Melissa Remis was honored by Purdue Provost Jay Akridge and Professor Mangala Subrimaniam of the Butler Center at a recent virtual Awards Ceremony. Jay Akridge, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Diversity, and Mangala Subramaniam, Chair and … Continue reading
Author Archives: Melissa Remis
Carolyn Jost Robinson featured on HBO Vice
Congratulations to Carolyn Jost Robinson on her debut on HBO Vice! The documentary highlighted Carolyn’s research in the forests of Central African Republic and featured many members of our extended BaAka family. Be on the lookout for Carolyn and crew in … Continue reading
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Monkeys are less cuddly with each other when dealing with an infection, study finds
Brandi Wren (Purdue PhD 2013), Ian Ray, Thomas Gillespie, Melissa Remis and Joseph Camp have a new publication in PLOS One! Brandi Wren, an RRG member and Visiting Scholar in the department of anthropology at Purdue University studied social distancing and … Continue reading
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Melissa Remis and Carolyn Jost Robinson publish new article in American Anthropologist
“Elephants, Hunters, and Others: Integrating Biological Anthropology and Multispecies Ethnography in a Conservation Zone” has just appeared in the September 2020 issue of American Anthropologist. The paper follows multispecies interactions along networks of elephant trails in the Central African Republic … Continue reading
Savannah Schulze receives National Geographic Grant for research on cultural tourism in Uganda!
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Remis as Head of Department of Anthropology!
Dr. Melissa J. Remis has returned to Purdue’s Department of Anthropology, this time as Head of the Department. Having left for a short venture in the Dean’s Office, the Anthropology faculty, staff, and students are excited for Remis’ return and … Continue reading
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Primate Pedagogy – Tara Capel’s venture into academic social media.
Love social media, particularly Instagram? Can’t get enough of monkeys, apes, conservation, environmental issues, and graduate school sarcasm? Follow @primatepedagogy!
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Attendance at 2018 IPS Meeting!
Carolyn Jost Robinson represented the Remis Research Group during her trip to Nairobi, Kenya for the 2018 International Primatological Society meeting. While at the event, Carolyn participated in the Red Colobus species Action Plan Workshop and attended a meeting for … Continue reading
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Liz Hall receives National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant!
Congratulations to Purdue University Anthropology doctoral candidate, Liz Hall, who received a grant from the National Science Foundation for support of the project entitled “Doctoral Dissertation Research: Zoonotic Risks at the Human-Primate Interface: Behavior, Nutritional Status, and Immune Function.” Her … Continue reading
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Carolyn Jost Robinson, Lesley Daspit and Melissa Remis publish new paper in Waller, M. ed. Ethnoprimatology: Primate conservation in the 21st Century.
2016 Jost-Robinson, C.A., Daspit, L.A. and M.J. Remis. Monkeys On The Menu? Reconciling Patterns Of Primate Hunting And Consumption In A Central African Village. Waller, M. ed. Ethnoprimatology: Primate conservation in the 21st Century. Springer Press. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-30469-4_3
Dr. Melissa J. Remis 