Graduates of the program include:
- Carly Batist. Ph.D. 2024. Listening for Lemurs: Translating Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata) Vocalizations into Conservation Insights Through Acoustic Monitoring. Advisor: Andrea Baden.
- Eric Mazelis. Ph.D. 2024. Identification of Mandibular and Maxillary Molars of Old World Monkeys (Primates, Cercopithecidae) Using 3D Geometric Morphometrics. Advisor: Eric Delson.
- Julia Arenson. Ph.D. 2024. Evolution of the Extant and Fossil Colobinae (Primates, Cercopithecidae). Advisor: Chris Gilbert.
- Katarina Evans. Ph.D. 2024. Sexual Selection, Sexual Conflict, and the Coercive Pair Bond in a Primate Multilevel Society. Advisor: Larissa Swedell.
- Amanda Mancini. Ph.D. 2023. Environmental Drivers of Dispersal in Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata). Advisor: Andrea Baden.
- Christopher Smith. Ph.D. 2023. Reimagining the Inner Ear: A Morphometric Modeling Approach for Establishing Shape Change in the Evolution of the Human Otolith System. Advisor: Jeff Laitman.
- Santiago Cassalett. Ph.D. 2022. Diet and Nutrition of Lemurs in the Lean Season. Advisor: Jessica Rothman.
- Santiago Cassalett. Ph.D. 2022. Diet and Nutrition of Lemurs in the Lean Season. Advisor: Jessica Rothman.
- Darice Westphal. Ph.D. 2022. Genetic Impacts of Deforestation on Mouse Lemurs. Advisor: Ryan Raaum.
- Margaret Bryer. Ph.D. 2020. Nutritional Strategy and Social Environment in Redtail Monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius). Advisor: Jessica Rothman.
- Emma Cancelliere. Ph.D. 2020. Dietary Development and Nutritional Ontogeny in Gorilla beringei : A Multi-layered, -Omics Approach. Advisor: Jessica Rothman.
- Elaine Kozma. Ph.D. 2020. Climbing Performance and Ecology in Humans, Chimpanzees, and Gorillas. Advisor: Will Harcourt-Smith / Herman Pontzer .
- Kelsey Pugh. Ph.D. 2020. The Phylogenetic Relationships of Middle-Late Miocene Apes: Implications for Early Human Evolution. Advisor: Chris Gilbert.
- Brian Shearer. Ph.D. 2019. The Morphology and Evolution of the Primate Brachial Plexus. Advisor: Will Harcourt-Smith.
- Emma Finestone. Ph.D. 2019. Oldowan Tool Behaviors Through Time on the Homa Peninsula, Kenya. Advisor: Tom Plummer.
- Zachary Klukkert. Ph.D. 2019. The Functional Morphology of Ingestion in the Platyrrhine Sclerocarpic Harvesters (Platyrrhini, Primates). Advisor: Chris Gilbert.
- Nicole Webb. Ph.D. 2018. The Upright Battle: Morphological Trends of the Bipedal Pelvis. Advisor: Will Harcourt-Smith.
- A. Yasmeen Hinedi. Ph.D. 2018. Influence of the Silk Road Trade on the Craniofacial Morphology of Populations in Central Asia. Advisor: Kate Pechenkina.
- Shahrina Chowdhury. Ph.D. 2018. Sociality and Stress in Female Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus) in the Cape Peninsula of South Africa: Behavioral Flexibility and Coping Mechanisms. Advisor: Larissa Swedell.
- Frances Forrest. Ph.D. 2017. Zooarchaeological and Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction of Newly Excavated Middle Pleistocene Deposits from Elandsfontein, South Africa. Advisor: Thomas Plummer.
- Scott Blumenthal. Ph.D. 2016. Climate, Ecology, and Human Evolution during the Plio-Pleistocene. Advisor: Thomas Plummer.
- Eva Garrett. Ph.D. 2015. Was There a Sensory Trade-off in Primate Evolution? The Vomeronasal Groove as a Means of Understanding the Vomeronasal System in the Fossil Record. Advisor: Eric Delson.
- Anthony Pagano. Ph.D. 2015. The development and function of the nasopharynx and its role in the evolution of primate respiratory abilities. Advisor: Jeffrey Laitman.
