*Arizona State University, Anthropology Department
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology. Within physical
anthropology, specializations in primatology are available. Areas of
concentration include primate social behavior and ecology, primate positional
behavior and functional anatomy, and primate evolution. Facilities include a
breeding colony of Galago senegalensis, extensive fossil casts and
skeletal collections, and a variety of specimens for dissection. Faculty
interests include relationships between social organization and ecology, infant
socialization, parental behavior, functional anatomy and locomotion. Faculty
also maintain an association with the Primate Foundation of Arizona, a private
chimpanzee breeding colony. Research on chimpanzee social behavior, growth, and
development are underway.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Leanne T. Nash (social behavior and ecology of
primates, socialization, galagos, experimental analysis of behavior); Mary W.
Marzke (physical anthropology, primate anatomy, paleoanthropology, human
evolution, growth and development).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Drs. Leanne T. Nash or Mary W. Marzke, Department of
Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 [602-965-6213;
Dr. Nash: 602-965-4812; e-mail atltn@asuacad. bitnet;
[email protected]; Dr. Marzke: 602-965- 6237; e-mail:
[email protected]; [email protected]].
*Primate Foundation of Arizona, in association with Arizona State
University.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: A private, non-profit, breeding colony pursuing research
in social behavior and development to improve captive management and the
quality of life and reproductive potential of captive chimpanzees. Internships:
Minimum of 30 days. No stipend. Study the behavior, biology, and management of
captive chimpanzees.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Jo Fritz, Director & Research Director;
Leanne Nash, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology, A.S.U. (social behavior); Mary
Marzke, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology, A.S.U. (physical growth and
development).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Jo Fritz, Director, Primate Foundation of Arizona,
P.O. Box 20027, Mesa, AZ 85277-0027.
*California State University, San Marcos, Department of Psychology
PROGRAM NAME: Master of Arts in General Experimental Psychology, proposed for
fall, 1994.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Nancy Caine (callitrichid behavior), with
possibilities for collaboration with primatologists at the San Diego Zoo and
Wild Animal Park.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Nancy Caine, Dept. of Psychology, CSU San Marcos,
San Marcos, CA 92096.
*University of California, Berkeley, Department of Anthropology
PROGRAM NAME AND DESCRIPTION: Primate Studies Program. A comprehensive program
in primate studies emphasizing behavior, development, and ecology, focused on
primate species as integrated systems.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Phyllis Dolhinow (development and behavior of
human and nonhuman primates, primate evolution); Katharine Milton (energetics,
behavior and ecology of human and nonhuman primates, special interest in
dietary questions).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Graduate Office, Dept. of Anthropology, University
of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
*University of California, Davis, Psychology Department
PROGRAM NAME: Comparative Psychology and Physiological Psychology are
specializations within the Psychobiology program.
FACULTY & THEIR SPECIALTIES: Leo M. Chalupa (central mechanisms of vision,
prenatal development of sensory systems in the mammalian brain); Richard G.
Coss (developmental psychobiology, evolution, experimental aesthetics,
antipredator behavior); Michael S. Gazzaniga (cognitive neuroscience); Kenneth
R. Henry (audition, physiological psychology, behavioral genetics,
developmental psychobiology, aging); George R. Mangun (human cognitive
neurophysiology); Robert M. Murphey (behavior of domesticated ungulates,
genetic correlates of behavior, psychopathology); Donald H. Owings
(communication and antipredator behavior, ground squirrel behavior); Sally P.
Mendoza (behavioral endocrinology, physiological basis of primate social
relationships, stress and reproduction); Robert Sommer (environmental
psychology, abnormal psychology, action research); Niels G. Waller (behavior
genetics, psychometrics, and personality).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Graduate Admissions, Department of Psychology,
University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
*University of Florida, Psychology Department
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Marc N. Branch (behavioral pharmacology,
experimental analysis of behavior).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dr. Marc N. Branch, Psychology Department, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 [904-392-6731].
*Emory University, Department of Psychology
PROGRAM NAME & DESCRIPTION: Psychobiology Program. All faculty hold joint
appointments with the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center and do research
at either the Main Station on the Emory Campus or at the Field Station, 30
miles away in Lawrenceville, GA. All students receive full stipend support
($11,000 in 1993) and tuition for four years. Four students are accepted in
Psychobiology each year, usually two in primate research. There are currently
nine primate research students.
