Cindy

CINDY L. CARLSON

Institute for Mind and Biology
The University of Chicago
940 E. 57^th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 834-4657
E-mail: carlsonc@uchicago.edu

Education:

2004 B.Sc., Animal Behavior, Bucknell University
2005-present Ph.D. Student, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago

Relevant Employment:

2004-2005 Field Assistant in Lomas Barbudal, Costa Rica, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (PI: Dr. Susan Perry)

Honors and Awards:

2000-04       Presidential Scholarship, Bucknell University
2001-04       Presidential Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement, Bucknell University
2001             Alpha Lambda Delta, National Freshman Honor Society
2003             Mortar Board Senior Honor Society
2004             Phi Beta Kappa
2004             Animal Behavior Department Award, Bucknell University
2006             Hinds Fund Research Grant ($ 1,650), Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago
2006            Animal Behavior Society Student Research Grant ($ 500)
2006-09      NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Research Experience:

2002-2003       Reconciliation in captive hamadryas baboons, Bucknell University
2003-2004       Market forces in captive hamadryas baboons, Bucknell University
2004-2005       Behavior and ecology of wild white-faced capuchins in Lomas Barbudal, Costa Rica
2005-present   Behavior and ecology of wild pigtail macaques in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Teaching experience:

2003-2004 Teaching assistant for the courses “Linguistic Analysis: Sounds and Words” and “Linguistic Analysis: Sentences and Dialects” (Instructor James Lavine, Bucknell University)

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

Conference presentations:

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.

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.