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Department of Psychology: Megan D. Matheson
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Dr. Megan D. Matheson

Associate Professor

B.A. (1993): University of Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada)
M.S. (1995): University of Georgia
Ph.D. (1998): University of Georgia

Office: 479 Psychology Building
Phone: (509) 963-3668
Email: MathesoM@cwu.edu

Courses Typically Taught at CWU:

  • Introductory Statistics
  • Intermediate Statistics
  • Evolutionary Psychology
  • Research in Natural Environments

Research Interests:

  • Primate social behavior
  • Stress and coping

Selected Publications:

McCarthy, M.S., Matheson, M.D., Lester, J.D., Sheeran, L.K., Li, J.H. & Wagner, R.S. (2007) Sequences of Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) behaviors and tourist behaviors at Mt. Huangshan, China. American Journal of Primatology, 69 (Suppl.1), 42.

Matheson, M.D., Hartel, J., Whitaker, C., Sheeran, L.K., Li, J.H. & Wagner, R.S. (2007). Self-directed behavior correlates with tourist density in free-living Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) at the Valley of the Wild Monkeys, Mt. Huangshan, China. American Journal of Primatology, 69 (Suppl.1), 41-42.

Matheson, M.D., Sheeran, L.K., Li, J.H., & Wagner, R.S. (2006). Tourist impact on Tibetan Macaques. Anthrozoos, 19, 158 - 168.

Matheson, M.D.,  Fragaszy, D.M., and Johnson-Pynn, J.S. (2005). Response to novel housing in two groups of captive tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Primates, 46, 235-240.

Matheson, M.D. & Bernstein, I.S. (2000). Grooming, social bonding, and agonistic aiding in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology, 51, 177 – 186.

Matheson, M.D. (1999) Social contact following severe aggression in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): A new test of the consolation hypothesis. International Journal of Primatology, 20, 961 - 975.
Contact Information
Department of Psychology
400 E. University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7575
Phone: (509) 963-2381
Fax: (509) 963-2307
Email: steins@cwu.edu
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