hector qirko

Hector Qirko

Professor of Anthropology

Education 

  • Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Tennessee
    Dissertation: "Induced Altruism in the Maintenance of Institutionalized Celibacy"
  • M.A., Anthropology, University of Tennessee
  • B.A. with highest honors, Anthropology, University of Tennessee

Research Interests

  • Applied anthropology
  • Organizational and institutional cultures
  • Evolutionary theory and cultural patterning
  • Popular culture and identity

Courses Taught 

  • ANTH 101: Introduction to Anthropology
  • ANTH 201: Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH 210: Development of Anthropological Thought
  • ANTH 319: Special Topic: Anthropology and Business
  • ANTH 319: Special Topic: Popular Culture and Identity
  • ANTH 325: Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
  • ANTH 342: Human Behavior and Evolution
  • ANTH 345: Applied Anthropology
  • ANTH 362: Social and Cultural Change
  • ANTH 491: Research Methods
  • FYSM 103: Identity and Popular Culture

Selected Publications

  • 2024     Qirko, H. N. “Pace setting as an adaptive precursor of rhythmic musicality.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1533(1):5-15. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15120.
  • 2021     Qirko, H. N. “The role of culture in evolutionary theories of human cooperation.” Analyse & Kritik 43(1):169-190. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2021-0009
  • 2020      Qirko, H. N. “Altruistic punishment in modern intentional communities.” Interaction Studies 21(3):412-427. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/is.19011.qir
  • 2017     Qirko, H. N. “Kinship appeals and conservation social marketing.” Biodiversity and Conservation 26(5):1009-1026. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-017-1297-9
  • 2016     Qirko, H. N. “An evolutionary argument for unconscious personal death unawareness.” Mortality 22(3):255-269. DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2016.1176018
  • 2014     Qirko, H. N. “Consumer authentication of popular music in the global postmodern.” Popular Music and Society 37(3): 295-312. DOI: 10.1080/03007766.2013.798552
  • 2013     Qirko, H. N. “Induced altruism in religious, military, and terrorist organizations.” Cross-Cultural Research 47(2):131-161. DOI: 10.1177/1069397112471804
  • 2011     Qirko, H. N. “Fictive kinship and induced altruism.” In The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Family Psychology, C. Salmon and T. Shackelford (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 310-328. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195396690.013.0018
  • 2004     Qirko, H. N. “Altruistic celibacy, kin-cue manipulation, and the development of religious institutions.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 39(3):681-706. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2004.t01-1-00608.x
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