Up-Coming Positions:

• 2004 Teaching a field course (of Advance Primate Behavior) at La Suerte Biological Field Station, Costa Rica. Instruction dates: June-July, 2003.
• 2004 Adjunct Professor Department of Psychology University of New Mexico.
  Spring, 2003. Prospective teaching load:
  1. Cognitive Psychology.
  2. Gorilla Observation (499).
  

Educational History:

• 1991-1997 University of Arizona.
  Degree: Ph.D. (1997): Evolutionary/comparative psychology program.
  Minor Degree: physical anthropology.
• University of Arizona.
  Degree: M.A. (1991) biopsychology/comparative program
  Minor Degree: physical anthropology.
• 1985-1987 University of California at Los Angeles: Intensive post-graduate study in primate behavior,
  Population genetics, and general ethology.
• 1981-1985 Swarthmore College
  Degree: B.A. Biology (1985).
• 1978 – 1981 Chadwick School High School Degree Program
  

Academic Appointments:

• 2003 Adjunct Professor Department of Psychology University of New Mexico.
  Current teaching load:
  1. Ape: Mind and Behavior (450). Cross-listed with Jane Lancaster in Anthropology: 39 Undergraduates & 4 Graduates.
  2. Special topics: Gorilla Observation (450): 20 Undergraduates.
  3. Cognition (265): 31 Undergraduates.
• 2002 Adjunct Professor
  Department of Psychology University of New Mexico; fall semester
  Undergraduate courses:
  1. Special topics: Gorilla Observation (450): 23 undergraduates.
  2. Learning and Memory (260): 41 undergraduates.
  3. Cognition (265): 109 undergraduates.
• 2002 Visiting Professor Department of Psychology University of New Mexico
  Spring Semester Courses:
  1. Learning and Memory (110 Undergraduates).
  2. Primate Cognition (15 Undergraduate students, 1 Graduate student).
• 2001 Visiting Professor Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico
  Fall Semester Courses:
  1. General Psychology (105): 60 undergraduates.
  2. Learning and Memory (260): 160 undergraduates.
  3. Psychology of Human Sexuality: 160 undergraduates.
• 2001 Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico
  Spring semester Courses:
  1. General Psychology (105): 20 undergraduates.
  2. Learning and Memory (260): 160 undergraduates.
  3. Psychology of Women/Gender: 160 undergraduates. Please note that this course was taught
  to resident as well as remote students and was supported by the departments of psychology and distance learning.
• 2000 Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico
  Fall semester Courses:
  1. Introductory Psychology (105).
  2. Learning and Memory (260).
• 2000 Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico.
  Spring semester Courses:
  1. Primate Behavior (450): 10 undergraduate students, and 5 graduate students.
• 1998 Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology, Florida Gulf Coast University.
  Undergraduate course:
  1. Physiological Psychology 6 undergraduate students.
• 1998-1999 Principle Instructor, Montessori School of Ft. Myers, Ft. Myers Florida.
  Teaching Montessori curriculum to ages 3-6 (16 students).

Teaching Experience (prior to the completion of doctoral degree program):

• 1992 Instructor in the Department of Psychology, University of Arizona.
  Undergraduate course:
  1. Psychology of Gender (110 undergraduate students).
• 1992 Instructor in the Department of Psychology, University of Arizona.
  Undergraduate course:
  1. Social Psychology (40 undergraduate students).
• 1990 Teaching Assistant, in the Department of Psychology, University of Arizona.
  Undergraduate course:
  1. Psychology of Gender (100 students).
• 1988-1991 Instructor in the Department of Psychology, University of Arizona.
  1. Social Psychology: 20 undergraduate students.
• 1990 Teaching Assistant, in the Department of Psychology, University of Arizona.
  Undergraduate Course:
  1. Invertebrate Psychology Laboratory. Supervise 20 undergraduate students, research and
  design of laboratory experiments using invertebrates as subjects for a series of learning
  experiments. Duties included: statistical analysis of classroom data using SAS statistical
  package, grade laboratory reports.
• 1988 Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona.
  Undergraduate course:
  1. Learning and Cognition: undergraduate psychology students.

