Application for a Faculty Position: Theory and the Biological Sciences Graduate Center, CUNY If you want a person such as you describe whose work is "grounded in the traditions of theoretical physics and applied mathematics" you can rule me out on the spot. I started as a pure math major at Harvard but left a year later after differential equations. There was math in all my early work and in my book with Austin Burt but now I only glance at the mathematics of a paper if I feel certain the conclusion is mistaken and wish to locate the source of the error (usually hidden within an assumption). I like to joke that I am a theoretical biologist and of course a mathematical one, but for convenience leave out most (or all) of the mathematical details. On the other hand, my life's work has always been based on logic, hopefully mathematically permissible logic, and I have certainly always transcended historical biological boundaries (and still do). If you propose the first and still only theory for the evolution of sex differences you automatically transcend boundaries between animal behavior and plant morphology etc and so forth. I have done extensive theoretical work in three separable disciplines of biology, social theory based on natural selection, the evolution of selfish genetic elements and the evolutionary logic of self-deception. Regarding social theory I developed the theory for the evolution of sex differences, parent-offspring conflict, variation in sex ratios throughout life, and reciprocal altruism, in all species. Regarding selfish genetic elements Austin Burt and I were the first to organize and analyze this vast topic—all cases of within-individual genetic conflict in all species except bacteria and viruses. We estimate we read 6000 articles of which 1400 made the cut. Regarding self-deception I have developed a general theory for its evolution and function and laid the foundation for a future science of the subject by adding the be