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CURRENT
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Amanda
Johnston PhD in prog Population
genomics, ecology and conservation biology of goldem monkeys in Gishwati
Forest, Rwanda |
Lilah Sciakey MA in prog Social and ecological drivers of variation in age at first reproduction in female blue monkeys |
Rory Wakeford MA in prog Drivers and consequences of group fission in blue monkeys |
GRADUATE STUDENT ALUMNI
Peter Fashing PhD 1999 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 Intraspecific Variation in Foraging
Patterns of Redtail Monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius) in the Kakamega
Forest, Kenya |
Larissa Swedell PhD 2000
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 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 Social Organization and Ecology of
Mentawai Leaf Monkeys (Presbytis potenziani) |
Paul Buzzard PhD
2004 Interspecific Competition among Cercopithecus
campbelli, C. petaurista and C. diana at Tai Forest, Cote d'Ivoire |
Shahrina Chowdhury MA 2004 Life History of Female Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus
mitis stuhlmanni) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya |
Stefan Ekernas MA 2005 Proximate Reasons for Natal Dispersal
in Blue Monkeys |
Christos Mammides MA 2006 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 Understanding the Pair Bond in Brown Titi Monkeys (Callicebus
brunneus): Male and Female Reproductive Interests |
Jeffrey Hatcher PhD 2007 Relating Paternity and Population Genetics in Blue
Monkeys, Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni: Empirical Results and
Strategies for Obtaining Them |
Steffen Foerster
PhD 2009 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 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. |
Su-Jen Roberts PhD 2014 Intrasexual
competition and reproduction in wild blue monkeys |
Allison Roth
MA 2015 Effects
of group size and contest location on the outcome and intensity of intergroup
contests in wild blue monkeys |
Lu Gao MA 2017 Understanding
dynamic male numbers and behavior in blue monkey groups |
Nicole
Thompson PhD 2018 The benefits of social ties over the life cycle in blue monkeys |
Maressa
Takahashi PhD 2018 The nutritional ecology of adult female blue monkeys in the
Kakamega Forest, Kenya |
Alex Procton
MA 2018 Within-group
social cohesion and between-group aggression in blue monkeys |
Jen Tinsman
PhD 2020 Geospatial
and genomic tools for conserving the Critically Endangered blue-eyed black
lemur (Eulemur flavifrons) and the Endangered black lemur (E.
macaco) |
Rachel Donabedian
MA 2020 Dominance rank
acquisition in a primate with low aggression and coalition rates |
Holly
Fuong PhD 2021 Social animals
detecting danger: how social relations influence antipredator behavior in a noisy forest |
POST-DOCTORAL ALUMNAE
Eleni Nikitopoulos, now Assistant Professor and Associate
Dean, New York Institute of Technology |
Kate
Detwiler, now
Associate 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 College, With a
little help from my friends: changes in social behavior in female blue
monkeys following major life events |
Nathan Bailey, 2011,
Contest competition within a tree crown: vertical stratification of feeding
by blue monkey females (Cercopithecus mitis) |
Vicky Du, 2011,
Self-directed behaviors as measures of anxiety in blue monkeys |
Frances Hardy, 2012,
Factors influencing infant survival in wild blue monkeys |
Tawni Goodman, 2012,
Group size and time budgets in wild blue monkeys |
Taylor Minich, 2016,
Paternal kin recognition in blue monkeys |
Darcy Cassidy, 2016
Barnard College, Snake recognition in blue monkeys |
Rachel Bell, 2016,
Variation in activity budgets of blue monkey females |
Carlos Martinez, 2017,
The time course of infant weaning in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis
stuhlmanni): alternative measures and factors underlying variation |
Sofia Schembari, 2019,
Reluctant males: why blue monkey males reject female
advances |
Natalia Arguelles, 2021, Understanding variation in rates of injury and poor health in wild blue monkeys |
Emma Gometz, 2021, What predicts daytime births in blue monkeys, and how does hour of birth affect survivorship? |