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Graduate Advisor: Robert W.
Sussman, Washington
University,
St.
Louis
Professional Preparation
· Washington University, St. Louis
Political Science
A.B. (Honors), 1996
· Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
Primate Conservation
M.Sc.
(Distinction), 2002
· Washington University, St. Louis
Anthropology
Ph.D. Continuing
Publications
· Kelley EA,
Sussman RW and Muldoon KM. 2007. The status of lemur species at
Antserananomby: an update. Primate Conservation. 22:71-77.
· Kelley EA and
Sussman RW. 2007. An academic genealogy on the history of
American field primatologists.
Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.
132: 406-425.
· Kelley, E and
Mayor, M. 2002. Preliminary study of the silky sifaka
(Propithecus
diadema candidus) in northeast
Madagascar.
Lemur News. 7: 6-18.
Meeting
Presentations
· Kelley EA. 2006. A
GIS analysis on how human influence can impact ring-tailed lemur popuation estimates: A
preliminary model. MPIG meetings. Abstract available at:
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mkowalew/www/MPIG/Abstracts_fOR_MPIG_2006.pdf?uniq=jmu78f
· Kelley EA, Muldoon
KM and Sussman RW. 2006. The status of lemur species at Antserananomby: an update. Am.
J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 42: 112-113.
· Kelley EA,
Sussman, RW and Kelley B. 2005. Academic genealogy on the history of
American field primatologists.
Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.
Suppl. 40:
127-128.
Field Research
Experience
·
Principal
Investigator, (Washington University, St. Louis) Project title:
Introduced Cacti,
Sacred Forests and Villages: A Study on Lemur catta (Ring-tailed
Lemurs) in its
Primary Remaining Habitat Type. April 2007-July 2008
· Teacher's
Assistant, (Prof. Robert Sussman with Paul Garber; La Suerte, Costa Rica)
Class title: Advanced primate behavior and ecology. December 2005
– January 2005
· Principal
Investigator, (Washington
University,
St.
Louis) Project title: A pre-dissertation survey of Lemur
catta at Cap Sainte-Marie Special Reserve, Madagascar.
October 2005 – November 2005
· Principal
Investigator, (Washington
University,
St. Louis)
Project title: The status of lemur species at Antserananomby:
an update. August 2004-September 2004
· Principal
Investigator, (Oxford Brookes University)
Project title: Behaviour,
ecology and the question of female dominance of Propithecus
diadema candidus, silky sifaka: An exploratory study. June
2001-October 2001
· Research
Assistant, (P.I. Mireya
Mayor, Graduate Student, Stony
Brook) Project description: Biodiversity survey of lemurs through
genetic sampling. Project location: Anjanaharibe-Sud
Special Reserve. July 2001
Awards/Fellowships
· Mr. And Mrs.
Spencer T. Olin Fellowship Program; 2003-present.
· Alison Jolly Prize
for the Best Contribution in Primate Conservation: 2000
Grants
·
National Science
Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant; 2008
· Field for Research
Conservation; 2006
· Lambda Alpha; 2006.
· Primate
Conservation Inc.; 2006.
· Sigma Xi
Grants-in-Aid for Research; 2006.
· Anthropology
Summer Seed Money Grant; 2004.
Teacher’s
Assistant (TA) Positions at Washington University
· Introduction to
human evolution, Class Professor: Richard Smith, August 2006-Present
· Behavioral
research at the St. Louis Zoo, Class Professor: Robert Sussman, January
2005-May 2005
· Culture and the
environment, Class Professor: Glenn Stone, August 2004-December 2004
Previous
Employment Relevant to Primatology
· Sanctuary Manager,
Texas
Snow Monkey Sanctuary. Managed the daily care and operations of over
300 Old World Monkeys of the genera Chlorocebus,
Macaca and Papio. Additional
responsibilities included the recruitment, training and supervision of
interns, volunteers and primate keeper. Also updated and managed the
central database and maintained Internet communications. June
2002-October 2002.
· Animal Caretaker
of primates, hoofstock
and children’s zoo collection, Saint Louis Zoological Park.
Primary responsibilities as a primate keeper were the daily care of
over 100 primates with representation from Cheirogaleus,
Lemur, Eulemur, Propithecus, Callimico, Callithrix, Saguinus, Leontopithecus, Pithecia, Ateles, Macaca,
Papio, Colobus, Trachypithecus,
Hylobates, Pongo, Pan and Gorilla. Notable
accomplishments included initiating the development, design and
construction of a large outdoor enclosure for surplus prosimians, writing a chapter
for the Varecia
variegata Husbandry
Manual and the appointment as primate keeper contact for PIGs (Primate Interest Group).
May 1996-September 2000. (Full-time employment as Primate Keeper was
from August 1998-Septeber 2000).
Academic
Affiliations
· American
Association of Physical Anthropologists
· American
Association of Primatologists
· International
Association of Primatologists
· Lambda Alpha, The
National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology
· Sigma Delta
Epsilon, Graduate Women in Science
· Sigma Xi, The
Scientific Research Society
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