Students and Post-docs


 
CURRENT STUDENTS
James Fuller  PhD in progress Diversity of form and function in the vocal signals of male blue monkeys: an evolutionary approach to characterizing a vocal repertoire
Su-Jen Roberts    PhD in progress   Male reproduction and population genetic structure in blue monkeys of the Kakamega Forest
Maressa Takahashi   PhD in progress    Behavioral ecology and conservation
Annie Margaret Dean   MA in progress    Proximate mechanisms of grooming reciprocity in an Old World monkey
Nathan Bailey, Senior Thesis in progress   Intratree vertical variation of fruit density and intragroup female-female contest competition in blue monkeys


GRADUATE STUDENT ALUMNI
Peter Fashing   PhD 1999, Anthropology   The Behavioral Ecology of an African Colobine Monkey: Diet, Range Use, and Patterns of Intergroup Aggression in Eastern Black and White Colobus Monkeys (Colobus guereza)
Joel Mwangi Gathua  PhD 1999, Anthropology   Intraspecific Variation in Foraging Patterns of Redtail Monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Larissa Swedell   PhD 2000, Anthropology   Social Behavior and Reproductive Strategies of Female Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas) in Ethiopia
Karen Pazol  PhD 2001, University of Pennsylvania   Social, Ecological, and Endocrine Influences on Remale Relationships in Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni)
James Warfield  PhD 2003, Anthropology    Attachment Bonds And Behavior In Free-Ranging Male Infant Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta): Species-Typical Patterns And Individual Differences In Secure Base Use And Security
Sasimar Sangchantr  PhD 2003, Anthropology   Social Organization and Ecology of Mentawai Leaf Monkeys (Presbytis potenziani)
Paul Buzzard  PhD 2004, Anthropology  Interspecific Competition among Cercopithecus campbelli, C. petaurista and C. diana at Tai Forest, Cote d'Ivoire
Shahrina Chowdhury MA 2004, Conservation Biology Life History of Female Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Stefan Ekernas MA 2005, Conservation Biology Proximate Reasons for Natal Dispersal in Blue Monkeys
Christos Mammides MA 2006, Conservation Biology The Effects of Human Disturbance and Food Supply on the Population Densities of Three Primate Species in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Jenna Lawrence  PhD 2007, Ecology & Evolution Understanding the Pair Bond in Brown Titi Monkeys (Callicebus brunneus): Male and Female Reproductive Interests
Jeffrey Hatcher  PhD 2007, Anthropology Relating Paternity and Population Genetics in Blue Monkeys, Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni: Empirical Results and Strategies for Obtaining Them
Steffen Förster, PhD 2009, Ecology & Evolution, Feeding ecology, social behavior and physiological responses to stressors in blue and Sykes' monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni and C. m. albogularis)
Leah Card  MA 2010    Assessing fruit availability for a generalist frugivore, the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Keren Klass  MA 2010    Dominance and agonism in wild blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Emily Miller  MA 2010     Mixed-species associations of blue monkeys and black-and-white colobus monkeys in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Michelle Brown   PhD 2011, Evolutionary Primatology   Intergroup encounters in grey-cheeked mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena) and redtail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius): form and function


POST-DOCTORAL ALUMNI
Eleni Nikitopoulos, now Assistant Professor at New York Institute of Technology
Kate Detwiler, now Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University

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