FACULTY & THEIR SPECIALTIES: Ronald Boothe (development of primate
vision); Harold Gouzoules (primate communication); Frans de Waal (primate
social systems & reconciliation); Kim Wallen (primate behavioral
endocrinology & development).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dr. Harold Gouzoules, Program Director, Department
of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 [404-727-7444; e-mail:
[email protected]].
*Emory University, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Behavior and Biology of Primates Training Program:
Postdoctoral training is available in several sciences that contribute to our
understanding of the behavior and biology of primates. These include: primate
behavior, including learning, memory, cognition, communication, social
behavior and psychopharmacology; reproductive biology and endocrinology;
neuro- biology, including neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and psychophysics,
particularly as related to visual processes; pathology and primate models of
human diseases. Training facilities: Training facilities of the Yerkes Center
including its Field Station, as well as a wide variety of other laboratories at
the Main Station, are available. Funding for Research Associates and Research
Fellows generally is derived from individual research grants at the center or
fellowships awarded by public and private agencies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Director, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center,
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.
*Georgia State University, Language Research Center, Dept. of
Psychology
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Biobehavioral and cognitive studies of nonhuman
primates.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh (primate cognition,
biopsychology, primatology); Duane M. Rumbaugh (project director); Rose Sevcik
(developmental comparative psychology); Shelly Williams (learning and
communication); David Washburn (psychology); Daniel Rice (cognition).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Language Research Center, Georgia State University,
University Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303-3083.
*University of Georgia, Athens, Psychology and Anthropology
Departments
PROGRAM NAMES: Biopsychology with a specialty area in primatology; Biological
Anthropology.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Psychology: Irwin S. Bernstein (primatology,
social organization, aggression, sex, dominance); Roger K. Thomas (cognition,
intelligence, concept use, learning and memory); B. E. Mulligan (sensory
psychology, animal communication, human factors psychology); Joseph D. Allen
(human psychophysiology, animal learning, adjunctive behavior, laboratory,
instrumentation); Dorothy Fragaszy (primate behavior, cognition, development,
motor skills, social behavior); Dawn Rager (psychoneuroimmunology).
Anthropology: Carolyn L. Ehardt (biological anthropology, primate social
organization, affiliation, kinship, epidemiology); Ben G. Blount (primate
communication, socialization); Charles R. Peters (physical anthropology, human
origins, ecology, primate diet, Africa). We also enjoy full cooperation with
other departments and universities within the University of Georgia System, as
well as collaboration with the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center of Emory
University and the Atlanta Zoo.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Biopsychology Program, Department of Psychology,
University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3013 [706-542-2174; FAX: 706-542-
3275]. Graduate Coordinator for Anthropology (Biological Anthropology Program),
Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
[706-542-3922].
*Northwestern University Medical School, Department of CMS Biology
PROGRAM NAME: Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: L. R. Cochard (dental allometry); M. Dagosto
(prosimian evolution, systematics, locomotion); M. J. Ravosa (experimental
functional morphology, skull form); B. T. Shea (growth, allometry, Miocene
and recent hominoids).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Any of the above faculty or Dr. A. Telser, Director,
IGP, at: Dept CMS Biology, Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 303 E. Chicago
Ave, Chicago, IL 60611-3008 [1-800-255-4166].
*University of Chicago, Dept. of Anthropology, Dept. of Ecology &
Evolution, Committee on Evolutionary Biology.
