Research Areas
Computational Anthropology | Biological Anthropology | Human behavioral ecology | Phylogenetics | Experimental humanities | AI and machine learning | Art | Perception | Cooperation

Teaching Areas
Computational Anthropology | Biological Anthropology | AI and machine learning | Statistics and quantitative methods | Evolution and human behavior | Human behavioral ecology | Indigenous art | Empirical aesthetics and experimental humanities | Primate behavior and evolution | Renaissance art

Education
PhD, Anthropology, Temple University | 2019
Master of Arts, Anthropology, Temple University | 2015
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy University of Massachusetts - Amherst | 2003

Appointments and Research Positions
Ross-Lynn Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Anthropology, |2025 – Present|
Purdue University University, West Lafayette, IN             
PI: Dr. Erik Otárola-Castillo
                Applying phylogenetics and morphometrics to Andean archaeology

Postdoctoral Scholar, Depts. of Physics and Art History & Art, |2023 – 2025|
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH        
PIs: Drs. Kenneth Singer, Elizabeth Bolman & Michael Hinczewski
                Using machine learning to discern artistic practice regimes

D. K. and M. B. Robinson Post-Doctoral Fellow in Data Science in Art |2022 – 2023|
Depts. of Physics and Art History & Art
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH        
PIs: Drs. Kenneth Singer, Elizabeth Bolman & Michael Hinczewski
                Using machine learning to discern artistic practice regimes

Visiting Research Affiliate, Center for Human Evolutionary Studies |2022 – Present|
Anthropology Dept., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Postdoctoral Associate, Human Generosity Project, Anthropology Dept., |2020 – 2022|
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ    
                PIs: Dr. Lee Cronk & Dr. Athena Aktipis (ASU)
            Studying mutual aid in the contemporary United States

Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathematical Biology Group, |2019 – 2020|
Dept. of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX     
                PI: Dr. Alexander Stewart
            Quantitatively characterized compositional structure in Indigenous art

Affiliate Researcher, Primate Genomics Laboratory, |2016 – 2019|
Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology,
The George Washington University, Washington, DC     
                PI: Dr. Brenda J. Bradley
            Doctoral research on primate pelage sexual dichromatism

Publications and Manuscripts Under Review
A Van Horn, LN Smith, M Mahmoud, MS McMaster, CG Pinchbeck, IT Martin, A Lininger, A Ingrisano, ES Bolman, KD Singer, and M Hinczewski. PATCH: a deep learning method to assess heterogeneity of artistic practice in historical paintings. Science Advances. Vol 12, Issue 16. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aea0485 | 2026

A Van Horn,DL Mercado, C Parmeggianni, CA Aktipis and L Cronk. Religion facilitates cooperation in healthcare sharing ministries. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 1–17.| 2025

A Van Horn,DL Mercado, D Guevara-Beltran, H Hurmuz-Sklias, KG Tidball, L Cronk, PM Todd and CA Aktipis. Time Enough at Last: Fear of infection and boredom drive time dilation during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Accepted pending revision.

A Van Horn andAJ Stewart. The shape of shared attention: investigating the influence of environmental variation on the compositional structure of traditional decorative artworks. In Review. Preprint on SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/v8nra | 2024 (preprint)D Guevara-Beltran, C Isch, JD Ayers, J Alcock, JF Brinkworth, L Cronk, H Hurmuz-Sklias, KG Tidball, A Van Horn, PM Todd and CA Aktipis. In-person Interactions, Large-Group Gatherings, and Mitigating Behaviors during COVID-19. In Review.

D Guevara-Beltran, C Isch, JD Ayers, J Alcock, JF Brinkworth, L Cronk, H Hurmuz-Sklias, KG Tidball, A Van Horn, PM Todd and CA Aktipis. The role of Perceived Risk, Stress, and Future Orientation on Mask Wearing During COVID-19. In Review.

KG Tidball, A Van Horn, DL Mercado, D Guevara-Beltran, H Hurmuz-Sklias, L Cronk, PM Todd and CA Aktipis. Parks, Urgent Biophilia, Interdependence, and Resilience During Times of Crisis: The COVID19 Example. In: The Transformative Power of Parks. Eds. P Fix, L Larson, K Lekies, S Park, K Skoll, K Tidball & T Stein. Sagamore Venture Publishing. In Press. | 2025

D Guevara-Beltran, JD Ayers, S Claessens, J Alcock, C Baciu, L Cronk, NM Hudson, H Hurmuz-Sklias, G miller, KG Tidball, A Van Horn, P Winfrey, E Zarka, PM Todd and CA Aktipis. Shared fate was associated with sustained cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS ONE, 19(9), e0307829. | 2025

SL Heiman, S Claessens, JD Ayers, D Guevara-Beltran, A Van Horn, ER Hirt, CA Aktipis, and PM Todd. Descriptive norms caused increases in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Reports13, 11856. | 2023

