March 1995
Indexed by Region
Southern United States
Loyola University - New Orleans, Louisiana
University of Texas - Austin, Texas
Eastern United States
Fordham University - Bronx, New York
Bucknell University - Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Franklin and Marshall College - Lancaster, Pennsylvania
College of William and Mary - Williamsburg, Virginia
Western United States
Arizona State University - Tempe, Arizona
University of California - San Diego, California
California State University - San Marcos, California
University of Colorado - Boulder, Colorado
University of Washington - Seattle, Washington
MidWestern United States
Loyola University of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
Miami University - Oxford, Ohio
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Illinois
Foreign Programs
University of Calgary - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
University College London - London, England
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Department(s) offering major: Anthropology
Other Departments involved: Zoology
Contact Person(s): Dr. Leanne T. Nash (primate behavior & ecology)
Dr. Mary Marzke (primate comparative functional)
Department of Anthropology
Box 872402
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
Phone: (602) 965-6213 (Anthropology Dept.)
Fax: (602) 965-7671 (Anthropology Dept.)
Phone: (602) 965-4812 (Dr. Nash)
E-mail: ATLTN@asuvm.inre.asu.edu (Dr. Nash)
Phone: (602) 965-6237 (Dr. Marzke)
Course Offerings: Courses in Anthropology include Primatology, Primate Behavior Laboratory, Comparative Primate Anatomy, Osteology, Human Variation (heavy genetics emphasis). Courses in Zoology/Biology include Mammology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Animal Behavior, Vertebrate Zoology, Sociobiology, Techniques in Field Zoology, Animal Ecology, Systematic Techniques in Animal Behavior, Scientific Conservation Biology, Biometry, and Computer Applications in Biology.
Research Opportunities: Phoenix Zoo has several different primate species and encourages student research. Occasional possibilities for student research at the Primate Foundation of Arizona (PFA), a chimpanzee holding institution, if project is approved by PFA. Other Information: This is not an "organized" major (one could major in Anthropology or Zoology with added requirements to fulfill). It is however, a concentration which students can develop individually. See Guide to Departments, American Anthropology Association for more information on this department.
California State University, San Marcos
San Marcos, California
Department(s) offering major: Psychology
Contact Person(s): Nancy Caine
Psychology Department
California State University, San Marcos
San Marcos, CA 92096
(619) 750-4145
Course Offerings:
Biopsychology, Comparative Animal Behavior, and Animal Learning.
Research Opportunities: San Diego Zoo and the Wild Animal Park.
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla, California
Department(s) offering major: Anthropology
Other Departments involved: Biology; potentially Cognitive
Sciences
Contact Person(s): Jim Moore
Department of Anthropology
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0101
Phone: (619) 534-5572 E-mail: jjmoore@ucsd.edu
Course Offerings:
ANLD 42 Primates in Nature - Introduction to primates,
emphasis on behavior.
ANBI 148 Primate Behavioral Ecology - Emphasis on design and
implementation of zoo research projects.
ANBI 187C Intern Seminar in Ethology - Individual directed
research at the San Diego Zoo or Wild Animal Park.
The Biology Department offers an excellent selection of courses in behavioral ecology, animal communication, population genetics and conservation biology. We have a Major in Anthropology with Concentration in Biological Anthropology that involves taking at least five UD electives in bioanthropology and 4 from amongst the biology of relevant cognitive sciences courses. Departmental foci include primitive behavior, social cognition, conservation, and modeling of early hominid behavior.
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Department(s) offering major: Anthropology
Contact Person(s): Dr. David L. Greene
Department of Anthropology
Campus Box 233
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: (303) 492-7602
Course Offerings: The anthropology department offers three courses that satisfy natural science core requirements - two introduction to physical science courses with accompanying labs (lower division) and primate behavior (upper division). Primate behavior is taught every semester (including summer). During spring and fall semesters a second section is inevitably opened up due to the huge wait list.
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois
Department offering major: Anthropology. There is no major in primatology, but anthropology majors may take several courses in biological anthropology, most involving a substantial amount of primatology.
