David Crews

Education

• B.A., University of Maryland, College Park, 1969
• Ph.D., Psychobiology, Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers University, New Jersey, 1969

See also Dr. Crews' curriculum vita.

Research Interests

In general, Dr. Crews is interested in the meaning of diversity in reproductive controlling mechanisms and the evolution of brain mechanisms controlling behavior. Specifically, his research objectives are to (i) investigate how the environment regulates reproduction, (ii) determine how stimuli relevant to reproduction are perceived and integrated by the central nervous system, (iii) demonstrate how the central nervous system regulates internal reproductive state, and (iv) examine how change in internal state influence the expression of behavior. To this end he uses a comparative interdisciplinary approach that combines and integrates the molecular to the ecological levels of biological organization. His research is conducted in both the laboratory and the field because in this way the causal mechanisms and functional outcomes of reproductive processes are revealed at each level while illuminating the relations among the levels.

See also:

• More details on research interests
• Crews Lab web page
• Reptile Conservation International

Instruction

Fall 1999

• ZOO 390K.17 - Seminar in Physiology and Behavior

See also information on the Undergraduate Biomedical Training Program.

Awards/Honors

• Grass Foundation Lecturer, 1997
• Fellow, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1996
• Fellow, American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology, 1995
• Fellow, American Psychological Society, 1991
• Walker-Ames Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, 1991
• NIMH MERIT Award, 1989
• Irving I. Geschwind Memorial Lecturer, 1989
• NIMH Research Scientist Award, 1988-1998
• First Esquire Register of Outstanding Americans Under Age 40, 1984
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1983
• American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, 1979
• President's Award for Innovative Teaching, Harvard University , 1978
• NIMH Research Scientist Development Award, 1977-1987
• Sloan Fellow in Neuroscience, 1977-1979
• Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honorary, 1976
• Psi Chi Psychology Honorary Society, 1969
• Key Scholar, University of Maryland, 1968-1969

Publications

Dr. Crews has published over 250 research articles, book chapters, and essays in the areas of reproductive biology, neuroscience and endocrinology and edited three books. Below are just a few:

• David Crews and Jon Sakata. 2000. Evolution of brain mechanisms controlling sexual behavior. In Sexual Differentiation of the Brain. A. Matsumoto (ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 113-130.
• David Crews. 1999. Sexuality: The environment organization of phenotypic plasticity. In Reproduction in Context. K. Wallen and J. Schneider (eds.). M.I.T. Press, Cambridge. pp. 473-499.
• David Crews. 1999. Reptilian reproduction, overview. In Encyclopedia of Reproduction. Ernst Knobil and Jimmy D. Neill (eds.). Academic Press, New York. pp. 254-259.
• David Crews and James Perran Ross. 1998. Consequences of hormone disruption of sexual development for crocodilian conservation. In Crocodiles. Proceedings of the 24th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of IUCN-The World Conservation Union. IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Gland Switzerland. pp. 174-190.
• David Crews. 1998. Biology and relationships: Adaptation in nature. Family Systems 4: 99-106.
• David Crews. 1998. The evolutionary antecedents of love. Psychoneuroendocrinology 23: 751-764.
• David Crews. 1998. On the organization of individual differences in sexual behavior. American Zoologist 38: 118-132.
• David Crews. 1994. Animal sexuality. Scientific American 270: 108-114.