Faculty
Jared Diamond
(Ph.D., Cambridge University, England) is a Professor with research interests in Biogeography, Geography and Human Society. He teaches classes in world regions and past societies.
Education
B.A. Harvard
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, England
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, 1998
Japan's Cosmos Prize, 1998
National Science Medal
Selected Publications
- J. M. Diamond. Logic of Life: The Challenge of Integrative Physiology. In: Evolutionary Physiology (D. Noble and C.A.R. Boyd, eds.), Oxford University Press, (1993), pp.89-111.
- S. L. Pimm, J. Diamond, T.M. Reed, G.J. Russell and J. Verner. (1993). Times to extinction of small populations of large birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.) 90:10871-10875.
- S.M. Secor, E.D. Stein and J. M. Diamond.(1994). Rapid up-regulation of snake intestine in response to feeding: a new model of intestinal adaptation. Am. J. Physiol. 266(4):G695-G705.
- Diamond, J.M. (1999). Dirty eating for healthy living. Nature 400: 120-121.
- Diamond, J.M. (1999). Rivers in the sky. Discover 20, no. 3, pp. 94-102.
- Diamond, J.M. (2000). Blitzkrieg against moas. Science 287: 2170-2121.
Research
Geography and Human Society; Biogeography
Current Courses by Term
2019 Spring Quarter
Special Study
Previous Courses by Term
2018 Fall Quarter
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2018 Spring Quarter
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2016 Spring Quarter
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2015 Spring Quarter
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2014 Spring Quarter
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2013 Spring Quarter
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2012 Spring Quarter
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2011 Spring Quarter
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2010 Spring Quarter
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2009 Spring Quarter
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2008 Spring Quarter
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
Multimedia Exploration of World's Refugees
2007 Winter Quarter
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2006 Winter Quarter
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2005 Winter Quarter
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
Collapses of Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
2004 Winter Quarter
Collapses of Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
2003 Winter Quarter
Collapses of Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
Previous Courses by Course
GEOG M153
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
2009 Spring Quarter
2010 Spring Quarter
2008 Spring Quarter
2007 Winter Quarter
2006 Winter Quarter
2011 Spring Quarter
2012 Spring Quarter
GEOG M153
Collapses of Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
Collapses of Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
2005 Winter Quarter
GEOG M153
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
2016 Spring Quarter
2018 Spring Quarter
2015 Spring Quarter
2014 Spring Quarter
2013 Spring Quarter
2018 Fall Quarter
HNRS M152
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
2018 Fall Quarter
2018 Spring Quarter
2015 Spring Quarter
2016 Spring Quarter
2014 Spring Quarter
2013 Spring Quarter
HNRS M152
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
2008 Spring Quarter
2009 Spring Quarter
2007 Winter Quarter
2006 Winter Quarter
2010 Spring Quarter
2011 Spring Quarter
2012 Spring Quarter
HNRS M152
Collapses of Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
Collapses of Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
2005 Winter Quarter
ANTHRO M148
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
2018 Fall Quarter
2018 Spring Quarter
ANTHRO M158Q
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
2009 Spring Quarter
2008 Spring Quarter
2007 Winter Quarter
2006 Winter Quarter
2010 Spring Quarter
2011 Spring Quarter
2012 Spring Quarter
ANTHRO M158Q
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
Past People and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
2015 Spring Quarter
2014 Spring Quarter
2013 Spring Quarter
2016 Spring Quarter
GEOG 6
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
World Regions: Concepts and Contemporary Issues
2009 Spring Quarter
2010 Spring Quarter
2008 Spring Quarter
2007 Winter Quarter
2005 Winter Quarter
2006 Winter Quarter
2011 Spring Quarter
2012 Spring Quarter
2018 Spring Quarter
2015 Spring Quarter
2016 Spring Quarter
2018 Fall Quarter
2014 Spring Quarter
2013 Spring Quarter
GEOG 88S
Multimedia Exploration of World's Refugees
Multimedia Exploration of World's Refugees
2008 Spring Quarter
HNRS 152
Collapses of Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future
Collapses of Past Societies and Their Lessons for Our Own Future