Contact person: Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Anthropology
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901-4502
telephone: (618) 536-6651
fax: (618) 453-5037
Course Offerings:
ANTH 210 Survey of the Primates
ANTH 300A Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANTH 300E Bioanthropology Laboratory
ANTH 330 Biological Foundations of Human Behavior
ANTH 440A The Fossil Evidence of Human Evolution
ANTH 440B Race and Human Variation
ANTH 440C Context of Human Evolution
ANTH 444 Human Genetics and Demography
ANTH 455A Dental Anthropology
ANTH 455B Laboratory Methods
ANTH 455C Primate Behavior and Ecology
ANTH 455D Quantitative Methods
ANTH 455E Biomedical Anthropology
ANTH 455F Human Growth, Development, and Adaptation
ANTH 455G Primate Biology and Evolution
ANTH 455H Osteology
ANTH 455I Comparative and Functional Primate Anatomy
Research Opportunities: Teaching and research in primatology is carried out by three biological anthropology faculty members in the Department of Anthropology: Brenda R. Benefit, Ph.D. [primate paleontology (especially Old World monkeys and apes), functional anatomy, diet and dentition, paleoecology; excavation of Miocene deposits at Maboko Island, Kenya], Robert S. Corruccini, Ph.D. [paleontology, osteology, multivariate methods, dental anthropology, epidemiology; India, Italy, Caribbean], and Susan M. Ford, Ph.D. [primate paleontology and systematics (especially New World monkeys and early anthropoids), evolutionary theory, functional and comparative anatomy; South America]. Outstanding undergraduate students have recently been involved with field, museum, and laboratory research concerning the phylogenetic relationships, adaptations, and ecology of fossil primates from the middle Miocene of Kenya and the skeletal biology of a burial population in Barbados. Some funding has been provided for undergraduate research, on an individual basis, through the Research Experience for Undergraduates program of the National Science Foundation. [Info updated July 1998]
Loyola University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Department(s) offering major: Sociology and Anthropology
Contact Person(s): Dr. James M. Calcagno
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
6525 Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60626
Phone: (312) 508-3472
Course Offerings:
Courses include Primatology: Behavior and Ecology; Animal
Behavior; Special Topics in Biological Anthropology; Independent
Study.
Research Opportunities: Students often conduct projects in association with the Lincoln Park Zoo.
Loyola University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Department(s) offering major: Psychology
Other Departments involved: Biological Sciences
Contact Person(s): Dr. Evan L. Zucker
Department of Psychology
Loyola University
6363 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: (504) 865-3255
E-mail: zucker@beta.loyno.edu
Course Offerings:
Loyola university in New Orleans offers a B.A. degree in
Psychology. All Psychology majors are required to take Introduction
to Psychology, Introduction to Research, Statistics and Methods,
and History & Systems of Psychology. Other requirements include (a)
2 of 3 "psychology as a social science" courses (Developmental,
Abnormal, or Social Psychology) and (b) 2 "psychology as a natural
science" courses (Cognition OR Psychology of Learning;
Physiological Psychology OR Sensation and Perception). A laboratory
course must be taken with one of these natural science courses.
Available electives relevant to primatology include Comparative
Psychology, Environmental Psychology, and Psychopharmacology. A one-
hour course entitled Naturalistic Observation Laboratory is offered
in the spring semester of even numbered years. Courses in
Evolution, Ecology, Genetics, Zoological Diversity, and Comparative
Anatomy are available in the Biological Sciences Department.
Anthropology courses may be taken at Tulane University (located
next to Loyola).
Research Opportunities: Opportunities for research (for credit) include the Senior Research and Thesis sequence (2-semesters) and Independent Studies. Research facilities include the Audubon Zoo (one mile from campus) and the Tulane Regional Primate Research Center (about 40 miles from campus). The Loyola University Library has limited holdings related to primatology, but the Tulane University Library is better stocked, and is located nearby.
Fordham University
Bronx, New York 10458
Department(s) offering major: Biological Sciences (Ecology)
Contact Person(s): Dr. Carey Yeager
Calder Center of Fordham University
Box K
Whippoorwill Road
Armonk, NY 10504
Phone: (914) 273-3078
Course Offerings:
Graduate courses offered include Ecology, Ecological Methods,
Physiological Ecology, Systematics, Limnology, Vertebrate Ecology
and Behavior, Entomology, Conservation Biology, Primate Behavior
and Ecology, Paleoecology, Tropical Biodiversity, Environmental
Management, and Biostatistics, among others. Teaching
assistantships and tuition waivers are available at the Calder
center (the ecology field station in Armonk) and at the main
campus. Fordham is part of a consortium with Columbia, C.U.N.Y. and
N.Y.U., and Ph.D. students may take courses for free at these
institutions. We also have an informal arrangement with WCS/NYZS
(formerly called the Bronx Zoo) and students have done tutorials
with staff from the zoo. Zoo staff may also serve on graduate
committees as outside members.
Research Opportunities: Dr. Yeager has a permanent field site in Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia. Facilities include motor boats, two 10m x 12m buildings for student housing and lab facilities, two 6m x 6m houses for Dr. Yeager and staff, a kitchen, four vegetation plots containing over 2000 tagged trees and a trail system. There are nine primate species in the park (orangutan, gibbon, proboscis monkey, red leaf-eating monkey, silver leaf-eating monkey, long- tailed macaque, pig-tailed macaque, slow loris, and supposedly, tarsiers).