Research ExperienceE:

• 2002 (on-going) Principle investigator gorilla project in conjunction with the Albuquerque BioPark. Project is designed to investigate 1) group dynamics in the presence of a newly born male gorilla (Gorilla, gorilla, gorilla), 2) affect on behavior of this young gorilla on breeding within the group. Duties: teaching basic focal animal, ad libitum techniques for data collection, and supervising the development of papers for publication.
• 1995-1996 Research Assistant and project leader for Dr. Laura McCloskey Ph.D., University of Arizona, Women and Children Project. Management of video tape coding project examining verbal synchrony/asynchrony in mother-child dyads, instructing undergraduate assistant’s data transcription.
• 1991-1992 Researcher, Morgan Island, South Carolina. One-zero sampling was used to collect behavioral data on approximately 65 members of two monkey groups daily for 9 months. Animal identification, data collection and transcription were taught to an undergraduate assistant.
• 1991 Research Assistant for Dr. Lee Sechrest Ph.D. University of Arizona. Project in conjunction with Amity Drug Rehabilitation Center, Tucson, AZ. Observational study assessing social interactions between substance abuse mothers and their children, data collection, study design, and development of ethogram.
• 1990-1991 Undergraduate student instructor for research project assessing handedness in pre-school children, University of Arizona.
• 1989 Site assessment, group selection and subject identification of rhesus monkeys for upcoming dissertation, Morgan Island, South Carolina.
• 1990 Research Assistant for primate behavioral study, led by Dr. Dennis Rasmussen Ph.D., Catemaco, Mexico. Behavioral data collection, and ethological training of two groups of undergraduate students in a National Science Foundation sponsored course hosted by The School for Field Studies.
• 1988-1991 Researcher, Primate Behavioral Laboratory, University of Arizona. Assessing handedness in a captive population of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri scuireus). Project design, construction of experimental apparatus, data collection, undergraduate data collection training, and data analysis using BMDP statistical software package.
• 1988-1991 Researcher, private colony of marmosets, Tempe, AZ. Study of handedness in a captive group of endangered cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus Oedipus). Data collection, and data analysis using BMDP statistical package.
• 1988-1989 Research Assistant, Primate Behavioral Laboratory, University of Arizona. National Aeronautic and Space Administration sponsored project training a female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) and a male squirrel monkey (Saimiri scuireus) in the use of a computer touch screen and joy stick in order to play video games. Monkeys were trained on these apparatus in order to participate in a off-world space shuttle mission.
• 1985-1987 Volunteer Researcher, Animal Research Division, Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles CA. Behavioral data collection and transcription for on-going captive Gorilla breeding project under the direction of Dr. Cathleen Cox Ph.D. Duties consisted of weekly data collection on two groups of captive Gorillas residing at the Los Angeles Zoo.

Publications:

1. Roney, L. S. Postural Effects on Manual Reaching Laterality in Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) [abstracts]. American
   Primate Association Conference, Mobile, Alabama, August, 1989.
2. Roney, L. S., & King, J. E. (1993). Postural Effects on Manual Reaching Laterality in Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) and
   Cotton-Top Tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 107, 382- 385.
3. Roney, L. S., & King, J. E. (1993). Figure X. Proportion of left-hand reaches by squirrel monkeys from horizontal quadrupedal and vertical cling postures in Experiment 1. In The American Psychological Association (eds.), Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (p. 146). London: Lancaster Press.

Scientific Convention Presentations:

1. Joachim, L.S.R. Familiarity Breeds Contempt. Paper presented at the meeting of the Human Behavioral and Evolution Society,
   Tucson, AZ, June, 1997.
2. Roney, L.S., Figueredo, A. J., King, J. E. & Rasmussen, D. R. (1991). The Generalizability of Stumptail Macaque Ethological Factors Across Different Conditions of Measurement. In Petrinovich, L. (Chair), Multivariate Methods in Ethology. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Burlingame, CA.
3. Roney, L. S. Postural Effects on Manual Reaching Laterality in Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). Paper presented at the
   meeting of the American Primate Association, Mobile, Alabama, and August, 1989.

Professional References:

Dr. Lynette Cofer
Department of Psychology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM. 87131-1161

Dr. John Gluck
Department of Psychology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM. 87131-1161

Dr. James E. King
Department of Psychology
University of Arizona
Tucson, Az. 85721
(520) 621-7441

Dr. A. J. Figueredo
Department of Psychology
University of Arizona
Tucson, Az. 85721
(520) 621-7444

Dr. Laura McCloskey
Department of Psychology
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.