- Julia Zichello. Ph.D. 2014. The Effect of Population History on Hominoid Intraspecific Cranial Shape Diversity: Combining Population Genetic and 3D Geometric Morphometric Data. Advisor: Michael Steiper.
- Jennifer Parkinson. Ph.D. 2013. A GIS Image Analysis Approach to Documenting Oldowan Hominin Carcass Acquisition: Evidence from Kanjera South, FLK Zinj, and Neotaphonomic Models of Carnivore Bone Destruction. Advisor: Thomas Plummer.
- Jessica Brinkworth. Ph.D. 2012. Evolution of Innate Immune Function in African Catarrhines. Advisor: Ekaterina Pechenkina.
- Sarah Freidline. Ph.D. 2012. Evolution of the face in Mid Pleistocene Homo - 3D surface analysis of ontogeny, allometry and evolution. Advisor: Eric Delson.
- Lauren Halenar. Ph.D. 2012. Paleobiology of Protopithecus brasiliensis, a Plus-Size Pleistocene Platyrrhine from Brazil. Advisor: Alfred Rosenberger.
- Siobhan Cooke. Ph.D. 2011. The Greater Antillean platyrrhines: Biogeography and paleobiology. Advisor: Alfred Rosenberger.
- Lindsey Smith. Ph.D. 2011. The effects of social dynamics and positional behavior on gestural communication among African apes. Advisor: Roberto A. Delgado, Jr.
- Russell Hogg. Ph.D. 2010. Dental microstructure and growth in the cebid primates. Advisor: Alfred Rosenberger.
- Melissa Tallman. Ph.D. 2010. Postcranial variation in Plio-Pleistocene hominins of Africa. Advisor: Eric Delson.
- Amy Schreier. Ph.D. 2009. The influence of resource distribution on the social structure and travel patterns of wild hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) in Filoha, Awash National Park, Ethiopia. Advisor: Larissa Swedell.
- Rebecca Jabbour. Ph.D. 2008. Geographic variation in the forelimb and hindlimb skeletons of African apes. Advisor: Thomas Plummer.
- Rachel Messinger [Nuger]. Ph.D. 2008. The influence of climate on the obstetrical dimensions of the human bony pelvis. Advisor: Sara Stinson.
- Nelson Ting. Ph.D. 2008. Molecular systematics of red colobus monkeys (Procolobus [Piliocolobus]): Understanding the evolution of an endangered primate. Advisor: Eric Delson.
- Joshua Linder. Ph.D. 2008. The impact of hunting on primates in Korup National Park, Cameroon: Implications for primate conservation. Advisor: John Oates.
- Karen Baab. Ph.D. 2007. Cranial shape variation in Homo erectus. Advisor: Eric Delson.
- Terence Capellini. Ph.D. 2007. Pbx genes in vertebrate limb development and the implications of their study to primate evolution. Advisor: Michael Steiper.
- Reiko Matsuda Goodwin. Ph.D. 2007. Behavior and ecology of the mona monkey in the seasonally dry Lama Forest, Republic of Benin. Advisor: John Oates.
- Kelley McFarland. Ph.D. 2007. Ecology of Cross River gorillas (Gorilla gorilla diehli) on Afi Mountain, Cross River State, Nigeria. Advisor: John Oates.
- Johanna Warshaw. Ph.D. 2007. Primate bone microstructural variability: Relationships to life history, mechanical adaptation and phylogeny. Advisor: Timothy Bromage.
- Richard Bergl. Ph.D. 2006. Conservation biology of the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) (Nigeria, Cameroon). Advisor: John Oates.
- Shannon McFarlin. Ph.D. 2006. Ontogenetic variation in long bone microstructure in catarrhines and its significance for life history research (Chlorocebus aethiops, Hylobates lar, Pan troglodytes). Advisor: Timothy Bromage.
- Danielle Whittaker. Ph.D. 2005 Evolutionary genetics of Kloss's gibbons (Hylobates klossii): Systematics, phylogeography, and conservation. Advisor: John Oates.
- Elena Cunningham. Ph.D. 2003. The use of memory in Pithecia pithecia's foraging strategy. Advisor: Karyl Swartz.
- Kieran McNulty. Ph.D. 2003. Geometric morphometric analyses of extant and fossil hominoid craniofacial morphology. Advisor: Eric Delson.