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
Department(s) offering major: Sociology, Gerontology & Anthropology
Other Departments involved: Zoology
Contact Person(s): William C. McGrew or Linda F. Marchant
Dept. of Sociology, Gerontology & Anthropology
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
Phone: (513) 529-7777 Fax: (513) 529-3841
Isaiah O. Nengo
Department of Zoology
Course Offerings:
ATH 255 Foundations of Biological Anthropology
ATH 355 Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution
ATH 380 Observation of Nonhuman Primate Behavior -
Honors course taught at Cincinnati Zoo
ATH 390 Primate Biology & Behavior
ATH/ZOO 497 Socio-Ecology of Primates
ATH/ZOO 498 Evolution of Human Behavior
ATH 477 Independent Study - Course for Seniors
Research Opportunities: Research funding for undergraduates available for summer research on or off campus; some funding for in-semester research, on campus. Other Information: There is no major in primatology, but Anthropology or Zoology majors or minors may take several courses in the area, as listed above. Future plans call for a new course in Primate Evolution, and the development of a thematic sequence (foundation -- electives -- capstone) in Primate evolution. There is no graduate program in anthropology.
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Department(s) offering major: Program in Animal Behavior
Other Departments involved: Biology; Psychology
Contact Person(s): Douglas Candland, Chair Animal Behavior Program
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone: (717) 524-1200
E-mail: candland@bucknell.edu
Course Offerings:
BA or BS with core work in biology (4) and psychology (5),
chemistry (2), physics (2, for BS), math (2) and statistics (1);
intro and advanced animal behavior (2); research + college
requirements (language, humanities, etc.)
Research Opportunities: Indoor/outdoor longstanding and socially housed groups of Papio hamadryas and Macaca fuscata. Indoor longstanding socially housed groups of Saimiri.
Franklin & Marshall College
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Department(s) offering major: Biology, Psychology
Contact Person(s): Prof. Roger K. R. Thompson
Whitely Psychology Laboratories of F&M College
P.O. Box 3003
Lancaster, PA 17604-3003
Phone: (717) 291-4202
Voice: (717) 291-4181
Fax: (717) 291-4387
E-mail: R_Thompson@acad.fandm.edu
Course Offerings:
Students interested in the biological foundations of behavior may
elect a joint-major in biology and psychology with concentrations
in either animal behavior or the neurosciences. Courses involving
research include: Animal Behavior; Introduction to Neuroscience;
Biological Psychology, Evolution of Mind & Behavior; Topics in
Animal Behavior / Neuroscience (e.g., primate socio-ecology);
Comparative Neurobiology; Advanced Research in Biological
Psychology; Independent Research in Biology / Psychology.
Research Opportunities: Franklin & Marshall offers undergraduate research opportunities in animal behavior with group housed squirrel monkeys and research in comparative cognition with macaques.
University of Texas-Austin
Austin, Texas
Department(s) offering major: Anthropology
Other Departments involved: Zoology
Contact Person(s): Claud Bramblett or Deborah Overdorff
(primatology)
John Kappleman or Liza Shapiro (paleo/anatomy)
Department of Anthropology
University of Texas-Austin
Austin, Texas 78712-4206
Phone: (512) 471-4206
Fax: (512) 471-6532
Course Offerings:
ANTH 301 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
ANTH 318 Human Evolution - Also taught as 348 with a laboratory
ANTH 321 Human Adaptability
ANTH 323 Primate Behavior
ANTH 324 Topics in Anthropology - "Human Biology and Gender"
and "Primate Ecology"
ANTH 350 Evolution of Primate Behavior
ANTH 432 Topics in Paleoanthropology - "Human Evolution,"
"Primate Anatomy," and "Paleomagnetism"
ANTH 359 Honors Seminar
Research Opportunities: On site colony of vervet and sykes monkeys, other Primate facilities in Texas, Duke University Primate Center, possible research field opportunities in Madagascar. Other Information: Degree offered is in anthropology but students can specialize in primatology. New program next year called "Human Biology" which will allow students to specialize in a degree in physical anthropology.
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
Department(s) offering major: Anthropology
Other Departments involved: Biology
Contact Person(s): Barbara J. King
Anthropology Department
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Phone: (804) 221-1062
E-mail: bjking@mail.wm.edu
Course Offerings:
Primate Behavior; Primate Communication and Cognition, Human
Origins, Evolutionary Genetics, Animal Physiology, Animal Behavior,
Animal Behavior Lab, and Independent Research.
