Undergraduate Research Projects |
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Anthropology student and SSUPER research assistant Marcia Brown is collecting data on mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) dominance behavior at the San Francisco Zoo. |
Current Graduate Students |
If you are interested in conducting a resesarch project with me, you may take one of two paths. You may conduct primate research as an undergraduate as part of SSUPER. If you are an undergraduate, and you are interested in working with me on something other than primate behavior, please contact me. You may also conduct research as a graduate (master's) student. If you are interested in pursing a master's degree under my guidance, please contact me directly, and go to my graduate studies page for more information.
Undergraduate Research Projects |
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Anthropology student and SSUPER research assistant Marcia Brown is collecting data on mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) dominance behavior at the San Francisco Zoo. |
Current Graduate Students |
I do not currently have any graduate students working with me. Let me know if you are interested in pursuing a master's degree under my guidance!
Former Graduate Students |
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Brieanna Richards recieved her M.S. in Biology from Sonoma State University in July, 2008. Her thesis focused on the effects of stimuli on ring-tail lemur (Lemur catta) behavior. During the course of her resesarch, she collected behavioral data on a group of captive ring-tail lemurs at Safari West wildlife preserve in Santa Rosa, CA to: 1) compare the behavior of the captive group to wild populations, 2) assess the effects various types of naturally occurring stimuli have on the group's behavior when compared to baseline conditions, and 3) assess if individuals behave differently under various stimuli conditions. Her results indicate: 1) significant differences exist between the Safari West group and wild populations of ring-tail lemurs in terms of time allocated to inactivity, feeding, vocalizing and vigilance, 2) that various types of stimuli significantly affect locomotion, grooming, vigilance and vocalization behaviors in the captive group, but not inactive, scent-marking and feeding behaviors, and 3) individual lemur behavior did not significantly vary. Finally, Brieanna's thesis explores possible future enrichment techniques for the Safari West ring-tail lemurs. Brieanna is preparing her thesis for publication in Zoo Biology. |