JD Ayers, D Guevara-Beltran, A Van Horn, L Cronk, H Hurmuz-Sklias, PM Todd and CA Aktipis. COVID-19 and friendships: Agreeableness and neuroticism are associated with more concern about COVID-19 and friends’ risky behaviors. Personality and Individual Differences, 213, 112297. | 2023

D Guevara-Beltran, DL Mercado, JD Ayers, A Van Horn, L Cronk and CA Aktipis. Unpredictable Needs are Associated with Lower Expectations of Repayment. Curr Res Ecol Soc Psychol, 4, 100095 | 2023

AJ Corbett, KE Wilson, A Van Horn, JD Ayers, H Hurmuz, and CA Aktipis. Changes in Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Assessment. Int J Exerc Sci, 16(5), 327-341. | 2023

KE Wilson, AJ Corbett, A Van Horn, D Guevara-Beltran, JD Ayers, J Alcock, PM Todd and CA Aktipis. Associations between change over time in pandemic related stress and change in physical activity. J Phys Act Health, 18(11):1419-1426. | 2021

JD Ayers, D Guevara-Beltran, A Van Horn, L Cronk, PM Todd and CA Aktipis. Younger people and people with higher subjective SES experienced more negative effects of the pandemic on their friendships. Pers Indiv Dif, 185: 111246. | 2021

A Van Horn, C Weitz, KM Olszowy, KN Dancause, C Sun, A Pomer, H Silverman, G Lee, L Tarivonda, CW Chan, A Kaneko, JK Lum, RM Garruto. Using multiple correspondence analysis to identify behaviour patterns associated with overweight and obesity in Vanuatu adults. Public Health Nutrition. 22(9): 1533-1544. | 2019

EJ Rowe, A Van Horn, LC Rockwell. CYP17 genotype modifies the impact of anthropometric variation on salivary estradiol in healthy women. Am J Phys Anthropol, 156: 665–670. | 2015

C Weitz, F Friedlaender, A Van Horn, J Friedlaender. Modernization and the onset of overweight and obesity in Bougainville and Solomon Islands children: cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons between 1966 and 1986. Am J Phys Anthropol, 149 (3) pp: 435-46. | 2012

Preprints and Manuscripts In Preparation
A Van Horn and CG Pinchbeck. Visible and invisible: integrating computer vision into art history’s extended cognitive system. In prep.

R Bjorke, O Pinhasi, M Hinczewski, and A Van Horn. Artist Prestige and Natural Aesthetics in the Italian Renaissance. In Prep.

A Van Horn, SL Heiman, D Guevara-Beltran, CA Aktipis, PM Todd and L Cronk. Connection Between Prestige Motivation, Communal Goal Endorsement and Perceived Interdependence in Cross-Cultural Perspective. In Prep.

A Van Horn, M Poe, N Martinelli, DL Mercado, D Guevara-Beltran, H Hurmuz-Sklias, KG Tidball, L Cronk, PM Todd, S Droit-Volet and CA Aktipis. Arousal as a modulator of the relationship between emotion and time awareness. In Prep.

Presentations
R Bjorke, O Pinhasi, M Hinczewski, and A Van Horn. What Makes a Most Excellent Painter? Prestige and Evolved Aesthetic Preferences in Renaissance Painting. Poster presentation at the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2-4th, 2026 (Scheduled).

A Van Horn and CG Pinchbeck. A machine to process ghosts: integrating computer vision into the extended cognitive system of the digital humanities. Presentation at ZAMM2025, Eureka Springs, AR, October 20th, 2025.

A Van Horn, KM Maassen, M Hinczewski, and AJ Stewart. Environmental influence on the compositional structure of traditional decorative artworks. Poster presentation at the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, June 9-11th, 2025.

A Van Horn, DL Mercado, C Parmeggianni, CA Aktipis and L Cronk. Religion, Thrift and Self-Reliance in the Function of a Health Care Risk Pool. Presentation at the 36th annual meetings of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Atlantic City, NJ. June 4-7th, 2025.

KM Maassen, A Van Horn, and L Cronk. Who Deserves to Be Helped? Global perspectives on social welfare, generosity, and mutual aid. Poster presentation at the 36th annual meetings of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Atlantic City, NJ. June 4-7th, 2025.

A Van Horn. Mud Cloth to Machine Learning: Perception and attention in the composition and analysis of artworks. Invited talk – Rutgers University Department of Anthropology, November 17th, 2023.

A Van Horn and AJ Stewart. Entropy and complexity: explaining variation in the compositional structure of traditional decorative artworks. Presentation at the 34th annual meetings of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Palm Springs, CA. June 1, 2023.

