Christy

CHRISTY L. HOFFMAN

The University of Chicago
Institute for Mind and Biology
BPSB rm 126
940 E. 57^th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 834-4657

E-mail: hoffmanc@uchicago.edu

Education:

2003                 B.Sc. in Biopsychology and B.A. in Anthropology, College of William and Mary
2006                 M.A. in Comparative Human Development, The University of Chicago
2006-present   Ph.D. student, Department of Comparative Human Development, The University of Chicago

Relevant Employment:

2001-2003    Research Assistant, Anthropology Department, College of William and Mary (PI: Dr. Barbara King)
2002             Research Assistant, Caribbean Primate Research Center (PI: Dr. Melissa Gerald)
2003-2004    High school science teacher in Halifax, NC

Honors and Awards:

1999            Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant for Freshman Chemistry Research ($500)
2000            Golden Key National Honor Society
2001            Psi Chi National Honor Society (Psychology)
2001            Monroe Scholar Summer Studies Grant ($2000)
2002            Lamba Alpha National Honor Society (Anthropology)
2002            Mortar Board Senior Honor Society
2002            Phi Beta Kappa
2002            Minor Research Grant from the College of William and Mary Faculty Research Committee ($300)
2002            Nathan Altshuler Scholarship for Field Research ($1000)
2002            Batten Scholarship for Pre-Honors Research ($2000)
2003            Highest Honors in Anthropology on senior thesis
2005-08      NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Research Experience:

1999-2000   Environmental chemistry research on water quality, College of William and Mary Chemistry Department and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
2001            Study of tool use and object manipulation among Western lowland gorillas, North Carolina Zoo
2001            Observations of sex differences in canopy usage among mantled howler monkeys, Ometepe Biological Field Station, Nicaragua
2001-2003   Study of Western lowland gorilla gestural ontogeny, National Zoo, Washington, D.C.
2002           Study of competition between Western lowland blackback and silverback gorillas, National Zoo, Washington, D.C.
2002            Study of adolescent female rhesus macaque mating behavior, Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico
2005-           Study of social networks and reproduction of aging rhesus macaque females on Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico

Teaching experience:

2004 Teaching assistant for the course "Primate Behavior and Ecology" (Instructor: Dario Maestripieri, University of Chicago)
2006 Teaching assistant for the course "Primate Behavior and Ecology" (Instructor: Dario Maestripieri, University of Chicago)

Conference presentations:

Hoffman, C. (2004). A student's perspective: Attempts to conduct qualitative research in a field fueled by p- values. Beyond Interactivity Workshop: Applying Dynamic Systems Theory to the Study of Great Apes and Humans. Harper Ferry, WI.

Hoffman, C., Gerald, M. S. (2005). A learning opportunity versus the real deal: Are adolescent female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) fertile? Annual Meeting of the American Association for Physical Anthropology, Milwaukee, WI.

Hoffman, C. L., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Davila, E., Gerald, M. S., Maestripieri, D. (2006). Costs of reproduction in sexually promiscuous primates: Sex differences in seasonal mortality patterns among free-ranging rhesus macaques. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Primate Interest Group, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

Radtke, J. M., Mayhew, J., Carlson, C. L., Hoffman, C. L., Maestripieri, D. (2006). One-male harems and female social dynamics in Guinea baboons. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Primate Interest Group, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

Hoffman, C. L., Fulks, R. Gerald, M. S., Maestripieri, D. (2007).
Plasma cortisol responses to stress in lactating and nonlactating female rhesus macaques.
Parental Brain Conference, Tufts University, Boston, MA.

Publications:

Maestripieri, D., Mayhew, J., Carlson, C. L. Hoffman, C. L., Radtke, J. M.
         One-male harems and female social dynamics in Guinea baboons.
         Folia Primatologica, 78: 56-68, 2007.
Maestripieri, D., Hoffman, C. L., Fulks, R. Gerald, M. S.
     Plasma cortisol responses to stress in lactating and nonlactating female rhesus macaques.
     Hormones and Behavior, 53: 170-176, 2008.
C. L. Hoffman, A. V. Ruiz-Lambides, E. Davila, E. Maldonado, M. S. Gerald, D. Maestripieri.
      Sex differences in survival costs of reproduction in a promiscuous primate.
      Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, in press.