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Katharine Jack

Associate Professor - Anthropology

Contact Info
kjack@tulane.edu

Degrees

B.S., University of Calgary, Physical Anthropology, 1992
M.A., University of Calgary, Physical Anthropology (Primatology), 1995
Ph.D., Physical Anthropology (Primatology), University of Alberta, 2001

Academic Experience

Associate Professor, Tulane University, 2009-
Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2003-2009
Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University, 2001-2003
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, 2001
Sessional Instructor, University of Calgary, 1996-2001

Research & Teaching Specializations: Physical Anthropology; Primatology; Primate Behavioral ecology and conservation, Costa Rica

Related Experience

Reviewer for the American Journal of Primatology, Folia Primatolgica, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Behaviour, Current Biology, Primates, Environmental Anthropology, the Leakey Foundation, and Primate Conservation Incorporated
Principal Investigator, MHCs, mate choice and dispersal decisions in wild Cebus capucinus, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica, 2011-
Co-Principal Investigator/Co-Director, on-going study (began in 1983) of the life history, behavioral ecology, and conservation biology of white-face capuchins in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica, 2004
Co-Principal Investigator, Life history and behavioral ecology of male white-faced capuchins in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica, 2005-
Prinicipal Investigator, Conservation status of cebus albifrons aequatorialis in a tropical dry forest in coastal Ecuador, 2002-2006
Principal Investigator, Census of Cebus albifrons and Alauatta palliata populations in the tropical dry forests of central coastal Ecuador, 2002
Co-Prinicpal Investigator, Long-term analysis of the effects of forest conservation and regeneration on white faced capuchin and mantled howler monkey populations in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica, 1983-

Distinctions

Leakey Foundation Grant, 2010-2013
Research Enhancement Grant, Tulane University, 2006-2010
Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, Committee on Research, 2008
Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation Grant, Conservation International, 2003-2004
National Geographic Conservation Trust Grant, 2003-2004, 2004-2006
National Geographic Society Research Grant, 1998-2001

Languages: Spanish; French

Selected Publications

2014. Jack KM, Schoof VA, Sheller CR, Rich CR, Kligelhofer PP, Fedigan LM, and Ziegler TE. “Hormonal correlates of male life history stages in wild white-faced capuchin monkeys ( Cebus capucinus ).” General and Comparative Endocrinology, 195: 58-67.
2013. Schoof VM and Jack KM. “The association of intergroup encounters, dominance status and fecal androgen and glucocorticoid profiles in wild male white-faced capuchins ( Cebus capucinus ).” American Journal of Primatology 75: 107-115.
2012. Jack KM and Campos FA. “Distribution, abundance and spatial ecology of the critically endangered Ecuadorian capuchin ( Cebus albifrons aequatroialis ).” Tropical Conservation Science, 5(2): 173-191.
2012. Jack KM, Sheller CR and Fedigan LM. “Social factors influencing natal dispersal in male white-faced capuchins ( Cebus capucinus ).” American Journal of Primatology 74: 359-365.
2011. Schoof VM, Jack KM and Carnegie SD. “Rise to power: A case study of male fecal androgen and cortisol levels before and after non-aggressive rank change in a group of wild white-faced capuchins ( Cebus capucinus ). Folia Primatologica 82: 299-307.
2009. “The effects of infant births on male-female relationships in Cebus capucinus.” With Claire R. Sheller and Zdanna King. American Journal of Primatology. 71 (5): 380-383.
2009. “Explaining female dispersal in a female philopatric species, Cebus capucinus.” With Fedigan LM. Behaviour. 146: 471-497.
2008. “Predictors of reproductive success in female white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus).” With Fedigan LM, and Carnegie SD. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 137 (1): 82-90.
2008. “The Effects of Observer Presence on the Behavior of Cebus capucinus in Costa Rica.” With Bryan B. Lenz, et al. American Journal of Primatology. 70:490-494
2004. “Male dispersal patterns in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) Part 2: Patterns and causes of secondary dispersal.” With L. M. Fedigan. Animal Behaviour. 67 (4): 771-782.