PROGRAM NAMES: Doctoral programs, Committee on Evolutionary Biology,
Department of Anthropology, Department of Ecology & Evolution
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Stuart Altmann (Evolutionary Biology:
behavioral ecology of primates, especially foraging); Jeanne Altmann
(Evolutionary Biology: life histories and behavioral ecology, especially
maternal behavior and behavioral ontogeny); Martha McClintock (Biopsychology,
Evolutionary Biology, Human Development: menstrual synchrony, pheromonal
communication); Russell Tuttle (Anthropology, Evolutionary Biology: primate
morphology, locomotion, and behavior). Leigh Van Valen (Evolutionary Biology:
population biology and evolutionary theory); Michael J. Wade (Evolutionary
Biology: population biology and evolutionary theory); Carole Ober (Obstetrics
& Gynecology, Anthropology: human and nonhuman primate genetics).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Any of the above at Committee on Evolutionary
Biology, University of Chicago, 940 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
*Boston University School of Medicine, Dept. of Anatomy and
Neurobiology
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Doctoral and post-doctoral training in anatomy. The
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology offers a Ph.D. in anatomy. In addition,
there is an active post-doctoral training program, with emphasis on
neuroanatomy. While a variety of species is utilized in the research projects
conducted within the department, a number of members of the faculty (Drs.
Pandya, Rosene, Moss, Peters, and Feldman) have programs focused on the rhesus
monkey.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: D. N. Pandya (the organization and
thalamocortical relations of the cerebral cortex of rhesus monkeys); D. L.
Rosene (organization of the limbic system in the rhesus monkey, particularly
the connections and histochemistry of the hippocampus and amygdala); M. B.
Moss (neuronal plasticity and neurobiology of memory); A. Peters (the intrinsic
and ultrastructural organization of cerebral cortex and aging changes in monkey
cerebral cortex); M. F. Feldman (aging in brain stem auditory nuclei and
cochlea of the rhesus monkey).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dr. Alan Peters, Chairman, Department of Anatomy and
Neurobiology, Boston Univ. Sch. of Med., Boston, MA 02118.
*University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Anatomy
PROGRAM NAME AND/OR DESCRIPTION: Ph.D. in Anatomy. The program is intended to
provide a broad background in biomedical science, to provide expertise in a
selected area of research, and to develop the skills and insights necessary to
become an effective teacher and independent investigator. The core curriculum
consists of human gross anatomy, microscopic anatomy, and neuroanatomy.
Faculty members conduct active research in a variety of areas, including
sensory and motor systems neurobiology, and the role of cells and extracellular
matrix in cell, developmental, and cardiovascular biology.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: There are 21 faculty members associated with
the department, including the following working with primates: Duane E. Haines
(cerebellar interconnections with somatic and visceral relay centers); W.
Michael King (vestibular and oculomotor physiology); James C. Lynch
(functional organization of association cortex); Terence P. Ma (neural control
of primate eye movements); Paul J. May (neural control of extraocular and
intraocular musculature); Gregory A. Mihailoff (role of the basilar pons in
motor control); Susan Warren (neural basis of somatosensory information
processing).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dr. Paul J. May, Anatomy Graduate Coordinator,
Department of Anatomy, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North
State Street, Jackson, MS, 39216-4505 [601-984-1662, Dr. May;
601-984-1640, main Department office; 601-984-1655, FAX].
*University of New Mexico
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Doctoral study through admission to either the Biological
or the Human Evolutionary Ecology Programs of the Department of Anthropology.
Program foci are either primate systematics, biogeography and paleobiology
(Biological) or primate life history strategies and socioecology (Human
Evolutionary Ecology). Master's level students with thesis option and more
applied focus are also admitted to the Biological Program.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Jeffery W. Froehlich (primate paleontology,
alpha systematics, and biogeography, North and Central America, Indonesia);
Jane B. Lancaster (human evolutionary ecology, primate social behavior,
evolution of human behavior, life history strategies, reproductive effort,
mating and parental investment).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Graduate Secretary, Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1986 [505-277-4524].
*City University of New York, Anthropology Department
See under: The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
*Columbia University, Anthropology Department
See under: The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
*Cornell University, Ecology and Systematics Section of the Divisionof
Biological Sciences; Department of Anthropology
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Human Biology Program: Primate studies appear in Cornell
University's Section of Ecology and Systematics of the Division of Biological
Sciences, and in the Department of Anthropology. The primate studies are in
both the Human Biology Program for undergraduates and in the graduate program.
