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(509)-963-3220
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Primate Behavior Faculty and Staff
 | Dr. Matthew Altman, Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies Email: AltmanM@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Kant, Applied Ethics, Nineteenth-Century Philosophy, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Art |
 | Dr. J. Hope Amason, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Museum Studies Interim Director of Museum of Culture and Environment Email: Jessica.Amason@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Political economy and globalization, politics of representation, race, class, and gender, museums, memorials, and heritage sites, tourism studies, Appalachia, US South. |
 | Dr. Clay Arango, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences/Environmental Studies Email: arangoc@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Stream ecosystem ecology, nitrogen cycling, human-ecosystem interactions |
 | Dr. Kathleen Barlow, Professor, Anthropology & Museum Studies Email: Kathleen.Barlow@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Learning and culture, childhood, psychological anthropology, museum anthropology, symbolism, gender, art and aesthetics, material culture, regional ethnography, Melanesia, Oceania, United States
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 | Dr. Daniel D. Beck, Professor, Biological Sciences Email: beckd@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Ecology, behavior, and physiology of reptiles in the Pacific NW, southwestern USA, and western Mexico |
 | Dr. Sofi Blue, Lecturer, Anthropology and Museum Studies Email: sofia.bernstein@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Signal systems in non-human animals, particularly vocal communication in non-human primates, bioacoustics and cognitive ethology, focus on the Macaca genus |
 | Dr. April Binder, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences Email: bindera@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Reproductive biology focused on hormonal control of ovarian function and development |
 | Dr. Kara Gabriel, Professor, Psychology Email: gabrielk@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Experimental psychology, spatial skills, risk-taking, biopsychology |
 | Dr. Ralf Greenwald, Associate Professor, Psychology Email: greenwar@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Cognitive brain dynamics, event-related potentials, teaching pedagogy, general cognitive psychology, working memory, music cognition, psychology of video gaming. |
 | Dr. Mary Lee Jensvold, Senior Lecturer, Anthropology and Museum Studies Email: jensvold@faunafoundation.org Interests & Expertise: Chimpanzee sign language studies, ape behavior, communication, culture, chimpanzee care & enrichment, non-verbal behavior |
 | Dr. Jessica Mayhew, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Museum Studies Director of Primate Behavior and Ecology Program Email: jessica.mayhew@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Biological anthropology; primate social behavior; play behavior; primate socio-cognition; ethnoprimatology; large-bodied apes; Macaca spp. |
 | J.B. Mulcahy, M.S., Lecturer, Anthropology and Museum Studies Email: jb@chimpsanctuarynw.org Interests & Expertise: Captive primate welfare, environmental enrichment, chimpanzee behavior (see Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest) |
 | Dr. Mary Radeke, Assistant Professor, Psychology Email: Mary.Radeke@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Use of facial cues in emotion and personality assessment, conversation development in young children, personality traits, technology in the classroom, primate communication, eye tracking and Facial Action Unit Coding laboratory |
 | Dr. Rodrigo Rentería-Valencia, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Museum Studies Email: Rodrigo.Renteria@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Environmental Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, Semiotics, Visual Anthropology, Ritual and Performance Theory, Human Geography, Maritime Anthropology, Indigenous Studies. Ethnographic Specialization: the Greater Southwest (including northern Mexico) |
 | Dr. Lori Sheeran, Professor, Anthropology and Museum Studies Interim Chair Anthropology & Museum Studies, 2018-2019 Email: Lori.Sheeran@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Biological anthropology, Tibetan macaques, tourism, and aging, gibbon behavior, ecology, and conservation, primate conservation, primate social behavior |
 | Dr. Lixing Sun, Professor, Biological Sciences Email: lixing@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Ecology and evolution of animal behavior (especially communication systems), primatology |
 | Dr. R. Steven Wagner, Professor, Biological Sciences and Primate Behavior and Ecology Director, CWU Craft Brewing Program *On Professional Leave From CWU 2018-2019* Email: WagnerS@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Amphibian decline, genetics, herpetology, conservation biology, road ecology, primate behavior |
Staff and Administrators
Dr. Jessica A. Mayhew, Program Director, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Dean Hall 341,
(509) 963-3220, Jessica.Mayhew@cwu.edu
Ms. Penelope Anderson, Secretary Senior, Anthropology, Dean Hall 357,
(509) 963-3201, Penelope.Anderson@cwu.edu
Dr. James Johnson, Chair, Biological Sciences, Science Building 338A,
(509) 963-3011, Jim.Johnson@cwu.edu
Dr. Lori K. Sheeran, Interim Chair, Anthropology & Museum Studies, Dean Hall 356,
(509) 963-3211, Lori.Sheeran@cwu.edu
Dr. Stephanie Stein, Chair, Psychology, Psychology Building 421,
(509) 963-2381, Stephanie.Stein@cwu.edu
Dr. Tim Englund, Dean, College of the Sciences, Dean Hall 130,
(509) 963-3678, Timothy.Englund@cwu.edu
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
