Two SAS Professors Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Robert M. Seyfarth, Professor of Psychology and George J. Mailath, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences in the Department of Economics, have been elected to the 2012 class of members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They were among 220 individuals also elected for their achievements in academia, business, public affairs, the humanities and the arts. Seyfarth specializes in animal behavior and communication and Mailath researches game theory, cooperation and reputations.

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