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Primate Behavior Faculty and Staff
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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
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Dr. J. Hope Amason, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Museum Studies Director of the Museum of Culture and Environment Email: Hope.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. |
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Dr. Clay Arango, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences/Environmental Studies Email: arangoc@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Stream ecosystem ecology, nitrogen cycling, human-ecosystem interactions |
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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 |
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Dr. Sofia 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
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Dr. April Binder, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences Email: bindera@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Reproductive biology focused on hormonal control of ovarian function and development |
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Dr. Kara Gabriel, Professor, Psychology Email: gabrielk@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: psychology, evolutionary psychology, and impacts on people in interactions with primates in both wild and captive settings
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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. |
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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 |
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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.
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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) |
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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 |
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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)
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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 |
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Dr. Lixing Sun, Professor, Biological Sciences Email: lixing@cwu.edu Interests & Expertise: Ecology and evolution of animal behavior (especially communication systems), primatology
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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. Lene Pedersen, Chair, Anthropology & Museum Studies, Dean Hall 356,
(509) 963-3211, Lene.Pedersen@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
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