Research Area: Spatial Cognition Research Area: Numerical Cognition in Monkeys and Apes Research Area: Captive Animal Welfare and Enrichment Research Area: Conceptual Thinking and Categorization Research Area: Conservation of Endangered Species & Threatened Habitats

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Teaching Areas:
1. Animal/ Primate Behavior
2. Animal/ Primate Cognition
3. Experimental Methods and
     Design
4. Conservation Education
5. Field Courses in Primate
     Behavioral Ecology
6. Ethics in Research

 

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College of Arts, Sciences & Letters (CASL) Building, University of Michigan, Dearborn

Teaching Activities

Courses taught at the University of Michigan-Dearborn

Course Title Credit Hrs

Introduction to Psychology as a Natural Science

3

Animal Behavior

3

Experimental Psychology (lab) includes individual supervision of student's independent research projects

3

Animal Intelligence

3

Field Methods in Primate Behavior (lab)

3

Special Topics: Animal Behavior Speaker's Series

3

Wild Thing: Attitudes to Being Animal, Being Human

3

Capstone Seminar Experimental Psychology Course (lab)

3

Independent Study Supervision at UM-D (23 students successfully completed individual student-driven research projects)

3

Honors Projects Supervision at UM-D (2 students completed Psychology honors projects)

3

Masters Thesis Supervision at UM-D (2 students completed Psychology MS thesis projects)

3

PhD student supervision/examination (not UM-D) (2 students completed thesis projects)

 

 

 

Curriculum Development

New courses in preparation:
• Capstone seminar course, Biopsychology (3 credits)
• Ethics in Research (3 credits)
• Evolution & Behavior

Innovative Courses and Programs:
• Academic Service-Learning Course: "Environmentally-Based Learning – Application Outside the Classroom: Connecting Michigan to the Rainforest and Beyond" in Detroit Public Schools and rural schools in Madagascar
• Animal Behavior Guest Speaker Series (for credits through Independent Studies)
• Biological and Behavioral Sciences Major (Biopsychology)

 

Graduate/Undergraduate Student Supervision

List available on request

 

Other Teaching Experiences

• Workshop on Conservation Education, International Primatological Society Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland 2008
• Workshop on The Practical Application of GPS and Spatial Analyses for Field Primatologists, International Primatological Society Conference, Cancun, Mexico 2012

 

Graduate/Undergraduate Student Supervision

List available on request