Author Archives: Melissa Remis
PhD Student Savannah Schulze receives Global Synergy Research Grant
Congratulations to Savannah Schulze on receiving the Global Synergy Research Grant! This funding will support her dissertation research project “Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringi beringi) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda: Interrelationships with Batwa and other local communities.”
Presentation at the Conference on Hunter-Gatherer Societies in Vienna
Dr. Melissa Remis and Dr. Carolyn Jost Robinson presented their paper “Biodiversity as Food Security: Nutritional and social outcomes of declining wildlife on contemporary hunter-gatherers in protected Congo Basin Forests” at the 11th Conference on Hunter-Gatherer Societies (CHAGS) in Vienna, … Continue reading
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Grad student Liz Hall completes MS project
Congratulations to graduate student Liz Hall for completing her MS non-thesis project entitled “Primates, parasites, and hunting pressure: An exploratory analysis of the population status of endangered primates in Korup National Park, Cameroon.” Liz will continue to the PhD program in … Continue reading
Grad student Savannah Schulze visits mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
PhD student Savannah Schulze writes about observing mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda and provides updates on her experiences in the field. To see her latest blog post and view more photos from the field, follow the link … Continue reading
Melissa Remis named Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
Congratulations to Melissa Remis for her new position as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education in the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University!
RRG graduates conduct research on orangutans at Indianapolis Zoo
Recent graduates Kaitlyn Johnson (left) and Alex Pettigrew (right) actively engage with research efforts at the Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center at the Indianapolis Zoo. Alex designed and conducted a behavioral study on the orangutans at the center in Spring … Continue reading
Congratulations to graduates Kaitlyn Johnson and Alex Pettigrew!
Congratulations to Remis Research Group members Kaitlyn Johnson and Alex Pettigrew on their recent graduation from Purdue University! Kaitlyn received her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. Her senior honors thesis, entitled “Human-Wildlife Interaction and Conflict Management in East Africa,” examined … Continue reading
New blog post from Savannah Schulze: Mabira Forest
Follow the link below to read the latest post from graduate student Savannah Schulze about her visit to Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda. http://primatediaries2015.webs.com/apps/blog/show/43412332-mabira-forest-
Graduate student Savannah Schulze arrives in Uganda!
PhD student Savannah Schulze begins her summer fieldwork in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Follow her blog as she conducts pilot research on local perceptions of mountain gorillas! http://primatediaries2015.webs.com/
Central African Republic Hotspot Feature in Cultural Anthropology Journal
Rebecca Hardin, Melissa Remis and Carolyn Jost Robinson recently published a feature article “From Abundance to Acute marginality-farms-arms-and forests-in the Central African Republic” in the online Cultural Anthropology Journal on the current conflict situation in the Central African Republic and … Continue reading
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