A Van Horn,MS Mahmoud, C Pinchbeck, M. Hinczewski and KD Singer. 2023. Prudent modeler of all that is seen: machine learning and the master’s hand. AI Speaker Series: AI and Art History, Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship at CWRU, Cleveland, OH. May 9, 2023.

A Van Horn, AN Spriggs, B Wilhelm, JM Kamilar, LC Rockwell, and BJ Bradley. 2020. Male hue, visibility and the evolution of pelage sexual dichromatism in primates. Poster presentation at the 89th annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Los Angeles, CA. April, 2020 (conference was held online due to COVID-19).

A Van Horn, AN Spriggs, B Wilhelm, JM Kamilar and BJ Bradley. 2017. Males in uniform: Intra-individual pelage-color variation is associated with social style in male macaques. Poster presentation at the 86th annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, New Orleans, LA. April 21, 2017.

A Van Horn, KD Almskaar, LC Rockwell. 2015. Distinguishing among polygynandrous species based on the relative intensity of pre- vs. post-copulatory, male-male competition: a multivariate approach. Poster Presentation at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Annual Meetings, St. Louis, MO, March 25-28, 2015.

A Van Horn, CE Stanley Jr., RJ Kulathinal, and LC Rockwell. 2014. Primate placentation and the potential role of serine protease HTRA1 in the etiology of preeclampsia. Poster Presentation at the European Pregnancy Summit, London, England, December 2014.

EJ Rowe, A Van Horn, T Eisenstein, and LC Rockwell. Ovarian steroid variation in cycles deemed ovulatory by mid-cycle LH. Poster Presentation at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Human Biology Association, Portland, OR, April 11–12, 2012

Grants and Fellowships

Ross-Lynn Postdoctoral Fellowship – Purdue University | 2025

Experimental Humanities Grant ($49,512) - Case Western Reserve University | 2024
- Role: lead writer/postdoc
- “Reason, Matter and Form: Using computer vision to disentangle the
elements of artistic practice”

Experimental Humanities Grant ($50,000) – Case Western Reserve University | 2024
- Role: lead writer/postdoc
- “Visible and Invisible: Merging Human and Computer Vision in Art Historical
Analysis”

Expanding Horizons Grant ($40,000) – Case Western Reserve University | 2023
- Role: lead writer/postdoc
- “AI Methods on Surface Profilometry for Painting Attribution and Conservation”

D. Keith and Margaret B. Robinson Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Data Science in Art – Case Western
Reserve University | 2022

University Fellowship (4 years graduate funding) – Temple University | 2011

Teaching Experience

Part-time Lecturer, Anthropology Dept., Rutgers University – New Brunswick         |2022|
‍ ‍Classes:Introduction to Molecular Anthropology

Adjunct Instructor, Anthropology Dept., Temple University                                              |2015 – 2016|
‍ ‍Classes:Primate Behavior; Fundamentals of Biological Anthropology;
Quantitative Methods in Anthropology (ANTH 3771/5006*) 

Teaching Assistant, Anthropology Dept., Temple University                                             |2013 – 2015| 
‍ ‍Classes: Lab sections forFundamentals of Biological Anthropology and
Anthropology of Racism

Student Mentorship (Name, Level, Institution, Output/Position - current mentees in italics)

- Clara Pinchbeck, PhD Student, CWRU – Dept. of Art History and Art, Co-authored articles
- Mikayla Poe, PhD Student, University of New Mexico – Dept. of Psychology, Co-authored article
- Kristine Maassen, MA/PhD Student, Rutgers University – Dept. of Anthropology, Master’s Thesis
- Denise Mercado, PhD Student, Rutgers University – Dept. of Anthropology, Co-authored articles
- Samantha Heiman, PhD Student, Indiana University at Bloomington, Co-authored article
- Bekka Bjorke, Undergraduate, Washington State Univ. – Tri-Cities, CWRU Research Assistantship
- Elizabeth Kitakule, Undergraduate, CWRU – Dept. of Computer Science, Research Assistantship
- Vicky Xu, Undergraduate, Northwestern University, CWRU Research Assistantship
- Mahamad Mahmoud, Undergraduate, CWRU – Dept. of Computer Science, Co-authored article
- Amr Salem, Undergraduate, CWRU – Dept. of Computer Science, Research Assistantship
- Camden Fuerst, Undergraduate, Univ. of California – Los Angeles, CWRU Research Assistantship
- Ren Highstrete, Undergraduate, Arizona State University, HGP Research Assistantship
- Owen Pinhasi, High School, The Laurel School, Research Assistantship at CWRU

Reviewing and Service
Committee member: 2026 annual meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) - program committee and presentation awards committee

Reviewer: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS); NSF Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards; Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE)

Service: President, Temple University Anthropology Graduate Student Association (2015-16)

*This is a cross-listed, graduate-level statistics course that I taught while still a graduate student