Research Affiliates
Fatimah Williams Castro
- Degree and University: Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 2011
- fwilliamscastro@gmail.com
Andrea L. DiGiorgio
- Postdoctoral Researcher (Rutgers University), Lecturer (Princeton University)
- Specialization: Primate behavior, nutritional ecology, conservation
- Degree and University: Ph.D., Anthropology, Boston University 2019
- AndreaLD@princeton.edu
Helen Fisher
- Visiting Research Associate
- Specialization: Human sexuality, gender differences, mate choice, romantic love, evolution of the brain
- Degree and University: PhD, University of Colorado, 1975
- HelenFisher@HelenFisher.com
- Office: Ruth Adams Building, Room 315
- Phone: (212) 744-9870
- Visit Website
Elise J. Laugier
- Elise J. Laugier
- NSF Postdoctoral Fellow - Visiting Scientist
- Specialization: Environmental archaeology, land use, paleoethnobotany, geospatial approaches, Southwest Asia
- Degree and University: PhD, Dartmouth College, 2021
- elise.laugier@rutgers.edu
Jason Lewis
- Director of the Turkana Basin Institute and Research Associate, SAS
- Annual Lecturer in Anthropology
- Specialization: hominin evolution and ecology, Old World prehistory, zooarcheology; Africa, Europe
- Degree and University: PhD, Stanford University, 2011
- jason.lewis@rutgers.edu
Caitlin A. O'Connell
- Specialization: Primate behavior and ecology, sociality, life history, energetics, parasitology, conservation
- Degree and University: Ph.D., Anthropology, Boston University, 2018
- ocon233@usc.edu
Sarah Schaefer
- Degree and University: Ph.D. Evolutionary Anthropology, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 2011
- sschaefe@anthropology.rutgers.edu
Dissertation: Personality, Subjective Well-Being, and Vocal Communication in Captive Male Western Lowland Gorillas
Darshana Shapiro
- Visiting Research Associate
- Degree and University: PhD, Rutgers University, 2016
- darshana.shapiro@rutgers.edu
- Visit Website
Dissertation: Characterizing density and anisotropy in the trabecular architecture of the primate ilium and ischium
Cathryn Townsend
- Degree and University: B.A., University of South Africa; M.A., Goldsmiths-London (United Kingdom); Ph.D., UCL-London (United Kingdom)
- ct517@anthropology.rutgers.edu
Helen Wasielewski Schaffer
- Degree and University: Ph.D., Evolutionary Anthropology, Rutgers University, 2012
- hwasielewski@hotmail.com
Andrew Sillen
VISITING RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Degree and University: PhD, University of Pennsylvania (Anthropology), 1981
Specialization: Early hominin growth, diet, and landscape use; Pleistocene archaeology of Southern Africa; trace element and isotopic analysis of fossil skeletal tissue.