There are courses, laboratories, and seminars in comparative primate anatomy,
primate evolution, primate ecology, and primate paleontology.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Kenneth A. R. Kennedy (primate comparative
anatomy, paleontology, and evolution). We curate collections of skeletal
material, casts of fossil nonhuman and human primates, and some brains for
teaching and research purposes. There are faculty members in the Department of
Psychology at Cornell University who have research and teaching programs in
primate studies. Persons to contact in Psychology are Drs. Robert Johnston and
Barbara Finlay, Uris Hall, Cornell University. Comparative anatomy courses
involving primates are offered by Dr. John Bertram in the College of
Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University's Ithaca campus. Also near the campus
at the Research Park facility, Dr. Julian M. Humphries, Jr. curates primate
skeletal collections in his capacity as Research and Curatorial Associate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dr. Kenneth A. R. Kennedy, Ecology and Systematics,
Division of Biological Sciences, Corson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
14853 [607-255-6582]; and Meredith Small, Department of Anthropology, McGraw
Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 [607-255-5137].
*Fordham University, Biological Sciences
PROGRAM NAME AND DESCRIPTION: Ecology. Fordham University is part of the New
York City Doctoral Consortium. Ph.D. students at Fordham may take classes at
C.U.N.Y., N.Y.U. and Columbia. It is also possible to do tutorials at the Bronx
Zoo across the street from the University.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Carey Yeager (Feeding ecology, social
structure, conservation, Asian primates, particularly Nasalis
larvatus, field station in Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia). Other faculty
with overlapping interests: Truman Young (plant-herbivore interactions,
forest dynamics, conservation, field station in Kenya); David Burney
(paleoecology, extinctions, environmental change, field work in Madagascar and
Kenya).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dr. Burney and departmental information: Dept of
Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458; Drs. Yeager or Young:
The Louis Calder Center of Fordham University, Box K, 53 Whippoorwill Road,
Armonk, NY 10504.
*New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP)
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: NYCEP is a graduate training program funded by NSF. It
consists of 3 degree-granting institutions--City University of New York (CUNY),
Columbia University (CU), and New York University (NYU)--in collaboration with
the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and the Wildlife Conservation
Society (WCS), a division of the New York Zoological Society. Our focus is
human as well as nonhuman primates from the perspectives of comparative
morphology, paleontology and systematics, molecular and population genetics,
behavior and ecology, and conservation biology. Students in this program will
take courses in all these areas at the three universities, attend seminars that
draw upon the staff of all five cooperating institutions, and have the
opportunity to engage in original research in laboratories, museums, and in the
field. NYCEP will offer up to six renewable fellowships yearly (to US citizens,
nationals, and permanent residents), each with a stipend of $12,000 and full
tuition waiver. Members of groups underrepresented in science are especially
encouraged to apply. In addition, the graduate programs of the three
collaborating universities offer full financial aid programs with regular
fellowships as well as special opportunities for minority students and all
highly qualified applicants regardless of nationality. NYCEP further offers lab
and field internships, special funds for summer research and meeting
participation, and additional funds for minority support. Appropriate
undergraduate majors for NYCEP applicants include biological anthropology and
other life sciences. Applicants not accepted by NYCEP will be considered for
regular financial aid and may participate in many of the special programs.
Students apply jointly to NYCEP and to one or more cooperating university.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Patricia S. Bridges, CUNY (skeletal biology
and paleopathology of human populations); Tim Bromage, CUNY (paleoanthropology
and developmental morphology); Marina Cords, CU (primate behavior, especially
African cercopithecids); Eric Delson, CUNY (paleoanthropology; catarrhine
systematics and evolution, biochronology); Rob De Salle, AMNH (molecular
systematics); Todd R. Disotell, NYU (molecular systematics and evolution,
catarrhine primates); Terry Harrison, NYU (catarrhine systematics, comparative
morphology and primate paleontology); Ralph L. Holloway, CU (paleo- neurology,
human evolution); Clifford J. Jolly, NYU (genetics, systematics, and
comparative morphology of primates); Warren G. Kinzey, CUNY (behavior,
ecology, and morphology of South American primates); Fred Koontz, WCS
(Conservation biology, translocation and reintroduction of primate
populations); Jeffrey T. Laitman, CUNY (paleoanthropology, evolution of
speech); Ross D. MacPhee, AMNH (development and systematics of primates and
other mammals); Don J. Melnick, CU (population genetics and molecular evolution
of higher primates); Hilary Simons Morland, WCS (tropical conservation,
primate behavior and ecology, especially Malagasy lemurs); Michael Novacek,
AMNH (systematics of mammals and early primates); John F. Oates, CUNY (ecology
and behavior of catarrhine primates, tropical forest conservation); John G.
