Office: 1.134 EPS
Phone: 512-471-8522
rjlewis@mail.utexas.edu

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Education: Ph.D., Duke University

Research interests:
Evolution of Primate Social Behavior
Power Dynamics and Power Structures
Intersexual Conflict
Social Relationships
Biological Markets

Courses taught: Primate Social Behavior
Comparative Primate Ecology
Methods in Primate Biology
Introduction to Physical Anthropology

Field(s) of Study: Physical Anthropology

Awards/Honors:
R. L. Trivers Instructorship, Duke University 2003-2004
Julian Price Fellowship, Duke University 2003-2004
Faculty Fellow, Center for Women and Gender Studies, UT-Austin 2005-2006

Recent Publications:
Lewis RJ (in press) The Function of Scent-marking in Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi). American Journal of Primatology.

Lewis RJ, van Schaik CP (in press) Bimorphism in Male Verreauxa^?(TM)s Sifaka in the Kirindy Forest of Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology.

Lewis RJ, Kappeler PM (2005) Seasonality, Body Condition, and the Timing of Reproduction in Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi. American Journal of Primatology 67:347a^?? g364.

Lewis RJ, Kappeler PM (2005) Are Verreauxa^?(TM)s Sifaka Captial Breeders? It Depends. American Journal of Primatology 67:365a^??g369.

Lewis RJ (2005) Sex Differences in Scent-marking in Sifaka: Mating Conflict or Mate Guarding. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 128:389a^?? g398.

Lewis RJ (2002) Beyond Dominance: The Importance of Leverage. Quarterly Review of Biology 77(2): 149-164.

Nunn CL, Lewis RJ (2001) Cooperation and collective benefits: applying economic models of collective action to animal behavior. In R NoA?s, JARAM van Hooff, and P Hammerstein (eds.): Economics in Nature, pp.42-66. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.