• Graduation with Honors in Anthropology, Pitzer College, Claremont, California, 1985.
• Regents' Fellowship, University of California, 1988-1989.
• Regents' Fellowship, University of California, 1989-1990.
• Award for Outstanding Presentation by a Student,
  American Society of Primatologists, Veracruz, Mexico, June, 1991.
• Teaching Award for Outstanding Graduate Students,
  University of California, Davis, May, 1992.
• Grant from the Center for Field Research (Earthwatch), January to December 1995.
  Grant from the Center for Field Research (Earthwatch), January to May 1999.
• Member, American Society of Primatologists, 1998 to present.
  Chair, ASP Education Committee, 1998 to 2002.
• Member, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1998 to present.
• Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award,
• University of California at San Diego, June, 2000.

 Research And Teaching Experience (summarized):

• July to August, 1977 and July to August, 1978
  Archaeological Field Assistant, Lukenya Hill, Kenya
• August, 1983 and July to August, 1984
  Research Intern, Zoological Society of San Diego, Primate Research Division
• July to August, 1985
  Field Assistant in Ornithology and Botany, Papua New Guinea
• July to August, 1987
  Research Associate, Charles River-Key Lois, Inc.;
  Rhesus Macaque Colony, Summerland Key, Florida
• September to December, 1988
  Director of Anthropological Laboratory, Pitzer College, Claremont, California
• January, 1987 to June 1991 (off and on)
  Teaching Assistant in Anthropology, University of California, Davis
• April, 1989 to June, 1991
  Principal Investigator, Capuchin Monkey Ecology Project
  Center for Field Research (Earthwatch), Hato Pinero, Venezuela
• December, 1998 to June, 1999
  Principal Investigator, Capuchin Monkey Ecology Project
  Center for Field Research (Earthwatch), Hato Pinero, Venezuela
• January, 1993 to June, 2000
  Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at:
  University of California at San Diego
  University of California at Los Angeles
  Pitzer College, Claremont, California
  California State University, Fullerton
  California State University, San Bernardino
• August, 2000 to present
  Head of the Program in Anthropology
  MiraCosta College, Oceanside, California

Selected Papers And Presentations At Professional Mettings:

• June, 1991 Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Veracruz, Mexico. "The influence of resource dispersion on group size among wedge-capped capuchins (Cebus olivaceus)." American Journal of Primatology 17(4): 123.
• August, 1992 Fourteenth Congress of the International Primatological Society, Strasbourg, France. "The association between group size and food intake in adult female wedge-capped capuchins (Cebus olivaceus)." Abstracts of the XIVth Congress of the International Primatological Society.
• August, 1994 Fifteenth Congress of the International Primatological Society, Bali, Indonesia.
  "Life's ups and downs: Foraging and activity patterns of adult female wedge-capped capuchins (Cebus olivaceus)." "Darwin's Apple: The role of Alfred Russell Wallace in the development of
  evolutionary theory." (Invited symposium presentation.) Abstracts of the XVth Congress of the International Primatological Society.
• June, 1995 Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Scottsdale, Arizona. "Elbow room: Intragroup competition in Cebus olivaceus." American Journal of Primatology 36(2): 143.
• August, 1996 Sixteenth Congress of the International Primatological Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
  "Back to the field: Foraging strategies in wedge-capped capuchin monkeys." Abstracts of the XVIth Congress of International Primatological Society.
• August, 1998 Seventeenth Congress of the International Primatological Society, Antananarivo, Madagascar. “Eat or be eaten: Predation-sensitive foraging in wedge-capped capuchins.”
  Abstracts of the XVIIth Congress of the International Primatological Society.
• August, 1999 Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists New Orleans, Louisiana. Workshop: How to give effective scientific presentations. (on behalf of the ASP Education Committee) American Journal of Primatology 49(1): 26.
• Roundtable: Is there life after graduate school? Looking for jobs outside academia. (on behalf of the ASP Education Committee) American Journal of Primatology 49(1): 27.

Selected Papers (continued):

• April, 2000 Annual Congress of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, San Antonio, Texas. “Predation and foraging in capuchin monkeys.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 30: 229.
• June, 2000 Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists Boulder, Colorado. Symposium: Creating employment niches in the 21st century. (with SM Howell and J Fritz) American Journal of Primatology 51(supplement): 24 Roundtable: Is there life after graduate school? Landing academic and zoo jobs. (on behalf of the ASP Education Committee)
  American Journal of Primatology 51(supplement): 36.
• January, 2001 Eighteenth Congress of the International Primatological Society, Adelaide, Australia. Symposium organizer: Eat or Be Eaten: A Symposium in Predator Sensitive Foraging.
  Abstracts of the XVIIth Congress of the International Primatological Society.
• August, 2001 Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists,
  Savannah, Georgia. Roundtable: Is there life after graduate school? Finding and applying for
  grants and postdoctoral positions. (on behalf of the ASP Education Committee)
  American Journal of Primatology 55 (supplement): 33.
• Bringing Primatology into the Classroom: A Two-Day Workshop for K-12 Teachers from the Savannah area. (on behalf of the ASP Education Committee) American Journal of Primatology 55 (supplement): 52.
• June, 2002 Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Roundtable: Is there life during graduate school? How to survive the process.
  (on behalf of the ASP Education Committee) American Journal of Primatology 59 (supplement): 28.
  Bringing Primatology into the Classroom: A Two-Day Workshop for K-12 Teachers from the OKC area. (on behalf of the ASP Education Committee) American Journal of Primatology 59 (supplement): 29.

Selected Publications

• Miller, L.E. 1996. The behavioral ecology of wedge-capped capuchin monkeys, Cebus olivaceus, pages 271-288 in Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates, M. Norconk, P. Garber, and
  A. Rosenberger, eds. Plenum Press, New York.
• Miller, L.E. 1997. Quantitative assessment of dietary intake: A case study of three methodologies. Neotropical Primates 5(4): 104-108.
• Miller, L.E. 1998a. Fatal attack among wedge-capped capuchins. Folia Primatologica 69: 88-91.
• Miller, L.E. 1998b. Food availability and feeding behavior of Cebus olivaceus: A comparison of data from Hato Pinero and Hato Masaguaral. Primate Conservation 18: 42-50.
• Miller, L.E., editor, 2002. Eat or Be Eaten: Predator Sensitive Foraging in Primates.
  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Miller, L.E., 2002. An introduction to predator sensitive foraging, in, Predator Sensitive Foraging
  in Primates, L.E. Miller, ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Miller, L.E., 2002. The role of group size for predator sensitive foraging decisions for wedge-capped
  capuchin monkeys, in, Predator Sensitive Foraging in Primates, L.E. Miller, ed.
  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.