Research Opportunities: Very limited research opportunities at the National Zoo and the Virginia Zoo at Norfolk; related coursework in Biological Anthropology.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Department(s) offering major: Anthropology - Physical Anthropology
Other Departments involved: Psychology
Contact Person(s): Laura Newell-Morris
Department of Anthropology, DH-05
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: (206) 453-5385
E-mail: lnm@u.washington.edu
Course Offerings:
PHYA 201 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
PHYA 370 Introduction to the Primates
PHYA 388/389 Human Fossils and Evolution - Includes the
nonhuman record
PHYA 486 Primate Socioecology
PHYA 499 Human and Comparative Osteology - Offered on an
irregular basis
PHYA 499* Undergraduate Research
PSYCH 409 Sociobiology
PSYCH 418 Primate Social Behavior - Professor Joan Lockard
PSYCH 419** Behavioral Studies of Zoo Animals
Research Opportunities: *Offers opportunity to conduct research on macaque infant growth and development at the Infant Primate Research Laboratory of the Regional Primate Center at the University of Washington. **Offers behavioral research opportunities at the Woodland Park Zoo. Other Information: A student enrolled in this program would be considered an anthropology major with a focus on physical anthropology.
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Department(s) offering major: Anthropology
Other Departments involved: Archaeology; Linguistics; Biological
Sciences; Statistics; Psychology
Contact Person(s): Ms. Myrna Haglund, Department Secretary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2N 1N4
Phone: (403) 220-6516
Fax: (403) 284-5467 (Anthro. Dept.)
Dr. Usher Fleising, Head - fleising@acs.ucalgary.ca
Dr. James Paterson - paterson@acs.ucalgary.ca
Dr. Mary McDonald-Pavelka - pavelka@acs.ucalgary.ca
Dr. Pamela Asquith - asquith@acs.ucalgary.ca
Course Offerings:
ANTH 201 Introduction to Human Evolution
ANTH 309 An Introduction to Primates
ANTH 311 Primate Behaviour
ANTH 351 Method and Theory in Primatology - 3 hours lecture,
3 hours lab per week. Observational exercises
(Paterson, 1992) conducted at the Calgary Zoo.
ANTH 353 Primate Evolution - 3 hrs lecture, 3 hrs lab per week.
Systematics, taxonomy and cladistics as well as evolutionary theory
and primate evolution. Lab work involves the use of MacClade, statistical packages, & optionally) PAUP 3.1 to analyze cast material.
ANTH 361 Human Ethology and Sociobiology
ANTH 451 Primate Behavioural Ecology - Seminar courses in
advanced behavioural ecology.
ANTH 452 Field Studies in Primatology - Full course equivalent (6 hrs lecture, 6 hrs lab credit) conducted at the South Texas Primate
Observatory. Nominally every other year, actually every year 1990 - 1995.
ANTH 453 Primate Behavioural Research Design - Half course
equivalent (3 hrs lecture, 3 hours lab credit) conducted at the
South Texas Primate Observatory. Nominally every other year, actually every
year 1990-1995.
ANTH 457 Paleoprimatology - Seminar course in advanced cladistics
& scenario construction for fossil primates.
ANTH 404 /505 Half and full course Independent Study projects
operated on a one to one basis.
Research Opportunities: Limited to those associated with course work, behavioral observational projects at the Calgary Zoo and the South Texas Primate Conservatory. Future opportunities associated with the field research projects of the faculty are unknown at the time of writing.
University College London
London, England
Department(s) offering major: Anthropology
Other Departments involved: Genetics and Biometry; Biology
Contact Person(s): Dr. Leslie C. Aiello
Department of Anthropology
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT, England
Phone: +44 71 380-7085
Course Offerings:
Within the B.Sc. in Anthropology we currently offer courses on
Primate Behavior, Sociobiology, Evolution of Cognition, Human
Evolution (introductory and advanced). There is the option to do
relevant courses in our Departments of Genetics and Biometry and of
Biology (Sex, Genes and Evolution; Evolution of Animal Behaviour;
Behavioural Ecology).
Research Opportunities: We have strong teaching and research connections with the Institute of Zoology (London Zoo). We encourage Junior Year Abroad students.
International Directory of Primatology
Contact: Cynthia Robinson, Head of Library Services,
Primate Center Library, Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center,
1220 Capitol Court, Madison, WI 53715-1299
Phone: (608) 263-3512, Fax: (608) 263-4031,
E-mail: library@primate.wisc.edu
or
Laboratory Primate Newsletter
Contact: Judith Schrier
Box 1853, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
Phone: (401) 863-2511, Fax: (401) 863-1300,
E-mail: primate@brownvm.brown.edu
URL: http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/aspunder.html
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Last updated: July 9, 1998.
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