Department of Anthropology

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign




Dr. Steven R. Leigh Ph.D.

Department Head, Professor of Anthropology

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    Anthropology 109 Davenport Hall 607 S Mathews M/C 148 Urbana, IL 61801
  • Phone: (217)333-3616
  • Email: sleigh@illinois.edu

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  • Regular business hours, and by appointment

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Education

Ph.D., Anthropology, Northwestern University, 1992; M.A., Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1985; B.A., Anthropology, Northwestern University, 1980

Research Interests

Ontogeny and Life History Evolution; Human Evolution; Host-Microbe Systems; Human Anatomy and Variation

Professional Memberships

American Association of Physical Anthropologists; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Publications

Books

Book Contributions

  • Leigh, S. R., G. E. Blomquist, and M. Kowalewski. "Demographic and Morphological Perspectives on Life History Evolution and Conservation of New World Monkeys." South American Primates. Ed. P. A. Garber, A. Estrada, E. Heymann, J. C. Bicca-Marques, and K. B. Strier. New York: Springer, 2009. 117-138.
  • Leigh, S. R., and G. E. Blomquist. "Life History." Primates in Perspective, 2nd Ed.. Ed. S. K. Bearder, C. Campbell, A. Fuentes, K. C. MacKinnon, and M. Panger. Oxford (in press): Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • Leigh, S. R. "Growth and Development of Baboons." The Baboon in Biomedical Research, Volume 3. Ed. J L. VandeBerg, S. Williams-Blangero, and S. D. Tardiff. New York: Springer, 2009. 57-88.
  • Leigh, S. R., and G. E. Blomquist. "Life History." Primates in Perspective. Ed. C. Campbell, K. C. MacKinnon, M. Panger, S. K. Bearder, and M. Panger. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. 396-407.
  • Leigh, S. R., and R. M. Bernstein. "Ontogeny, life history, and maternal reproductive strategies in baboons." Reproduction and Fitness in Baboons. Ed. L. Swedell and S. R. Leigh. New York: Springer, 2006. 225-256.
  • Swedell, L., and S. R. Leigh. "Introduction." Reproduction and Fitness in Baboons. Ed. L. Swedell and S. R. Leigh. N: Springer, 2006. 1-16.
  • Antón, S. C., and S. R. Leigh. "Growth and life history in Homo Erectus." Patterns of Growth and Development in the Genus Homo. Ed. J. L. Thompson, G. E. Krovitz, and A. J. Nelson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 219-245.
  • Leigh, S. R., P. B. Park, L. W. Konigsberg, and J. H. Relethford. "Morphological differentiation of Gorilla subspecies." Gorilla Biology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Ed. A. B. Taylor and M. L. Goldsmith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 104-131.
  • Pereira, M. E., and S. R. Leigh. "Phases and modes of primate juvenility." Primate Life Histories and Socioecology. Ed. P. Kappeler and M. E. Pereira. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. 149-176.

Journal Articles

Grants

Ontogeny, Phylogeny, and Heterochrony in Old World Monkeys (NSF 9707361); Comparative Primate Microbial Ecology (Co-PI, Rebecca Stumpf, PI, NSF 0820709); Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: Hormones and Body Size Evolution in Old World Monkeys (with Robin Bernstein, NSF 0339050); Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: The Evolution of the Supraorbital Pattern of Growth and Development in the Genus Homo (with Jodi Blumenfeld, NSF 0622420); Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: The Ontogeny of Feeding Behavior in Nicaraguan Mantled Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliata) (with Melissa Raguet-Schofield, NSF 0622411)