Student Prize Award Winners

The ASP Student Prize Awards are awarded annually by the Society's Education Committee for oral paper and poster paper presentations.

2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998
1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988
1987	1986	1985	1984	1982	1981	1980

Awards for 2007

Oral Paper Award

Ina Rommeck "The effect of four nursery-rearing strategies on the emergence of self-directed behavior in laboratory-housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)." Abstract

Poster Paper Award

Shawn Kwatra "Proteomic analysis of ringtailed lemur scent gland secretions: glandular- and individual-specific protein profiles." Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Oral Paper Award

Johanna Hutchinson "Assessing the classification of immature life history stages in gorillas." Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Poster Paper Award (tie)

Laura Kurdziel "Picture recognition of food in brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)." Abstract
Brandon Pearson "Salivary cortisol and self-directed behavioral responses to short-term crowding in hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas)." Abstract

Awards for 2006

Oral Paper Award

Katherine Hinde (UCLA) "Lactational performance in primiparous and multiparous rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)." Abstract

Poster Paper Award

Magdalena Muchlinski (University of Texas) "The anatomy of the infraorbital foramen:Implications for interpreting the ecology of extinct and extant primates." Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Oral Paper Award

Nga Nguyen (Princeton University) "Endocrine and social sources of variation in the mother-infant relationship in wild baboons in Amboseli, Kenya." Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Poster Paper Award

Carl Toborowsky (University of Missouri - St. Louis) "Ecology of the whitefronted brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus albifrons) in Betampona Natural Reserve, Madagascar." Abstract

Awards for 2005

Oral Paper Award

COMPUTER TRAINING PROCEDURE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE WITH NONHUMAN PRIMATE INFANTS D. J. Mandell, S. E. Ward, G. P. Sackett Abstract

Poster Paper Award

LIVING IN FOREST FRAGMENTS REDUCES GROUP COHESION IN DIADEMED SIFAKAS (PROPITHECUS DIADEMA) IN EASTERN MADAGASCAR, BY REDUCING PATCH SIZE OF FOOD RESOURCES M. Irwin Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Oral Paper Award

PERFORMANCE OF RHESUS MONKEYS (MACACA MULATTA) ON A SCALE MODEL TASK B. J. Kelly, M. A. Novak Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Poster Paper Award

FUNCTIONAL VARIATION OF THE MACACA MULATTA CRH GENE IS ASSOCIATED WITH TEMPERAMENT AND REPRODUCTIVE OUTCOME R. L. Dvoskin, C. S. Barr, S. B. Higley, C. Shannon, S. G. Lindell, D. Goldman, J. D. Higley Abstract

Awards for 2004

Oral Paper Award

THE OEDIPAL CONFLICT IN SAGUINUS OEDIPUS (THE COTTONTOP TAMARIN) A. J. Ginther, C. T. Snowdon Abstract

Poster Paper Award

INFANT TEMPERAMENT AND RESPONSE TO MATERNAL SEPARATION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SEROTONIN GENOTYPE IN RHESUS MACAQUES G. M. Karere, E. L. Kinnally, L. A. Lyons, J. P. Capitanio Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Oral Paper Award

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF STRESSORS ON THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL HORMONES CORTISOL AND DHEAS IN ADULT MALE RHESUS MACAQUES N. Maninger, J. P. Capitanio, S. A. Blozis, J. D. Ruys, S. P. Mendoza Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Poster Paper Award

DO ADULTS UNDERSTAND WHAT INFANTS KNOW ABOUT FOOD? FOOD TRANSFERS IN CAPTIVE COTTON-TOP TAMARINS (SAGUINUS OEDIPUS) S. M. Joyce, C. T. Snowdon Abstract

Awards for 2003

Oral Paper Award

MALE MATE CHOICE IN RINGTAILED LEMURS (LEMUR CATTA): THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MALE MATING EFFORT AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL J. A. Parga Abstract

Poster Paper Award

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE TREATMENT ALTERED AGGRESSION AND THE SEROTONERGIC SYSTEM IN FEMALE CYNOMOLGUS MONKEYS. J. A. Henderson and C. A. Shively Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Oral Paper Award