Robinson, WCS (conservation biology, neotropical primates); Frank Spencer,
CUNY (history of biological anthropology); Sara Stinson, CUNY (population
biology of living humans); Frederick S. Szalay, CUNY (morphology, paleontology,
and systematics of primates and other mammals); Ian Tattersall, AMNH
(systematics and evolution of lemuriform primates and hominids); John A. Van
Couvering, AMNH (geochronology and stratigraphy of the Old World Cenozoic); Amy
Vedder, WCS (conservation biology, gorillas, African colobines); Ward Wheeler,
AMNH (molecular systematics); Field adjuncts: Marcio Ayres, WCS-Brazil
(conservation biology and ecology of neotropical primates); Elizabeth Bennett,
WCS-Malaysia (conservation biology and leaf monkey ecology); Bill Bleisch,
WCS-China (conservation biology and Chinese snub-nosed monkey ecology).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dr. Eric Delson, Department of Vertebrate
Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
[212-769-5992; FAX: 212-769-5233].
*New York University, Anthropology Department
See under: The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
*Duke University, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
PROGRAM NAME: Graduate Study in Biological Anthropology and Anatomy.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Matt Cartmill (anthropoid and primate origins,
history of ideas about animal consciousness); Kenneth E. Glander (ecology and
social organization); William L. Hylander (functional and evolutionary
morphology of the masticatory apparatus); Richard F. Kay (anthropoid
phylogeny, based especially on cranial and dental anatomy, through
paleontological field research); Mary Maas (mammalian evolution, dental
functional morphology); Theresa R. Pope (interrelationship between social
organization, behavioral ecology, and genetic structure of primate
populations); Elwyn L. Simons (primate paleontology); Kathleen K. Smith
(vertebrate evolutionary morphology); John W. Terborgh (tropical forest
ecology); Carel P. van Schaik (socioecology); Frances J. White (behavioral
ecology).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dept. of Biological Anthropology & Anatomy,
Director of Graduate Studies, Box 3170 Duke University Medical Center, Durham,
NC 27710.
*Kent State University, Psychology Department
PROGRAM NAME: Experimental psychology
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: F. Robert Treichler (primate learning and
retention mechanisms; retention of concurrently learned tasks; interference
effects in complex retention).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dept. of Psychology, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH
44242.
*The Ohio State University, Anthropology Department
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Graduate work in primatology is part of the
specialization of the Ph.D. program in physical anthropology. Students receive
training in primate ethology, primate evolution and primate conservation.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Frank E. Poirier (primate ethology,
particularly socialization; conservation of endangered species; primate
evolution); Paul Sciulli (primate dentition, primate evolution, primate
genetics). Additionally, students are advised to take courses in the
departments of psychology and zoology and the School of Natural Resources, all
of which have faculty interested in primatology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dr. Frank E. Poirier, Dept. of Anthropology, Lord
Hall, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH 43210.
*Oregon Regional Primate Research Center
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: We do not have a formal program in primatology, but we do
train pre- and postdoctoral students in using primates for biomedical research.
The Oregon Regional Primate Research Center is one of seven federally funded
centers designed to advance knowledge about human health problems through
research with nonhuman primates. The ORPRC encourages scientists and students
from the Northwest and other regions to make use of its unique research
opportunities in several disciplines, including reproductive biology and
behavior, neuroscience, perinatal physiology, and infectious diseases. The
Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland is the host institution of the
Center. It provides an academic affiliation, and many ORPRC scientists have
faculty appointments at the OHSU School of Medicine. The Center staff includes
about 48 scientists with Ph.D., M.D., or D.V.M. degrees, as well as 126
technical, support, and service employees. Among the services provided are
veterinary care, surgery, pathology, electron microscopy, radioimmunoassays,
flow cytometry, data processing, bibliographic and other library searches,
and medical illustration.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: The Center employs four full-time
veterinarians who are involved in the daily care of 2,024 nonhuman primates and
small laboratory animals.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, 505 N.W.
