Rebecca M. Stumpf Phd
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Contact
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Office:
Anthropology
109 Davenport Hall
607 S Mathews
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801 - Phone: (217)333-8072
- Email: rstumpf@illinois.edu
Education
2004 State University of New York at Stonybrook, NY Doctor of Philosophy, Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences ; 1998 State University of New York at Stonybrook, NY Masters Degree, Anthropological Sciences ; 1990 Oberlin College Bachelors Degree
Research Interests
Reproductive strategies; Sexual selection; Social and sexual development; Primate behavioral endocrinology; Microbe-host interactions; Evolution of mating systems; Evolutionary mechanisms; Primate evolution; Conservation
Courses
ANTH 143/HDFS 143: The Biological Bases of Human Behavior ; ANTH 243/IB 243: The Natural History and Social Behavior of the Great Apes ; ANTH 258/GWS 258: Sex in Nature and Culture. ; ANTH 343: The Biology and Behavior of Women ; ANTH 347/IB 347: Primate Behavioral Endocrinology; ANTH 443/IB 443: Introduction to Primate Morphology and Behavior ; ANTH 515RS: Graduate Seminar - Sexual Selection; ANTH 515RS: Graduate Seminar - The Evolution of Human Sexuality and Behavior
Publications
Other
- Stumpf, RM, M. Shattuck, K. Milich, N. Righini & R. Martinez Moto. (in review) Sexual conflict: Shifting paradigms and the role of evolutionary anthropology.
- Knott, C, M Emery Thompson, RM Stumpf, & M. MacIntyre. (in review). Orangutan female reproductive strategies.
- Rivera, A, Frank J., Stumpf, R, Olsen G., Salyers A., Wilson, B, Leigh, S. (in review). Inter-individual variation in vaginal microbiota in a colony of baboons. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
- Rivera, A., Frank, J., Stumpf, R, Olsen G, Wilson, B, Leigh, S. (in review). Unexpected differences between the microbiota of baboons and humans.
- Jeters, R., A. Rivera, L. Anderson, R.M. Stumpf, S. Leigh, and A. Salyers. (in review). Detection of antibiotic resistance genes in wild and captive baboons and mangabeys.
- C. Campbell, A. Fuentes, K. MacKinnon, RM Stumpf and S. Bearder, eds. (in press). Primates in Perspective 2nd Edition . Oxford University Press. Oxford.
- Stumpf RM (in press). Chimpanzees and Bonobos. In: Primates in Perspective 2nd Edition (C. Campbell, A. Fuentes, K. MacKinnon, RM Stumpf and S. Bearder, eds). Oxford University Press. Oxford.
- Campbell, C., R.M. Stumpf, and K. MacKinnon. (in press). Primate behavioral methodologies. In: C. Campbell, A. Fuentes, K. MacKinnon, S. Bearder, and R.M. Stumpf (eds.): Primates in Perspective, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Campbell, C., A. Fuentes, K. MacKinnon, S. Bearder, and R.M. Stumpf. (in press). The future of primatological research. In: C. Campbell, A. Fuentes, K. MacKinnon, S. Bearder, and R.M. Stumpf (eds.): Primates in Perspective, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Stumpf, RM (in press). Western Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). In: Rowe, N (ed.) All the World’s Primates. Pagonias Press, Charlestown RI.
- Stumpf, RM (in press). Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes vellerosus). In: Rowe, N (ed.) All the World’s Primates. Pagonias Press, Charlestown RI.
- Stumpf, R.M., M. Emery Thompson, M.N. Muller & R.W. Wrangham (2009).The context of female dispersal in Kanyawara chimpanzees. Behaviour 146: 629-656.
- Kim, S, Thomas, S, Blanke, S, Gaskins, HR, Hoyer, L, Olsen, G, Slauch, J, Tapping, R, Stumpf, R, Ho, M & B Wilson (2009). Heterogeneity of vaginal microbial communities within individuals. Int. Soc. Microbial Ecol. Journal.
- Stumpf, RM, C Knott & M Emery Thompson (2008). A comparison of female mating strategies in Pan troglodytes and Pongo spp. International Journal of Primatology 29: 865-884.
- Emery Thompson, RM Stumpf & A. Pusey (2008). Female reproductive strategies and competition in apes. International Journal of Primatology 29: 815-821.
- Stumpf, R.M. (2007). Chimpanzees and Bonobos: Diversity within and between species. In: Primates in Perspective (C. Campbell, S. Bearder, A. Fuentes, K. MacKinnon, and M. Panger, eds). Oxford University Press. Oxford.
- Stumpf, R.M. (2007). Is ape extinction our legacy? New atlas provides a comprehensive assessment of the Great Apes’ conservation status. Book Review. American Journal of Primatology 69:1-4.
- Stumpf, R.M. & C. Boesch (2006). The efficacy of female choice in chimpanzees of the Taï Forest, Côte d'Ivoire. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60 (6): 749-765.
- Johnson, S.E., Gordon, A.D., Stumpf, R.M., P.C. Wright & D.J. Overdorff (2005). Sexual dimorphism and testes size in Brown Lemurs (Eulemur albocollaris and E. fulvus rufus). International Journal of Primatology 26 (6): 1399-1416.
- Stumpf, RM & C. Boesch (2005). Does promiscuous mating preclude female choice? Female sexual strategies and mate preference in chimpanzees of the Taï Forest, Côte d'Ivoire. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57: 511-524.
- Stumpf, RM, J.D. Polk, J.F. Oates, W.L. Jungers, C.P. Heesy, C.P Groves, & J.G. Fleagle (2002). Patterns of diversity in gorilla cranial morphology. In: Gorilla Biology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. (A. Taylor and M Goldsmith, eds.). Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. pp 35-61.
- Wyner Y.M., S.E Johnson, RM Stumpf, & R. DeSalle (2002). A genetic assessment of a white-collared X red-fronted lemur hybrid zone at Andringitra, Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology. 57(2): 51-66.
- Stumpf, RM (2000). Reproductive Strategies of Female Chimpanzees in the Taï Forest, Côte d’Ivoire. In: Etat des recherches en cours dans le Parc National de Taï. (Girardin, O., Koné, I., Yao, T., eds.). Sempérvira 9, 45:53.
- Wyner, Y., R. Absher, G. Amato, E. Sterling, RM Stumpf, Y. Rumpler, & R. DeSalle (1999). Species concepts and the determination of historic gene flow patterns in the Eulemur fulvus (Brown lemur) complex. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 66(1): 39-56.
Grants
2009-2011 Leakey Foundation. “Social and Sexual Development in Adolescent Chimpanzees of Kanyawara” P.I.; 2009-2010 Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. “Social and Sexual Development in Adolescent Chimpanzees” P.I. ; 2008-2011 National Science Foundation; “Vaginal Microbial Diversity in Primates” P.I. ; 2006-2007 Critical Research Initiatives Grant: Evolutionary Medicine and Women’s Sexual Health; Co-PI. ; 2005 Arnold O. Beckman Research Award; 1998-2001 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant.