Department of Psychology: Roger Fouts

Dr. Roger Fouts Professor of Psychology Co-Director, Chimpanzee-Human Communication Institute Director of University Research B.A. California State College, Long Beach Ph.D. University of Nevada-Reno Office: CHCI 113 / Barge 305 Phone: (509) 963-2214 / 963-3104 Email: foutsr@cwu.edu

Courses Typically Taught at CWU:

• PSY 101: Introductory Psychology
• PSY 473: Thought and Language
• PSY 552: Human Growth and Development, Advanced

Research Interests:

• Language Acquisition
• Primate Behavior
• Comparative Psychology

Recent Works:

Hicks, T.C., Fouts, R. S. & Fouts, D. H.  (2005).  Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) tool use in the Ngotto Forest, Central African Republic.  American Journal of Primatology, 65, 221-237. 

Fouts, R.S.  (2005). Foreword.  In F. D. McMillian (Ed).  Mental health and well-being in animals.  Iowa State University Press, pp. xv-xvii.

 Jensvold, M.L., Field, A., Cranford, J., Fouts, R.S., & Fouts, D.H. (2005).  Incidence of wounding within a group of five signing chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).  Laboratory Primate Newsletter, 44. 5-7.

 Fouts, R. (2004).  Apes, Darwinian continuity and the law. Animal Law, 10, 99-124.

 Fouts, R. S. & Fouts, D. H. (2004).  Primate language.  In R. Gregory (Ed.), The Oxford companion to the mind.  Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, pp 744-747.

 Fouts, R.S. (2004).  What was he thinking? A review of C.D. Wynne’s “Do animals think.”  Ethology, 110, 835-836.

 Fouts, R. Jensvold, M.L., & Fouts, D. (2004)  Talking chimpanzees.  In M. Bekoff (Ed.) Encyclopedia of animal behavior.  Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, pp. 324-327.

Jensvold, M. L., Fouts, R. S., & Fouts, D. H. (2004). Assessment of species typical behaviours in captive chimpanzees. Animal Welfare, 13, S243.

Fouts, R.S. & Mills, S.T. (1998). Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees. Bard Books.