Professional Experience:
2006 - 2007: Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Humboldt State University
2002 - 2003: Research Scientist, Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation, NY, USA and Grenada, West Indies.
Research Interests:
I am interested in human and nonhuman primate sensory and behavioral ecology, functional anatomy, and evolution. More specifically, I am interested in primate audition, bioacoustics, and habitat use. My doctoral research explores how and why primates vary in auditory sensitivity, with an emphasis on understanding coevolutionary relationships between auditory sensitivity, bioacoustics, and habitat use in platyrrhine moneys. To collect data on primate hearing, I am using minimally invasive physiological testing methods: auditory brainstem response (ABR) and otoacoustic emissions (OAE). Aside from my dissertation research, I am also involved in a long-term research project on the ecology and evolution of mona monkeys (Cercopithecus mona).
Publications:
Published Contributions at Professional Meetings
Ramsier M, Walsh E, McGee A, Armstrong D, Dominy NJ. 2007. Prosimian auditory reception and ecological correlates: New methods for primatology. International Congress Prosimians Abstracts, online.
Glenn ME, Ramsier, MA, Bensen KJ. 2006. Homosexual behavior and long-term bonding in wild mona monkey all-male groups. International Journal of Sex Research, p. 27.
Ramsier MA, Zihlman AL. 2005. Siamang and orangutan limb anatomy: possible functional convergence? American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Suppl. 40: 200.
Glenn ME, Sousa (Ramsier) MA, Bensen KJ. 2004. Make love not war: Affiliations in all-male mona monkey groups. Northwest Primate Conservation Association Abstracts, p. 124.
Sousa (Ramsier) MA, Zihlman AL. 2004. Body composition and proportions in gibbons (Hylobates) and siamangs (Symphalangus): a preliminary report. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Suppl. 38:185.
Glenn ME, Sousa (Ramsier) MA, Bensen KJ. 2003. Why do mona monkey males cooperate? American Anthropological Association Abstracts, p. 78.
Glenn ME, Sousa (Ramsier) MA, Bensen KJ. 2003. An overview of African monkey conservation. American Journal of Primatology, 60(1): 84.
Presentations Given at Professional Meetings
Ramsier M, Walsh E, McGee A, Armstrong D, Dominy NJ. 2007. Prosimian auditory reception and ecological correlates : New methods for primatology . International Congress Prosimians Abstracts , Ithala, South Africa, July 2007.
Ramsier MA, Zihlman AL. 2005. Siamang and orangutan limb anatomy: possible functional convergence? 74 th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Milwaukee, WI. April, 2005.
Sousa (Ramsier) MA, Zihlman AL. 2004. Body composition and proportions in gibbons ( Hylobates ) and siamangs ( Symphalangus ): a preliminary report. 73 rd annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Tampa, FL. April, 2004.
Glenn ME, Sousa (Ramsier) MA, Bensen KJ. 2003. An overview of African monkey conservation. 26 th annual meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. August, 2003.
Glenn ME, Sousa (Ramsier) MA, Bensen KJ. 2003. Why do mona monkey males cooperate? 102 nd annual meeting of the American Anthropological Society, Chicago, IL. November 2003.
Manuscripts in Preparation Ramsier M. Functional anatomy and ecology of primate audition.
Ramsier M. Natural history, social behavior, functional anatomy and evolution of the siamang ape (Symphalangus syndactylus). |