185th Ave., Beaverton, OR 97006. [503-645-1141].
*Bucknell University, Program in Animal Behavior, Departments of
Biology and Psychology
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Bucknell offers the MA or MS in each of the departments
and the program. Full-time only, starting with the fall semester. The program
requires two years of full-time study, including courses and thesis.
Continuing lab or field work is required. Long-standing resident colonies of
Papio hamadryas, Macaca fuscata, and S. sciureus in
indoor/outdoor group settings. Other work with animals includes eusocial
insects, rodents, birds (pigeons), arachnoids, marine mammals, and crustacea.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Douglas K. Candland, evolution of cognition
and emotion. Additional appointment expected for 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Douglas K. Candland, Bucknell University, Lewisburg,
Pa 17837.
*University of Pennsylvania, Departments of Anthropology, Biology, and
Psychology
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Students may enroll for a Ph.D. with a specialization in
Primatology in any of the three sponsoring departments; their graduate program
will conform in structure and content to the requirements of each department.
A group of core interdisciplinary courses is also offered for Primatology
students, in addition to courses that pertain to their specialty (e.g.,
cognition, ecology, behavior). Other resources include the Veterinary School,
the Medical School, the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, and the
Philadelphia Zoo.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Dorothy L. Cheney (Biology: behavior,
communication, cognition); Robert S. O. Harding (Anthropology: ecology,
behavior); Robert M. Seyfarth (Psychology: behavior, communication,
cognition).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the appropriate person at the department of
interest, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 19104, or
[email protected]; [email protected]; or
[email protected].
*University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology
PROGRAM NAME: Physical Anthropology Graduate Program
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Steven J. C. Gaulin (evolution of behavioral
adaptations, particularly those that differ between the sexes; use of
evolutionary theory, behavioral ecology, and comparative psychology to model
the evolution of human behavior); Mark P. Mooney (craniofacial and development
biology, comparative anatomy, experimental morphology, physiological
adaptations to extreme environments, development of animal models for facial
clefts); Jeffrey H. Schwartz (method, theory, and philosophy in evolutionary
biology; origin and diversification of primates; human and faunal skeletal
analysis; dentofacial growth and development); Michael I. Siegel (craniofacial
biology, with a clinical speciality in cleft palate; functional anatomy;
animal models; physiological adaptation).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Nancy J. Stugan, Graduate Admissions Coord nator,
Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
*University of Memphis (formerly Memphis State University), Department
of Psychology.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: M.S. and Ph.D. in Psychology with specialty
concentration in Biopsychology. Within Biopsychology, training is available in
comparative studies of brain and behavior in primates with emphasis on
laterality, visual perception, comparative cognition, individual differences
and aging. A large breeding colony of small-eared bushbabies (Otolemur
garnettii) and a smaller colony of galagos (Galago moholi) are
available for study. Research opportunities are principally in the study of
behavior but there is a large archive of serial sections of brains of primates
and other mammals available.
FACULTY: Jeannette P. Ward
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:Dr. Jeannette P. Ward, Dept of Psychology, Memphis
State Univ., Memphis, TN 38152 [901-678-2375; FAX: 901-678-2579; e-mail:
wardjp@ memstvx1.bitnet].
*Vanderbilt University, Dept. of Psychology
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Psychology Department offers a Ph.D. program in which
research activities concentrate on sensory and cognitive aspects of primate
behavior and the anatomical and physiological substrates for such behavior.
Special interests are in the development and evolution of complex
sensory-cognitive systems in primates. Research involves Prosimians and several
species of Old World and New World monkeys. Methods include computer-assisted
studies of behavior, microelectrode recordings from behaving animals, and
current anatomical and physiological procedures.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: V. A. Casagrande (development of the visual
system, behavior, anatomy, and neurophysiology); S. Florence (development of
somatosensory system); J. H. Kaas (plasticity of sensory motor systems; normal
organization, evolution of complex systems); J. Schall (neural activity during
behavior, visuomotor systems).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Jon H. Kaas, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology, Vanderbilt
University, 301 Psychology Building, Nashville, TN 37240.
