Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
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2025 - Present
Evolutionary Anthropology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Scholarly Works
Selection for a secondary sexual trait in male hamadryas baboons
Journal article Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · February 1, 2026 Male hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) are easily recognizable by the striking patches of pink skin on their hindquarters. Within their multilevel societies, hamadryas males compete to acquire females and assemble them into ‘one-male units’ (OMUs), becom ... Full text CiteRespect for males amid suppression of females: Selective use of aggression and fitness correlates in the male-dominated society of hamadryas baboons.
Journal article Journal of human evolution · April 2022 Hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) are a useful model for human social evolution for multiple reasons, including their multilevel society, intense cross-sex bonds, and intermale tolerance. Their most stable social grouping, the one-male unit (OMU)-compris ... Full text CiteDeconstructing Protein in the Diet and Biomass of Colobine Primates
Journal article International Journal of Primatology · April 1, 2021 Dietary protein is often considered a factor that limits the growth of primate populations. The ratio of crude protein (CP) to fiber in common mature leaves in a forest reliably predicts colobine biomass across Africa and Asia. This relationship is puzzlin ... Full text CiteEducation
City University of New York ·
2024
Ph.D.
City University of New York ·
2019
M.Phil.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ·
2014
B.S.