About Research
I have an undergraduate degree in psychology from University of California, Davis, 1967. My M.A. and Ph.D. are both from U.C. Berkeley. My research interests are in primate social behavior and ecology. I have worked on various species of galagos in South Africa and in East Africa and on Lepilemur in southwest Madagascar. I also have worked on Galago senegalensis in captivity in a colony that was formerly housed at ASU and I maintain a continuing research affiliation for work on captive chimpanzees with the Primate Foundation of Arizona.
My topical areas of focus include the relationship of ecological variables to social differences among nocturnal prosimians, the role of gum as a dietary staple in some galagos and other primates, and the social development of immatures. The work on captive animals has focused on sex differences in the behavior of immatures and the nature and stability of individual differences (temperament).
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About Teaching
I teach undergraduate courses and graduate courses. Undergraduate courses include Primatology and Primate Behavior Laboratory as well as the introductory course in physical anthropology, Bones, Stones and Human Evolution. Graduate courses include Primatology and topical seminars. I serve on or chair several committees of graduate students in our program.
I have been also active in service to national organizations. In particular, I chaired a group which hosted an extremely successful annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Tempe in 2003. That year I was also elected to a three year term on the AAPA Executive Board.
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Select Publications
Social Development Publications
Nash, L.T. (1993)
Juveniles in nongregarious primates. Juvenile Primates: Life History, Development and Behavior, M. Pereira and L. Fairbanks (eds.), Oxford University Press, pp. 119-137, (Download PDF)
Nash, L.T. (2003)
Sex differences in the behavior and social interactions of immature Galago senegalensis braccatus. Folia Primatologica,74:285-300, (Download PDF)
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Social Behavior and Ecology of Nocturnal Primates Publications
Harcourt, C.S. and L.T. Nash (1986)
Species differences in substrate use and diet between sympatric galagos in two Kenyan coastal forests, Primates, Vol. 27, 41-52.
Harcourt, C.S. and L.T. Nash (1986)
Social organization of galagos in Kenyan coastal forests: I. Galago zanzibaricus, American Journal of Primatology, Vol. 10, pp. 329-356
Nash, L.T. and C.S. Harcourt (1986)
Social organization of galagos in Kenyan coastal forests: II. Galago garnettii, American Journal of Primatology, Vol. 10, pp. 357-369
Nash, L.T. (1986)
Dietary, behavioral, and morphological aspects of gummivory in primates, Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, Vol. 29, pp. 113-137
Izard, K. and L.T. Nash (1988)
Contrasting reproductive parameters in Galago senegalensis braccatus and G. s. moholi, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 9, pp. 519-528
Nash, L.T., S.K. Bearder, and T. Olson (1989)
Synopsis of galago species characteristics, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 10, pp. 57-8
Nash, L.T. (1998)
Vertical Clingers and Sleepers: Seasonal Influences on the Activities and Substrate Use of Lepilemur leucopus at Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar. Folia Primatologica, Vol. 69 (Suppl 1), pp. 204-217
Nash, L.T. (2004)
Kinship and behavior among the nongregarious nocturnal prosimians: What do we really know? IN Kinship And Behavior In Primates. Bernard Chapais and Carol Berman, editors, Oxford University Press, pp. 200-222, (Download PDF)
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Captive Animal Welfare and Ethics Publications
Nash, L.T. and S.-M. Chilton (1986)
Space or novelty?: Effects of altered cage size on galago behavior, American Journal of Primatology, Vol. 10, pp. 37-49
Fritz, J., L.T. Nash, P.L. Alford, and J.A. Bowen (1992)
Abnormal behaviors, with a special focus on rocking, and reproductive competence in a large sample of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), American Journal of Primatology, Vol. 27, pp. 161-176
Nash, L.T., Fritz, J, Alford, P. (1999)
Variables influencing the origins of diverse abnormal behaviors in a large sample of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), American Journal of Primatology, 48:15-29, (Download PDF )
Nash, L.T. (2004)
Studies of primates in the field and in captivity: similarities and differences in ethical concerns. IN Ethics in Physical Anthropology. T.R. Turner, editor, SUNY Press, 27-48
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Contact:
Leanne T. Nash
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