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Biological Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Harvard UniversityEducational ProgramCambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Biological Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University (Established 1886) 11 Divinity Avenue , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02138 U.S.A. Director: Professor Peter Ellison, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Peabody Museum Room 51F, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-496-1132 (assistant's tele), 617-496-8041 (telefax), pellison@fas.harvard.edu Phone: 1 (617) 495-2246 (department tele) Fax: 1 (617) 496-8041 E-mail: amoroso@fas.harvard.edu Affiliations: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Mission: The objective of the graduate program in biological anthropology is to provide the candidate for the Ph.D. with comprehensive graduate training in biological anthropology, within the broader field of anthropology, and evolutionary biology, as well as specialization in a particular research area. Principal Research Programs: Primate behavior & ecology, evolutionary biology; human biology, reproductive physiology; hominoid genetic evolution, primate phylogeny; primate evolution and paleoecology; functional and developmental morphology, craniofacial anatomy, human evolution Training Opportunities: Harvard College undergraduates can concentrate in Biological Anthropology or Human Evolutionary Biology for the bachelor's degree. The objective of Harvard's graduate program in Biological Anthropology is to provide the candidate for the Ph.D. with comprehensive training in biological anthropology, within the broader field of anthropology, and evolutionary biology, as well as specialization in a particular research area. Since one of the principal objectives of advanced training in anthropology is preparation for college teaching, for which the doctoral degree is generally required, the master's degree in anthropology is normally not taken as an end in itself. Financial Aid: Students admitted to Harvard's doctoral program in biological anthropology receive full tuition and ten months of living support for the first four years and a fifth year of dissertation completion support; in the first two years they receive stipends, in the third and fourth years teaching or research fellowships, and a final year of support for dissertation completion. Two-month summer research awards are available for the summers following the first and second years. Awards are reviewed annually and are contingent upon students making satisfactory progress in the program. Prospective applicants are urged to apply for outside fellowships that offer tuition and stipend support during graduate school. These include the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships, the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships, and the U.S. Department of Education's Jacob K. Javits Fellowships. Application deadlines for these fellowships are in the fall, well before Harvard's admissions deadline. Eligible applicants are encouraged to investigate these funding opportunities early in the application season. Number of Staff: Total (10) Key Personnel: Peter Ellison, Professor, Chair of Biological Anthroplogy (human biology, integration of lab & field research, reproductive physiology) Phone: 617-495-4213, E-mail: pellison@fas.harvard.edu Maryellen Ruvolo, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies in Biological Anthropology (molecular biology of humans, hominoid genetic evolution, primate phylogeny) Phone: 617-495-3576, E-mail: ruvolo@fas.harvard.edu David Pilbeam, Professor (paleoanthropology, hominoid evolution, anatomy, paleoecology) Phone: 617-495-4736, E-mail: pilbeam@fas.harvard.edu Daniel Lieberman, Professor (functional and developmental morphology, craniofacial anatomy, history and phylogenic analysis of bone, human evolution) Phone: 617-495-5479, E-mail: danlieb@fas.harvard.edu Richard Wrangham, Professor (primate behavior and ecology, human ecology, evolutionary biology) Phone: 617-495-5948, E-mail: wrangham@fas.harvard.edu Cheryl Knott, Associate Professor (primate behavior, reproduction & nutritional ecology) Phone: 617-495-4710, E-mail: knott@fas.harvard.edu Marc Hauser, Professor of Psychology (evolutionary & developmental foundations of the human mind) Phone: 617-496-7077, E-mail: mdh@wjh.harvard.edu John Barry, Lecturer, Paleoanthropology Lab (primate evolution, paleontology, geology, paleoenvironments, Miocene hominoids) Phone: 617-495-3720, E-mail: jcbarry@fas.harvard.edu Susan Lipson, Lecturer, Reproductive Ecology Lab (human biology, reproductive endocrinology & physiology, reproductive ecology) Phone: 617-496-1038, E-mail: sflipson@fas.harvard.edu Nancy Lou Conklin-Brittain, Research Assistant, Nutritonal Ecology Lab (nutritional analysis), nconklin@fas.harvard.edu, 617-495-9070 Judith Flynn Chapman, Lecturer (human biology, reproductive ecology, evolution and human behaior, psychoneuroendocrinology), jflynn@fas.harvard.edu Species Supported: chimpanzee "Pan troglodytes"; orangutan "Pongo pygmaeus" Associated Field Sites: Kibale Chimpanzee Project, Kibale Forest, Uganda, directed by Professor Richard Wrangham; Orangutan Reproductive & Behavioral Ecology, Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, directed by Professor Cheryl Knott. In addition, Professor Marc Hauser of Harvard's Department of Psychology directs a research site in Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico. Fieldwork is integrated with/complemented by research in Harvard's Nutritional Ecology Lab (Wrangham/Conklin-Brittain), Reproductive Ecology Lab (Ellison/Lipson/Knott), Paleoanthropology Lab (Pilbeam/Barry), Molecular Anthropology Analysis Lab (Ruvolo), Skeletal Biology Lab (Lieberman) and Cognitive Evolution Lab (Hauser). Web Site: http://www.anthropology.fas.harvard.edu Comments: Graduate Program Administrator Jana Amoroso, tele 617-495-5564, e-mail: amoroso@fas.harvard.edu, for information on graduate program. Entry created: 1998-03-30 [Update Entry] [Delete Entry] |