*University of Texas, Austin, Anthropology Dept.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: M.A. and Ph.D. degrees are offered in anthropology, with
specialization in physical anthropology, including primate anatomy, evolution,
and behavior.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Claud A. Bramblett (physical anthropology,
primate behavior, osteology); John Kappelman (physical anthropology,
paleobiology, primate evolution, functional morphology); Liza Shapiro
(physical anthropology, primate evolution, functional morphology,
locomotion).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin,
TX 78712.
*Central Washington University, Chimpanzee & Human Communication
Institute, Experimental Psychology, Dept. of Psychology.
PROGRAM NAME AND DESCRIPTION: M.S. in Psychology includes opportunity for
research in the following areas: chimpanzee language, cognition, and
behavior.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Roger S. Fouts (chimpanzee language).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dr. Roger S. Fouts, Chimpanzee & Human
Communication Institute, Central Washingon University, Ellensburg, WA 98926
[e-mail: [email protected]].
*University of Washington, Department of Psychology
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Animal Behavior Program at the University of
Washington is dedicated to providing the best possible graduate training
including research techniques, theory, and actual investigative work with
animals both in the laboratory and in their natural habitat or zoos. The
program leads to the Ph.D. in Psychology, with special training in animal
behavior (including primate social behavior). It is administered by the core
faculty in animal behavior, listed below. One of the great assets of the Animal
Behavior Program is the interest and competence of faculty in departments other
than Psychology. Cordial and cooperative relationships exist with
behavior-oriented colleagues in Zoology, Sociology, Anthropology, Wildlife
Science (College of Fisheries and Forest Resources), the Institute for
Environmental Studies, and the Regional Primate Research Center. Excellent
relations and research potential also exist with the Woodland Park Zoo in
Seattle.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Joan S. Lockard (primate social behavior,
human ethology, zoo animal behavior, neurobehavior); Michael D. Beecher,
(animal communication, avian sociobiology and ecology); Gene P. Sackett
(primate development and behavior); David P. Barash (sociobiology, behavioral
ecology, animal behavior and evolution); Robert C. Bolles (animal behavior,
learning, and motivation); Eliot A. Brenowitz (animal behavior, neuroethology,
neuroendocrinology, animal communication).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Joan S. Lockard, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology NI-25,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98l95.
*University of Wisconsin, Madison, Psychology, Anthropology and
Zoology Departments
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Several Departments have programs related to primatology
in addition to the Primate Center. Subjects for captive research include rhesus
macaques, squirrel monkeys, cotton-top tamarins and pygmy marmosets. Active
field research programs are current in Colombia, Brazil, and Rwanda. A
masters program in Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development has a
strong emphasis on primate conservation.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Walter Leutenegger (Anthropology: evolutionary
biology, morphological adaptations); Karen B. Strier (Anthropology: primate
behavioral ecology); Christopher Coe (Psychology: Director, Harlow Primate
Laboratory, psychoimmunology); Charles T. Snowdon (Psychology and Zoology:
communication, reproductive biology and behavior); Timothy Moermond (Zoology:
Director, Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development, behavioral
ecology, foraging behavior, community ecology).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the faculty members listed for each program,
or the Admissions Secretary of the appropriate department: University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706.
*University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Department of Anthropology
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Ecology, population genetics, comparative anatomy, and
aging in primates, especially African monkeys. DNA analysis for paternity
determination of nonhuman primates. Evolution, behavior, and functional
morphology of non-human primates. More than 500 embalmed and skeletonized
specimens of Cercopithecus aethiops, Cercopithecus ascanius, Cercocebus
albigena, Papio cynocephalus, Saimiri sciureus, Cebus albifrons, and
Saguinus nigricollis. The Department of Anthropology has graduate programs
leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Fred Anapol (primate functional morphology,
muscle biology, skeletal analysis); Trudy R. Turner (DNA analysis, nonhuman
primate population genetics, ecology and evolution, medical genetics); Neil C.
Tappen, emeritus (primate anatomy, ecology, and evolution; structure and
function of bone and muscle).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dept. of Anthropology, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201.