DEVELOPMENT OF TERMITE-FISHING SKILLS IN THE GOMBE CHIMPANZEES. E. V. Lonsdorf Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Poster Paper Award

RECONCILIATION AND RELATIONSHIP STRENGTH AMONG CAPTIVE HAMADRYAS BABOONS (PAPIO HAMADRYAS HAMADRYAS). N. A. DeBolt and P. G. Judge Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Poster Paper Award

FEEDING ECOLOGY OF THE BLACK HOWLER MONKEY (ALOUATTA PIGRA) IN CALAKMUL, MEXICO. A. Rivera and S. Calmé El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Abstract

Awards for 2002

Oral Paper Award

THE ALARM REACTIONS OF NEIGHBORING GROUPS HAVE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON MARMOSETS. S. J. Hankerson, K. Short, K. Bachand, and N. G. Caine Abstract

Poster Paper Award

SOCIAL CONTEXT AFFECTS VOCAL STRUCTURE IN A CALLITRICHID PRIMATE (CALLITHRIX KUHLII). M. Rukstalis, J. E. Fite, and J. A. French Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Oral Paper Award

DIFFERENCES IN PERSONALITY AND NEUROENDOCRINE RESPONSES TO PHARMALOGICAL TREATMENT IN ADULT MALE RHESUS MACAQUES (MACACA MULATTA). J. D. Ruys, J. P. Capitanio and S. P. Mendoza Abstract

Honorable Mention -- Poster Paper Award

WEAK RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DOMINANCE AND FORAGING EFFICIENCY IN COLOMBIAN WOOLLY MONKEYS (LAGOTHRIX LAGOTHRICHA) AT TINIGUA PARK. P. R. Stevenson Abstract

Awards for 2001

Oral Paper Award

A CONCEPT OF VALUE IN BROWN CAPUCHIN MONKEYS (CEBUS APELLA). Sarah Brosnan and F. de Waal Abstract

Poster Paper Award

GENETIC MOSAICS ACROSS TISSUES IN CALLITRICHIDS (CALLITHRIX KUHLII, BLACK-TUFTED EAR MARMOSETS). Corina Ross, G. Orti, and J. A. French Abstract

Honorable Mention

IMMIGRATION PATTERNS AND GROUP STABILITY IN WILD GOLDEN-HEADED LION TAMARINS IN SOUTHERN BAHIA, BRAZIL. Becky Raboy and J. Dietz Abstract

Awards for 2000

Oral Paper Award

FACTORS AFFECTING VARIATION IN DAILY FOOD INTAKE BY WILD GOLDEN LION TAMARINS (LEONTOPITHECUS ROSALIA). Kimran Miller and J. Dietz Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Abstract

Poster Paper Award

CAPTIVE GEOFFROY'S MARMOSETS (CALLITHRIX GEOFFROYI) REACT TO SOARING BIRD MODELS WITH ANTI-PREDATOR BEHAVIORS. Yvonne M. Searcy and N. G. Caine Department of Psychology, California State University, San Marcos, CA 92096, and the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92112 Abstract

Honorable Mention

POSTURAL CONGRUENCE IN A CAPTIVE GROUP OF CHIMPANZEES (PAN TROGLODYTES). Sarah E. Jazrawi Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 Abstract
EARLY EXPERIENCE WITH ATYPICAL PEERS: A MACAQUE MODEL OF MAINSTREAMING.
Tristan M. Nicholson^1,3, J. S. Lockard^1,2,3 and J. C. Ha^1,2
1 Infant Primate Research Laboratory, University of Washington, Box 357920, Seattle, WA 98195
2 Department of Psychology, University of Washington
3 Department of Anthropology, University of Washington Abstract
CALLIMICO GOELDII: UNDERSTORY MONKEYS OF NORTHERN BOLIVIA. Leila M. Porter Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Department of Anthropology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794 Abstract

Awards for 1999

Oral Paper Award

FUR RUBBING BEHAVIOR IN FREE-RANGING BLACK HANDED SPIDER MONKEYS (ATELES GEOFFROYI) IN PANAMA. C. J. Campbell Department of Anthropology, 232 Kroeber Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 Abstract

Honorable Mention

A NEW "FOUNDER EFFECT" - ESTABLISHMENT OF DOMINANCE IN WILD GOLDEN LION TAMARIN GROUPS. Karen Bales and James M. Dietz Department of Biology, University of Maryland, 1204 Biology-Psychology Building, College Park, MD 20742. Abstract
AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE ON DENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SIAMANG (SYMPALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS) FROM HISTOLOGY AND RADIOGRAPHY. Wendy Dirks Dept. of Anthropology, New York University, 25 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003. Abstract

Poster Paper Award

THE IMPACT OF INFANT CARE ON SLEEP IN MARMOSETS (CALLITHRIX KUHLII): IS LESS OR DISRUPTED SLEEP AN ADDITIONAL COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO INFANTS? J. E. Fite and J. A. French Nebraska Behavioral Biology Group, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182-0274. Abstract

Honorable Mention

A NOVEL METHOD FOR MEASURING ANIMAL COLORATION. Melissa S. Gerald^1,2, John Bernstein³ and Roystone Hinkson³. ¹Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, ²Barbados Primate Research Center and Wildlife Reserve (BPRC & WR), Farley Hill, St. Peter, Barbados, West Indies, ³University of West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, West Indies. Abstract

Awards for 1998

Oral Paper Award

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND SEXUAL MOTIVATION ACROSS THE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE IN TITI MONKEYS (CALLICEBUS MOLOCH): CONCEALMENT OR COMMUNICATION OF OVULATION? D.M. Reeder(1,2), S.P. Mendoza(1,2), and W.A. Mason(2). (1)Department of Psychology, and (2)California Regional Primate Research Center, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616. Abstract

Poster Paper Award

SOCIAL EFFECTS ON ANOINTING BEHAVIOR IN CAPUCHINS (CEBUS APELLA). Tina M. Gilbert, David A. Brown, and Sarah T. Boysen. Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210. Abstract

Awards for 1997

Oral Paper Awards

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ENERGY BALANCE, HORMONAL PATTERNS AND MATING BEHAVIOR IN WILD BORNEAN ORANGUTANS (PONGO PYGMAEUS). C.D. Knott. Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. Abstract
THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECONCILIATION IN TUFTED CAPUCHINS, CEBUS APELLA. Ann Ch.F. Weaver and Frans B.M. de Waal. Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. Abstract

Poster Paper Award

FEEDING PARTY DYNAMICS IN RESPONSE TO FOOD AVAILABILITY IN WHITE-FACED SAKIS OF LAGO DURI, VENEZUELA. A.L. Harrison and M.A. Norconk. Department of Anthropology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242. Abstract

Awards for 1996

Oral Paper Awards

FUNCTIONAL HEMISPHERIC LATERALIZATION IN THE COMMON MARMOSET (Callithrix jacchus). M.A. Hook-Costigan and L.J. Rogers. Department of Physiology, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W. Australia, 2351. Abstract

Honorable Mention

A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON FACE RECOGNITION IN CHIMPANZEES (Pan troglodytes). L.A. Parr(1,3), W.D. Hopkins(2,3) and F.B.M. de Waal(3). (1)Department of Psycology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, (2)Berry College, Rome, GA 30149, and (3)Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, 954 N. Gatewood Rd., Atlanta, GA 30329, U.S.A. Abstract

Poster Paper Awards

CONSERVATION STATUS OF THE SLENDER LORIS IN KALAKKAD-MUNDANTHURAI TIGER RESERVE, INDIA. K. Kar Gupta. Wildlife Institute of India, P.O. Box 18, Dehradun 248 001, India. Abstract
THE TREATMENT OF SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR IN RHESUS MONKEYS USING A SEROTONIN ENHANCING AGENT. K.P. Weld, J.A. Mench, and R.A. Woodward. National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, Poolesville, MD 20837, U.S.A. Abstract

Honorable Mention

THE FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE FORELIMB IN Callimico goeldii AND Leontopithecus rosalia: A STUDY USING KINEMATIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL DATA. G.P. Aronsen and W.C. Hartwig. Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, U.S.A. Abstract
THERMOREGULATORY BEHAVIOR IN A SEXUALLY DICHROMATIC NEOTROPICAL PRIMATE. THE BLACK HOWLER MONKEY (Alouatta caraya). J.C. Bicca-Marques and C. Calegaro-Marques. Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A. Abstract
REARING CONDITION AND PLASMA CORTISOL IN RHESUS MONKEY INFANTS. C. Shannon and S. Higley. LCE, NICHD, Poolesville, MD 20837, U.S.A. Abstract

Awards for 1995

Oral Paper Awards

EFFECTS OF FAMILIARITY AND CONTEXT ON INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HETEROSEXUAL PAIRS OF TITI MONKEYS (Callicebus moloch). E. Fernandez-Duque, W.A. Mason and C.R. Valeggia. California Regional Primate Research Center and Animal Behavior Group, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. Abstract
REDTAIL MONKEYS AND STRYCHNOS MITIS: A PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTION IN THE KIBALE FOREST, UGANDA. J. Lambert. Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801. Abstract

Poster Paper Awards

CARDIOVASCULAR AND NEUROENDOCRINE RESPONSES TO CHASES AND FOOD ANTICIPATION IN BABOONS: A STUDY INVOLVING TELEMETRY AND REMOTE CONTROL BLOOD DRAWS. K.L. Bentson(1), C.A. Astley(1), F.P. Miles(1), D.S. Goldstein(2), C. Holmes(2), and O.A. Smith(1). (1)Regional Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, and (2)National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892. Abstract
INTRAGROUP SPACING AND AGONISTIC INTERACTIONS IN WHITE-FACED SAKIS. T.M. Gleason and M.A. Norconk. Department of Anthropology, Kent State University, Kent OH 44242. Abstract

Awards for 1994

Oral Paper Awards

SURVEY OF HUMBOLDT'S BLACK HEAD UAKARI IN SOUTHERN AMAZONAS, VENEZUELA. S. M. Lehman.

Awards for 1993

Oral Paper Awards

CAUSES, RISKS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF DISPERSAL IN MALE SAVANNAH BABOONS. Susan Alberts . University of Chicago.
THE EFFECTS OF SOCIALITY ON THE DEMOGRAPHY AND GENETIC STRUCTURE OF TWO LEMUR SPECIES Adina Mereniender. Stanford University.

Poster Paper Award

ANALYSIS OF OBJECT CONCEPT DATA: AN ARGUMENT FOR TIERED PERFORMANCE CURVES Cristy Kimpo. University of Washington.

Awards for 1992

Oral Paper Award

ADULT MALE INTERACTIONS WITH IMMATURES IN FREE-RANGING RHESUS MONKEYS. Elizabeth St. Andre. Emory Universiity.

Poster Paper Award

THE EFFECTS OF MODERATE CALORIC RESTRICTION ON BODY COMPOSITION AND OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN RHESUS MONKEYS. Tami Wolden-Hanson. University of Wisconsin.

Awards for 1991

Oral Paper Awards

THE INFLUENCE OF RESOURCE DISPERSION ON GROUP SIZE AMONG WEDGE-CAPPED CAPUCHINS. Lynne Miller. University of California, Davis.
INTERLEUKIN-1 IN RHESUS MACAQUES: SOME PRELIMINARY FINDINGS. Elliott Friedman. University of Wisconsin.

Poster Paper Awards

FACTORS AFFECTING THE FOOD CALLS OF RED-BELLIED TAMARINS. Rebecca Addington. Bucknell University.

Awards for 1990

Oral Paper Awards

COLOR DISCRIMINATION AND COLOR REVERSAL ACQUISITION IN GROUP-LIVING RHESUS MONKEYS C. Drea. Emory University.
DIFFERENTIAL TOLERANCE ACROSS RANK GROUPS DURING SOCIAL FEEDING IN A CAPTIVE GROUP OF RHESUS MONKEYS M. Libet. University of California, Davis.

Poster Paper Awards

AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF DISPERSAL CHOICES IN (CALLITHRIX JACCHUS). Leslie Digby. University of California, Davis.
CHANGES IN THE INTERFEMALE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF MACACA FASCICULARIS OVER THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE. T. Justice. Wake Forest University.

Awards for 1989

Oral Paper Awards

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN BODY SIZE AMONG PROSIMIAN PRIMATES. Peter Kappeler. Duke University.
SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF SEQUENTIAL GROUP FORMATION AMONG FEMALE SQUIRREL MONKEYS. Wendy Saltzman. University of California, Davis.

Poster Paper Award

IDENTIFICATION OF MULTIPLE FORMS OF PROLACTIN AND GROWTH HORMONE IN THE SQUIRREL MONKEY PITUITARY GLAND. Robin von Haven. University of South Alabama.

Awards for 1988

Oral Paper Award

PROXIMITY RELATIONS DURING RHESUS MACAQUE MATING CONSORTS. Thomas Ruehlmann. University of Georgia.

Poster Paper Awards

REGULATION OF SERUM PROLACTIN LEVELS LEVELS IN THE UNANESTHETIZED SQUIRREL MONKEY. Marilyn Thompson. University of South Alabama.
THE USE OF SENTINELS BY CAPTIVE RED-BELLIED TAMARINS. Janet Zullo. Bucknell University.

Awards for 1987

Oral Paper Awards

AN ANALYSIS OF FEEDING ENRICHMENT FOR CAPTIVE CHIMPANZEES. Mollie Bloomstrand. Georgia Institute of Technology.
BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT OF WILD YELLOW BABOONS. Lauren Marra-Wasser. University of Washington.

Poster Paper Award

DIFFERENT FEEDING METHODS ALTER THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF CAPTIVE SQUIRREL MONKEYS. Michele Goldsmith. Bucknell University.

Awards for 1986

Oral Paper Award

EFFECTS OF ACUTE TESTOSTERONE SUPPRESSION ON MALE RHESUS SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN A SOCIAL GROUP. Maryann Davis-DaSilva. Emory University.

Awards for 1985

Oral Paper Awards

PATTERNS OF EPIPHYSEAL FUSION IN CAGED AND FREE-RANGING RHESUS MACAQUES (MACACA MULATTA). M. Knesivic. University of Puerto Rico.
MATERNAL MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE UPON MOTHER-INFANT RELATIONS AMONG RHESUS MONKEYS IN INDIA AND NEPAL. R. Johnson. University of Colorado.

Poster Paper Award

VIGILANCE WHILE FORAGING IN CAPTIVE GROUPS OF TAMARINS (SAGUINUS LABIATUS) AND SQUIRREL MONKEYS (SAMIRI SPP.). S. Marra. Bucknell University.

Awards for 1984

Oral Paper Awards

MIRROR RESPONSES IN A JAPANESE MACAQUE TROOP (ARASHIYAMA WEST) Meredith Platt. Hunter College.
DIAGNOSIS OF PREGNANCY IN AOTUS MONKEYS: HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST FOR URINARY CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN Ann L. Huber. University of Missouri.

Awards for 1982

Oral Paper Awards

PEER SEPARATION IN YOUNG CHIMPANZEES. Kim Bard. Emory University.
CRYOPRESERVATION OF SQUIRREL MONKEY (SAIMIRI SCIUREUS) OOCYTES. Francesco DeMayo. Michigan State University.
JUVENILE-ADULT FEMALE ASSOCIATION PATTERNS IN WILD TOQUE MONKEYS (MACACA SINICA) IN RELATION TO AGE, KINSHIP AND DOMINANCE RANK Ann Baker Dittus. University of Maryland.

Awards for 1981

Oral Paper Awards

REMINISCENCE: AN EXAMINATION OVER SHORT TIME INTERVALS. Catherine Cook. Washington State University.
INFLUENCES OF ARTIFICIALLY RECEPTIVE FEMALES ON SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF A CAPTIVE GROUP OF RHESUS MONKEYS OUTSIDE THE BREEDING SEASON. Maria del Carmen Ruiz de Elvira. Emory University.
FEMALES WITHOUT INFANTS; MATING STRATEGIES IN TWO GROUPS OF CAPTIVE MACAQUES. Meredith Small. University of California, Davis.

Awards for 1980

Oral Paper Awards

GENETIC VARIATION IN A POPULATION OF RHESUS MONKEYS (MACACA MULATTA) IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN. Don J. Melnick. Yale University.
ALLOMETRY OF PRIMATE HAIR AND THE EVOLUTION OF HAIRLESSNESS IN MAN. Gary G. Schwartz. Downstate Medical Center.

Revised: 23 September 2007