Susan Lappan
PhD 2005, New York University
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University
Graduate Resource Faculty, Appalachian State University
Office: 349E Anne Belk Hall, Appalachian State University
Fax: +1 (828) 262-2982
Email: [email protected]
PhD 2005, New York University
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University
Graduate Resource Faculty, Appalachian State University
Office: 349E Anne Belk Hall, Appalachian State University
Fax: +1 (828) 262-2982
Email: [email protected]
I am a biological anthropologist and behavioral ecologist interested in the relationships among habitat characteristics, social organization, and male and female reproductive strategies. My research primarily uses behavioral and ecological data from wild populations of nonhuman primates. Taxonomically, most of my research has been on the behavioral ecology of gibbons (family Hylobatidae), the small apes of Asia. Since 2000, I have been conducting research on wild siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) in the Way Canguk Research Area, Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia in collaboration with the Universitas Indonesia, the Universitas Lampung, and Wildlife Conservation Society-Indonesia Program. In 2007, I collaborated with researchers from Ewha Womans University in South Korea and the Institut Pertanian Bogor in Indonesia to initiate a research project focusing on Javan gibbons (Hylobates moloch) in the Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park, Java, Indonesia. One of the most important goals of my research is to contribute to the conservation of primates and primate habitats.
Mailing Address: Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA