Marilyn A. Norconk1 236 Lowry Hall, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242 330-672-4123 [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, September 1986. Master of Arts, Anthropology, San Diego State University, August 1978. Bachelor of Science, Nursing, University of San Diego, January 1975. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Kent State University, Kent, Ohio July 2012 – present Professor and Graduate faculty (F4): Department of Anthropology and School of Biomedical Sciences (Biological Anthropology Program). Kent State University, Kent, Ohio June 1998 –2012 Associate Professor and Graduate faculty (F4): Department of Anthropology and School of Biomedical Sciences (Biological Anthropology Program). Kent State University, Kent, Ohio June 1992 – 1998 Assistant Professor and Graduate faculty (F4): Department of Anthropology and School of Biomedical Sciences (Biological Anthropology Program University of California, San Diego, California Fall semester, 1990 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology. Courses included: Biocultural perspectives of health and disease and Natural selection. University of California, Davis, California Academic years, 1989-1990 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology. Courses included: Human Life Cycle, Males and Females: the Biological Perspective, Proseminar in Biological Anthropology, Biocultural perspectives of health and disease. Washington University, St. Louis Missouri Spring semester, 1988 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology. Courses included: Human Evolution, Primate Ecology and Social Structure. Hunter College, New York NY Fall semester, 1987 Replacement Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology. Courses included: Introduction to Human Variation, Primate Ecology and Behavior. 1 http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mnorconk/index.html Marilyn A. Norconk Page 2 FIELD/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Proyecto Primatología Ecológica de Guayana, Guri Lake, Venezuela, South America 1988-2002 Project co-director, 1988-1995; Project director, 1996-2002. Engaged in studies of primate behavior and ecology study of Venezuelan monkeys and training students from City University of New York, Kent State University, Universidad Centrál and Universidad Simon Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela. Primate socioecology, Brownsberg Nature Park, Suriname, South America, 2003-present Project director, Behavioral and ecological research of wild primates; training of KSU students and undergraduate students from Anton de Kom University, Paramaribo, Suriname. RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP Papers in review: 1. *2Harrison, A.L., Covert, H.H., Norconk, M.A., Santos, P.R., Barnett, A.A., & Fernside, P. (in review). Dams: Primate responses to widespread anthropic flooding. In Barnett, A.A., Matsuka, I, & Nowak, K. (Eds.), Primates of Flooded Habitats: ecology and conservation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2. Humphreys, J.L., Norconk, M. A., Wagner, R.S., Lorenz, J.G. (in review) DNA from chewed vegetation: a strategy for ascertaining the presence and diversity of cryptic species in disturbed habitats. Primates. Published papers and book chapters: 1. Norconk, M.A., Conklin-Brittain, N.L. Bearded saki feeding strategies in a fragmented habitat. American Journal of Primatology (early view: 21 March 2015). 2. Wright, K.A., Wright, B.W., Ford, S.M., Fragaszy, D., Izar, P., Norconk, M., Masterson, T., Hobbs, D.G., Alfaro, M.E., Lynch Alfaro, J.W. (2015). The effects of ecology and evolutionary history on robust capuchin morphological diversity, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82:455-466. 3. *Gregory, T., Mullett, A., Norconk, M.A. (2014) Strategies for navigating large areas: A GIS spatial ecology analysis of the bearded saki monkey, Chiropotes sagulatus, in Suriname. American Journal of Primatology 76:586-595. 4. *Gregory, T.; Norconk, M.A. (2014) Bearded saki socioecology: affiliative male-male interactions in large free-ranging primate groups in Suriname. Behaviour 151:493-533. 5. Norconk, M.A., *Grafton, B.W., McGraw, W.S. (2013). Morphological and ecological adaptations to seed predation – a primate-wide perspective. In Veiga, LM, Barnett, A.A., Ferrari, S.F., & Norconk, M.A. (Eds). Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris. Pp. 55-71. 6. Setz, E.Z.F., Pinto, L.P., Bowler, M., Barnett, A.A., Vie, J-C., Boubli, J.P., Norconk, M.A. (2013) Pitheciins: use of space and time. In Veiga, LM, Barnett, A.A., Ferrari, S.F., & Norconk, M.A. (Eds). Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris. Pp. 72-83. 2 (*) indicates collaboration with students or former students Marilyn A. Norconk Page 3 7. Norconk, M.A., & Setz, E.Z. (2013). Ecology and behaviour of saki monkeys (Pithecia). In Veiga, LM, Barnett, A.A., Ferrari, S.F., & Norconk, M.A. (Eds). Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris. Pp. 262-271. 8. *Thompson, C.L., Norconk, M.A. (2013). Testing models of social behavior with regard to inter- and intra-group interactions in free-ranging white-faced saki monkeys. In Veiga, LM, Barnett, A.A., Ferrari, S.F., & Norconk, M.A. (Eds). Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris. Pp. 277-284. 9. *Gregory, L.T., Norconk, M.A. (2013). Comparative socioecology of sympatric, free- ranging white-faced and bearded sakis monkeys in Suriname: preliminary data. In Veiga, LM, Barnett, A.A., Ferrari, S.F., & Norconk, M.A. (Eds). Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris. Pp. 285-294. 10. Lehman, S.M., Vié, J.C., Norconk, M.A., Portillo-Quintero, C., Urbani, B. (2013). The Guyana Shield: Venezuela and the Guyanas. In Veiga, LM, Barnett, A.A., Ferrari, S.F., & Norconk, M.A. (Eds). Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris. Pp. 311-319. 11. Norconk, M.A. (2013). Conservation fact sheet: Suriname. In Veiga, LM, Barnett, A.A., Ferrari, S.F., & Norconk, M.A. (Eds). Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris. Pp. 383-385. 12. Laurance, W.F., Useche, D. C., Rendeiro, J. et al. (2012) Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature 489, 290-294. [Norconk is one of 166 authors] 13. *Thompson, C.L., Norconk, M.A., & Whitten, P.L. (2012) Why fight? Selective forces favoring between-group aggression in a variably pair-living primate, the white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia). Behaviour 149,795-820. 14. Barnett, A.A., Boyle, S.A., Norconk, M.A. et al. (2012) Terrestrial activity in Pitheciins (Cacajao, Chiropotes, and Pithecia). American Journal of Primatology 74,1106-1127. 15. Norconk, M.A., *Veres, M. (2011). Physical properties of fruit and seeds ingested by primate seed predators with emphasis on sakis and bearded sakis. Anatomical Record 294, 2092-2111. 16. Hartwig, W., Rosenberger, A.L. Norconk, M.A., Young Owl, M. (2011). Relative brain size, gut size and evolution in New World monkeys. Anatomical Record 294, 2207-2221. 17. *Thompson, C.T., Whitten, P.L., Norconk, M.A. (2011) Can male white-faced saki monkeys (Pithecia pithecia) detect female reproductive state? Behaviour 148,1313-1331. 18. *Thompson, C.T., Norconk, M.A. (2011). White-faced saki monkey social bonds reflect male/female pair preference, despite lacking typical monogamous traits. American Journal of Primatology 73,1051-1061. 19. Norconk, M.A., Boinski, S., Forget, P.-M. (2011). Primates in 21st century ecosystems: Does primate conservation promote ecosystem conservation? American Journal of Primatology 73(1),3-8. 20. Norconk, M.A. (2011). Sakis, uakaris, and titi monkeys: Behavioral diversity in a radiation of primate seed predators. In C. J. Campbell, A. Fuentes, K. C. MacKinnon, S. K. Bearder, R.M. Stumpf (Eds.). Primates in Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 122-139. [revised chapter from 1st edition, 2007: ~ 30% new material] 21. *Sayers, K., Norconk, M.A., & Conklin-Brittain, N.L. (2010). Optimal foraging on the roof of the world: Himalayan langurs and the classical prey model. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 141(3), 337-357. Marilyn A. Norconk Page 4 22. Norconk, M.A., Wright, B.W., Conklin-Brittain, N.L., Vinyard, C.J. (2009). Mechanical and nutritional properties of food as factors in platyrrhine dietary adaptations. In Garber, P.A., Estrada, A., Bicca-Marques, C., Heymann, E., & Strier, K. (Eds.). South American primates: testing new theories in the study of primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. New York: Springer Science, 279-319. 23. *Sayers, K., Norconk, M.A. (2008). Himalayan gray langurs at Langtang National Park, Nepal: diet, activity patterns, and resources. International Journal of Primatology 29(2), 509-530. 24. Norconk, M.A. (2007). Sakis, uakaris, and titi monkeys: behavioral diversity in a radiation of primate seed predators. In Campbell, C.J., Fuentes, A., MacKinnon, K.C., Panger, M., & Bearder, S.K. (Eds.). Primates in Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 123-138. 25. Norconk, M.A. (2006). Long-term study of group dynamics and female reproduction in Venezuelan Pithecia pithecia. International Journal of Primatology 27(3), 653-674. 26. Norconk, M.A., Conklin-Brittain, N.L. (2004). Variation on frugivory: the diet of Venezuelan white-faced sakis (Pithecia pithecia). International Journal of Primatology 25(1), 1-25. 27. Marsh, L.K., Chapman, C.A., Norconk, M.A., Ferrari, S.F., Gilbert, K.A., Bicca- Marques, J.C., Wallis, J. (2003). Fragmentation: Specter of the future or the spirit of conservation? In Marsh, L.K. (Ed.). Primates in Fragments: Ecology and Conservation. Kluwer/Plenum Press. 381-398. 28. Norconk, M.A., *Grafton,