, Bachelor of Science, Anthropology 2024

University of Calgary | Supervisor: Dr. Vivek Venkataraman

Research Experience

Field Assistant, The Faroe Islands 2025

Field Assistant, Peninsular Malaysia 2024

Research Assistant, The Venkataraman Lab 2022–2024

Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, The University of Calgary

Panama Primatology Field School, Isla Colon, Panama 2023

Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, The University of Calgary

Teaching Experience

Instructor of Record, ANTH 1050: Evolution Human Nature Spring 2026, Summer 2026

Department of Anthropology, University of Utah

Graduate Teaching Assistant, ANTH 1050: Evolution Human Nature Fall 2024, Fall 2025

Department of Anthropology, University of Utah

Graduate Teaching Assistant, ANTH 1020: Human Origins: Evolution and Diversity Spring 2025

Department of Anthropology, University of Utah

Publications

Preprints & Manuscripts Under Review

Hoffman, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Stieglitz, J., Trumble, B. C., Beheim, B., Hooper, P. L., Lee, R. B., Phelps, J. R., Hill, K., et al. (2026). Evaluating performance bias in face-to-BMI vision transformer models across diverse human populations. bioRxiv (Preprint under review). [Link]

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Venkataraman, V. V., Hagen, E. H., Stibbard-Hawkes, D., Hames, R., Lew-Levy, S., Jang, H., Glowacki, L., Hoffman, J., Kramer, K., Davis, H. E., Starkweather, K., Hewlett, B., Garfield, Z. H., & Kelly, R. L. (2026). The meanings and dividends of man the hunter. Evolution and Human Behavior, 47(3), 106840. [Link]
Venkataraman, V. V., Hoffman, J., Farquharson, K., Davis, H. E., Hagen, E. H., Hames, R. B., Hewlett, B. S., Glowacki, L., Jang, H., Kelly, R., Kramer, K., Lew-Levy, S., Starkweather, K., Syme, K., & Stibbard-Hawkes, D. N. E. (2024). Female foragers sometimes hunt, yet gendered divisions of labor are real: A comment on Anderson et al. (2023) The Myth of Man the Hunter. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45(4), 106586. [Link]
Hoffman, J., Farquharson, K., & Venkataraman, V. V. (2021). The ecological and social context of women's hunting in small-scale societies. Hunter Gatherer Research, 7(1-2), 1-31. [Link]

Conference Presentations

Holowka, N. B., Tan Bee Ting A/P Tan Boon Huat, Tam, K. L., Reinhardt, K., Hoffman, J., Apolito, Z., Palmisano, K., Lim, Y. A. L., & Lea, A. (2026). The energetics of walking on natural terrains in two Orang Asli forager populations. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 189, 84.
Hoffman, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Stieglitz, J., Trumble, B., Beheim, B., Lee, R., Hill, K., Phelps, J., Tan Bee Ting A/P Tan Boon Huat, Tam, K. L., Lim, Y. A. L., Lea, A., Wallace, I., Venkataraman, V., & Kraft, T. Bias in BMI: Training AI to See Every Body. AABA Ann. Meet. (2026).
Hoffman, J. Bias in BMI: Training AI to See Every Body. 3-Minute-Thesis (3MT) Competition Finalist. 3MT (2025).
Hoffman, J. & Venkataraman, V. V. Producing Inequality: A Cross-Cultural Analysis. AABA Ann. Meet. (2024).
Hoffman, J. & Venkataraman, V. V. Producing inequality: a cross-cultural analysis. SWABA (2024).
Hoffman, J., Farquharson, K. & Venkataraman, V. V. The ecological and social context of women's hunting in small-scale societies. AABA Ann. Meet. (2023).

Recognitions

Robert Anderson Grant for Cultural Anthropology ($3,000 USD) 2026

Terrance “Terry” Foley Endowed Scholarship ($1,720 USD) 2026

Dean's List, The University of Calgary 2024

Award for Outstanding Student Presentation ($500 USD) 2023

American Association of Biological Anthropologists

Pollitzer Student Travel Award ($500 USD) 2023

American Association of Biological Anthropologists

Global Access Fund ($5,500 CAD), The University of Calgary 2022

Alexander Rutherford Scholarship ($1,900 CAD), Government of Alberta 2016

Mentoring & Volunteering

Mentoring Activities

The Venkataraman Lab 2022–2024

Anthropology Undergraduate Peer Mentorship Program 2023

Volunteering Activities

University of Utah Anthropology Department Content Creator 2026–Present

Bicycle Collective 2026

Sex[M]ed Content Creator 2022–2025

ANARKY Talk Series Organizer 2023–2024

Canid Conservation Science Lab Content Creator 2023–2024

Scientific Illustration Citations

Akhtar, M. S., Kulick, N. K., Poirier, A. C., Hamou, H., Galán-Plana, C. F., Romero Morales, S., Cheves Hernandez, S., Benson, G. W., Chaves-Cordero, C., Hernández-Rojas, R., Villero, V., Crofoot, M., Bergman, T., Orkin, J. D., Barrett, B. J., Tung, J., Jack, K. M., & Melin, A. D. (2026). Genetic and behavioural repertoires support olfactory communication in wild capuchin monkeys [Preprint]. [Link]
Sadoughi, B., Hernández-Rojas, R., Hamou, H., Lopez, R., Mah, M., Slikas, E., Simmons, S. M. V., Orkin, J. D., Higham, J. P., Brosnan, S. F., et al. (2026). Non-Invasive Measures of DNA Methylation Capture Molecular Aging in Wild Capuchin Monkeys. Molecular Ecology, 35(14), e70468. [Link]
Campos, F. A., Wikberg, E. C., Orkin, J. D., Park, Y., Snyder-Mackler, N., Cheves Hernandez, S., Lopez Navarro, R., Fedigan, L. M., Gurven, M., Higham, J. P., Jack, K. M., & Melin, A. D. (2024). Wild capuchin monkeys as a model system for investigating the social and ecological determinants of ageing. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 379(1916), 20230482. [Link]
Poirier, A. C., & Melin, A. D. (2024). Smell throughout the life course. Evolutionary anthropology, 33(4), e22030. [Link]