Roger Thayer Stone Center For Latin American Studies

Tulane University

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.

Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 3

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Desde el primer congreso realizado en Nicaragua 1993, CILCA se ha caracterizado por ser un espacio de intercambio intelectual y de amistad para académicas/os, escritoras/es y lectoras/es. El congreso se ha efectuado en todos los países centroamericanos y por primera vez en su historia, CILCA se realizará en los Estados Unidos. La ciudad escogida es Nueva Orleáns, puerta de entrada hacia el Caribe y los países de América Central. El intercambio cultural entre Nueva Orleáns y América Central ha sido intenso por muchísimos años, y la ciudad alberga una de las comunidades de origen hondureño más grandes de los Estados Unidos. Tulane University tiene estrechos lazos con la región a través del Stone Center for Latin American Studies, the Latin American Library, y the Middle American Research Institute. Loyola University New Orleans se ha distinguido por el trabajo con las comunidades hispanas que realizan varias de sus unidades académicas, incluyendo the Law School y el Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

La organización de CILCA XXIII la realizan la Dra. Maureen Shea y el Dr. Uriel Quesada, expertos en literatura y cultura centroamericanas, con el apoyo del Dr. Jorge Román Lagunas, creador y promotor de CILCA.

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Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans, and Purdue University Calumet invite you to the Congress on Literature and Culture of Central America (CILCA XXIII) which will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana March 11-13 2015 on the campuses of Tulane and Loyola New Orleans.

From the first conference, held in Nicaragua in 1993, CILCA has been a space for intellectual exchange and friendship for academics and writers. The conference has been held in all of the Central American countries and for the first time in its history will be held in the United States. New Orleans, the gateway to the Caribbean and Central America, has been chosen as the location. New Orleans and Central America have a longstanding cultural exchange and New Orleans has one of the largest Honduran communities in the United States. Tulane has long connections with the region through the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, the Latin American Library, and the Middle American Research Institute. Loyola New Orleans works closely with hispanic communities particularly through the Law school and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

CILCA XXIII is organized by Drs. Maureen Shea and Uriel Quesada, experts on the literature and culture of Central America, with the support of Dr. Jorge Román Lagunas, creator of CILCA.

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