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Primate Behavior and Ecology
Dr. Jessica Mayhew, Director
(509)-963-3220
Jessica.Mayhew@cwu.edu
Ms. Penelope Anderson, Secretary Senior
(509)-963-3201
Penelope.Anderson@cwu.edu
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ABOUT
The Primate Behavior and Ecology program provides students with interdisciplinary perspectives on the relationships between non-human primates and the environment in both captive and free-range settings. Learn more about where we work.
The Primate Behavior and Ecology program is unique in the state of Washington (and the United States more broadly) and prepares students for graduate programs in primate behavior, behavioral ecology, animal behavior and related fields; for conservation careers in governmental and nongovernmental organizations; or for careers in primate laboratories, zoos, and other captive facilities
OUR RESEARCH
Primate Behavior and Ecology Program students have the opportunity to complete internships and research with non-human primates in both captive and free-living settings.
Undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate students have the amazing opportunity to gain chimpanzee care and husbandry training at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest located just 20 miles west of Ellensburg. |
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| Ethnoprimatological research opportunities focused on Tibetan macaques are available at Mount Huangshan in China. |  |
| A number of students have carried out internships and research projects at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, CA. |
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Photo Credit: CSNW
Photo Credit: Gibbon Conservation Center
Opportunities are not limited to the above, as students and faculty complete thesis work around the world. Find out more about our research.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS
Learn about undergraduate Miranda's experience in the program thus far here.
PROGRAM EVENTS
Together with our student-run club, Primate Awareness Network, we regularly invite experts in the field to campus as guest speakers each year.
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Upcoming events
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| Dr. Katharine Jack |  |
2018
| An Evening with Dr. Biruté Galdikas, the world's foremost authority on the orangutan |
Photo Credit: National Geographic |
| Patti Ragan, President and Founder of Center for Great Apes |  |
Ashley Stone, President and Founder of the Bonobo Project Listen to her talk here. |  |
Primate News
A new publication from Emily Dura (Primate Behavior MS, 2017) and co-authors Sheeran, Ruppert, Arang
CSNW Makes The Pages Of The Seattle Times' Pacific NW MagazineChimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest and its seven residents made it into the hearts and homes of those re
Second Publication On Collective Decision Making In Tibetan Macaques Appears In Animal BehaviourNipping at the heels of a September publication on collective decision making in female Tibetan maca