- Samuel Marquez. Ph.D. 2002. The human nasal complex: A study of its anatomy, function, and evolution by CT, comparative and morphometric methods. Advisor: Jeffrey Laitman.
- Douglas Broadfield. Ph.D. 2001. Sex differences in the corpus callosum of Macaca fascicularis and Pan troglodytes. Advisor: Jeffrey Laitman.
- Stephen Frost. Ph.D. 2001. Fossil Cercopithecidae of the Afar Depression, Ethiopia: Species systematics and comparison to the Turkana Basin. Advisor: Eric Delson.
- Haviva Goldman. Ph.D. 2001. Histocomposition and geometry at the human mid-shaft femur. Advisor: Timothy Bromage.
- Katerina Harvati. Ph.D. 2001. The Neanderthal problem: 3-D geometric morphometric models of cranial shape variation within and among species. Advisor: Eric Delson.
- M. Katherine Gonder. Ph.D. 2000. Evolutionary genetics of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Nigeria and Cameroon. Advisor: John Oates.
- Eric Sargis. Ph.D. 2000. The functional morphology of the postcranium of "Ptilocercus" and Tupaiines (Scandentia, Tupaiidae): Implications for the relationships of primates and other archontan mammals. Advisor: Fred Szalay.
- Jan Lodewijk Werre. Ph.D. 2000. Ecology and behavior of the Niger Delta Red Colobus (Procolobus badius epieni). Advisor: John Oates.
- James McMahon. Ph.D. 1999. Nomological mechanisms of anthropoid nasomaxillary diversity. Advisor: Timothy Bromage.
- Brian Stafford. Ph.D. 1999. Taxonomy and ecological morphology of the flying lemurs (Dermoptera, Cynocephalidae). Advisor: Fred Szalay.
- Sylvia Atsalis. Ph.D. 1998. Feeding ecology and aspects of life history in Microcebus rufus (Family Cheirogaleidae, Order Primates). Advisor: Eric Delson.
- Carolyn Bocian. Ph.D. 1997. Niche separation of black-and-white colobus monkeys (Colobus angolensis and Colobus guereza) in the Ituri Forest. Advisor: John Oates.
- Colleen McCann. Ph.D. 1995. Social factors affecting reproductive success in female gelada baboons (Theropithecus gelada). Advisor: John Oates.
- Patrick Gannon. Ph.D. 1995. Asymmetry in the cerebral cortex of Macaca fascicularis: A basal substrate for the evolution of brain mechanisms underlying language. Advisor: Jeffrey Laitman.
- Sharon Sawitzke. Ph.D. 1994. The mammalian olfactory bulb: A comparative analysis. Advisor: Warren Kinzey.
- Suzanne Walker. Ph.D. 1993. Positional adaptations and ecology of the Pitheciini. Advisor: Warren Kinzey.
- David Dean. Ph.D. 1993. The Middle Pleistocene Homo erectus/Homo sapiens transition: New evidence from space curve statistics. Advisor: Eric Delson.
- Erica Starin. Ph.D. 1991. Socioecology of the red colobus monkey in The Gambia with particular reference to female-male differences and transfer patterns. Advisor: John Oates.
- Elizabeth Strasser. Ph.D. 1989. Form, function, and allometry of the cercopithecid foot. Advisor: Eric Delson.
- Marian Dagosto. Ph.D. 1986. The joints of the tarsus in the strepsirhine primates: Functional, adaptive, and evolutionary implications. Advisor: Fred Szalay.
- Patricia Wright. Ph.D. 1985. The costs and benefits of nocturnality for Aotus trivirgatus (the night monkey). Advisor: Warren Kinzey.
- Carol Cambas. Ph.D. 1983. An evolutionary analysis of the styloid process: Transformational history of the dorsalmost derivatives of the hyoid arch. Advisor: Fred Szalay.
- Daria Dykyj. Ph.D. 1982. Allometry of trunk and limbs in New World primates. Advisor: Warren Kinzey.
- Alfred Rosenberger. Ph.D. 1979. Phylogeny, evolution and classification of New World monkeys (Platyrrhini, Primates). Advisor: Eric Delson.
- Daniel Seligsohn. Ph.D. 1976. Analysis of species-specific molar adaptations in strepsirhine primates. Advisor: Fred Szalay.
