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Curriculum Vitae |
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Education |
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| 2001 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(M.A., Anthropology, Concentration in Primate Behavior) |
| 1998 |
College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
(B.S., Anthropology, Minor in Biology) |
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Research and Work Experience |
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2001- 2003 Research Associate
LABS of Virginia, Inc. Division of Research and
Development
- Collection and analysis of data for NIH-funded research
project examining the relationships among monoamines,
hormones, behavior, and life history variables in free-ranging
and captive Macaca mulatta. Additional work-related duties
included manuscript preparation, physiological data collection,
colony management of three primate species, assistance
in surgical procedures for Aotus, and management of a
behavioral project addressing cognitive aspects of tool
use in Cebus apella. Supervisor for two Research Associates. |
| 2000 University of Illinois Thesis Research – Collection
of behavioral data June-July, 2000 on a rhesus monkey social
group at LABS of Virginia, Inc. in Yemassee, SC. Data collection
focused on male-infant and male-female interactions. Genetic
paternity testing was completed in November, 2001 for the
same group of animals at the University of Illinois, Dept.
of Animal Sciences. Master’s Thesis completed and
approved by committee April, 2001. |
| 1999 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Analysis
of behavioral and radiotracking data with Dr. Paul Garber.
Data were collected by Dr. Garber in Brazil during Spring
1999, as part of an ongoing project addressing questions
of mixed species associations among wild populations of
tamarins (Saguinus fuscicollis, Saguinus labiatus and Callimico
goeldii). |
| 1998 College of Charleston – Analysis of Eocene
perissodactyl fossils form The Great Divide Basin, Wyoming.
Study with Dr. Dana Cope, College of Charleston. Hyracotherium
and Homogalax fossils were analyzed for species identification,
using both qualitative (development of the protoloph and
metaloph on lower molars) and quantitative (statistical
analyses) data. Species were then used to examine biostratigraphic
implications by comparison with well documented stratigraphic
sequences in the Clark’s Fork, Bighorn and Wind River
Basins, Wyoming. |
| 1997 Nicaragua – Field study of sex-based differences
in activity patterns of mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta
palliata) in dry tropical forest at Ometepe Biological
Field Station, Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua. |
| 1997 South Carolina – Group Formation Technician
at LABS of Virginia in Yemassee, SC. Duties included the
formation of social groups in three species of macaques
(Macaca nemestrina, Macaca fascicularis, and Macaca mulatta)
as well as one species of capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella).
Other job requirements included daily behavioral and medical
observations, care of neonates, administration of psychopharmacological
drugs, maintenance of group compositions and dominance
hierarchies, and environmental enrichment. |
| 1997 Wyoming – Field assistant in the Great Divide
Basin Project, co-sponsored by SUNY-Geneseo and the College
of Charleston. Late Paleocene and early Eocene mammal fossils
were collected for three weeks in the Great Divide Basin,
central Wyoming. Fossils collected cover a large variety
of Paleocene and Eocene taxa, including plesiadapiforms,
primates, perissodactyls, artiodactyls, condylarths and
rodents. |
| 1997 South Carolina – Internship at LABS of Virginia
under the direction of Drs. Patrick Mehlman and David Taub.
Requirements included mastery of all aspects of nonhuman
primate husbandry, including animal care, research, behavioral
care, and veterinary care. Additional requirements included
behavioral data collection on free-ranging rhesus monkeys
(Macaca mulatta) at Morgan Island, SC and tracking of animals
using radio telemetry. |
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Teaching Experience |
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2001 Ometepe Biological Field Station, Nicaragua – Teaching
Assistant
Advanced Field Course in Primate Behavior and Ecology |
2001 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Teaching
Assistant
Anthropology 240 Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
2000 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Teaching
Assistant
Anthropology 343 Primate Morphology and Behavior |
1999 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Teaching
Assistant
Anthropology 240 Introduction to Physical Anthropology |
1998 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Teaching
Assistant
Anthropology 143 The Biological Bases of Human Behavior |
1998 College of Charleston – Undergraduate Teaching
Assistant
Anthropology 336 Primate Behavior and Evolution |
1997 College of Charleston – Undergraduate Teaching
Assistant
Anthropology 103 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Lab |
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Grant Money Received |
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| 2001 |
University of Illinois Graduate College Conference
Travel Grant
($115.00) March 28-April 1, 2001. For travel to Kansas
City, MO. Presentation of paper “Behavioral and Genetic
Correlates of Male-Infant Interactions in a Captive Group
of Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) at the 70th Annual
Meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
(P.A. Garber, coauthor). |
| 2000 |
University of Illinois Graduate College Dissertation
Travel Grant
($2,992.00) May 15 - December 2000 for “Genetic and
Behavioral
Correlates of Male - Infant Interactions in a Species of
Nonhuman Primate
(Macaca mulatta)” |
| 2000 |
University of Illinois Department of Anthropology
Summer Research
Travel Grant ($2000.00) May 15 – August 30 2000 for “Genetic
and
Behavioral Correlates of Male – Infant Interactions
in a Species of
Nonhuman Primate (Macaca mulatta)”
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Awards & Certifications |
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| 2002 |
A.L.A.T. Certification (American Association
of Laboratory Animal Science) |
| 2000 |
University of Illinois List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent
By
Their Students (Spring Semester, Primate Morphology and
Behavior,
ANTH 343) |
| 1999 |
University of Illinois List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent
By
Their Students (Spring Semester, Introduction to Biological
Anthropology,
ANTH 240) |
| 1995-98 |
Dean’s List, College of Charleston |
| 1996 |
Lambda Alpha National Anthropological Honor Society |
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Committee Membership and Service |
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| 2000-2001 |
Graduate Advisory Committee, UIUC Dept. of
Anthropology
Awards Committee, UIUC Dept. of Anthropology |
| 1999-2000 |
Job Search/Hiring Committee, UIUC Dept. of Anthropology |
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