Here are some resources for students looking for additional information about organizations, opportunities, and multimedia resources in biological anthropology, primatology and ecology.
Scientific organizations
The American Association of Biological Anthropologists is a scientific organization of biological anthropologists that holds annual meetings, publishes a journal called the American Journal of Biological Anthropology, gives awards and offers webinars and other resources for biological anthropologists at different career stages.
The Wildlife Society is a scientific organization of wildlife professionals and students. Of particular interest to members of the Bryer lab is The Wildlife Society’s Nutritional Ecology Working Group (NEWG). NEWG has webinars and organizes workshops.
The International Primatological Society (IPS) is an international scientific organization of primatologists that holds meetings, publishes a journal called the International Journal of Primatology, and offers research grants.
The American Society of Primatologists (ASP) is a scientific organization of primatologists that holds annual meetings, publishes a journal called the American Journal of Primatology, and offers grants and awards.
The Midwest Primate Interest Group (MPIG) is an organization for primatologists practicing in the midwestern United States and holds an annual conference that emphasizes student presentations of research. MPIG also has compiled a list of analytical labs relevant to primatological research in the midwest.
Readings lists & Multimedia resources
Wildlife Nutritional Ecology foundational papers list is a list of scientific papers that are fundamental to the study of wildlife nutrition, compiled by The Wildlife Society’s Nutritional Ecology Working Group.
An Expanded Biological Anthropology Reading List is a list of publications compiled by the New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP) that includes readings about biological anthropology’s intersections with racism and colonization, as well as a biological anthropology reading list with more diverse authors.
Safety in the Field reading list compiled by The Fieldwork Initiative to provide resources and readings related to safety when conducting fieldwork in anthropology and other disciplines.
Accessibility in field biology: Dr. Kelsey J.R.P. Byer‘s slides from her 2022 talks The Hills are Alive: Studying Orchid Evolution as a Disabled Biologist and Navigating Field Work as a Disabled Scientist.
Primate Info Net (PIN) “provides resources about non-human primates in research, education and conservation. Its PIN forums support an informal ‘primate information network’ comprised of thousands of individuals working with, or who wish to work with nonhuman primates.”
Primate Learning in Action is a collaborative website that provides learning modules, activities, videos and other resources to learn more about primate behavior, cognition and conservation. You can explore the content by various categories including by species, audience (parents and children, high school and university, scientists and academics), theme, or content type.