Students and Post-docs


CURRENT PhD STUDENTS
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
Nicole Thompson  PhD in progress    Juvenile social development and cognition

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
Annie Margaret Dean   MA 2012    Short-term grooming reciprocity in blue monkeys
James Fuller  PhD 2013  Diversity of form, content, and function in the vocal signals of adult male blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni): an evolutionary approach to understanding a signal repertoire.


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


UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI

Alison Forrestel, 2000, Long-term changes in vegetation structure in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Chrissy Scully, 2001, Habitat disturbance and vegetation structure in the  Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Peter Macchia, 2002, Insight into the function of boom calls in wild blue monkeys: a behavioral and sound analysis
Katie Ross, 2002, Group size and competition in blue monkeys
Scott Simpson, 2005, Kinship bias in the social behavior of adult female blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) in the  Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Sona Mason, 2006, Scramble competition in a social mammal: group size, travel costs and social hierarchies in blue monkeys
Jessica Nepom, 2008, Effects of dominance rank on feeding behavior in African blue monkeys
Michael Sheehan, 2008 Univ. of Pennsylvania, Male and female juvenile blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) differ in amount but not patterns of social behavior
Kaitlyn Gaynor, 2009, Anti-predator and social monitoring functions of vigilance behavior in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis)
Elizabeth McGovern, 2011 Barnard, With a little help from my friends: changes in social behavior in female blue monkeys following major life events
Vicky Du, 2011, Self-directed behaviors as measures of anxiety in blue monkeys
Nathan Bailey, 2011, Contest competition within a tree crown: vertical stratification of feeding by blue monkey females
Frances Hardy, 2012, Factors influencing infant survival in wild blue monkeys
Tawni Goodman, 2012, Group size and time budgets in wild blue monkeys

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