*University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Students may conduct research at the Center by enrolling
in an appropriate academic department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
and by choosing a faculty advisor with Center affiliation. Appropriate
departments for graduate students hoping to do research at the Center include
Psychology, Zoology, Anthropology,
Physiology, Pathology, Veterinary Science, and Meat and Animal Science, as well
as such interdisciplinary programs as the Endocrinology-Reproductive
Physiology Program and the Neuroscience Training Program. For information
about these departments and programs, potential students should write to The
Graduate School, Bascom Hall, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: The Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center
has approximately 120 (Midwest, national and international) Ph.D., M.D. and
D.V.M. level staff. Research Group Chairs only are listed here. John P. Hearn,
Director, and Chair, Reproduction and Development Research Group,
[608-263-3500]; David H. Abbott, Chair, Physiological Ethology Research
Group, [608-263-3583]; Christopher Coe, Chair, Psychobiology Research Group,
[608-263-3550]; Richard Weindruch, Chair, Aging and Metabolic Disease Research
Group, [608-262-0788]; David Pauza, Chair, Immunology and Virology Research
Group, [608-262-9147]; Peter Spear, Chair, Neurobiology Research Group,
[608-262-0837].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: John P. Hearn, Director, Wisconsin Primate Center,
1223 Capitol Court, Madison, WI 53715.
*Australian National University, Canberra, Department of Archaeology
& Anthropology
PROGRAM NAME AND DESCRIPTION: M.A. (by coursework and thesis, or by thesis
alone) and Ph.D. programs in Biological Anthropology, including Primatology.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Colin P. Groves (Primate taxonomy, evolution,
functional morphology, behavior, ecology); Robert Attenborough (behavior,
genetics, epidemiology). Collaboration is also possible with Simon Easteal
(John Curtin School of Medical Research,same university), specializing in
Primate genetics, including DNA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Dr C. P. Groves, Dept. of Archaeology &
Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
*University of Calgary, Department of Anthropology
PROGRAM NAME AND DESCRIPTION: M.A. in Anthropology. The Department awards an
M.A. in Anthropology for primatology studies (in addition to more traditional
anthropological fields). The orientation is towards behavioral and behavioral
ecological approaches, but work in primate anatomy and in palaeoprimatology is
also acceptable. The program is nominally of two years duration and requires
completion of coursework (3 full course equivalents / 6 term credits), a formal
research proposal defense, research (which is normally in the form of field
work), and the preparation and defense of a thesis. Students in the department
have conducted field research on howler monkeys, captive gorillas, captive
bonobos, and Japanese macaques. Special relationships exist with the South
Texas Primate Observatory (Arashiyama "A" troop). A Ph.D. program is in
preparation, and Special Ph.D. applications will be considered by the Dean of
Graduate Studies.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Pamela J. Asquith (Japanese primatology,
cultural effects on science); Usher Fleising (sociobiology, methodology,
ecology); Mary McDonald Pavelka (behavior, social dynamics, Japanese macaques);
James D. Paterson (behavioral ecology, thermobiology, allometry and
bioenergetics, postural studies, evolutionary and taxonomic theory, computers,
methodology and data acquisition).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: U. Fleising, Head, Department of Anthropology,
University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary Alberta, Canada T2N
1N4, or via e-mail contact [email protected] or
[email protected].
*Universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews and Stirling
PROGRAM NAME AND DESCRIPTION: Scottish Primate Research Group.
Increasing collaboration over recent years has led to the formation of this
research group with a core membership of fieldworkers from the 3 universities.
Each institution provides funds for regular attendance at joint research
meetings. Field studies are carried out at several African sites, especially in
Gabon, Kenya, and Rwanda.
FACULTY AND THEIR SPECIALTIES: Elizabeth Rogers (Zoology, Edinburgh: Feeding
ecology of African apes); Richard Byrne (Psychology, St Andrews: Cognition in
primates, manual skill and laterality, forag ing behavior); Andrew Whiten
(Psychology, St Andrews: Developmental behavioral ecology, social learning,
cognition).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Prof. C. Culler, Postgraduate Admissions, Dept. of
Psychology, Univ. of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9JU, Scotland.
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