I am a Professor Emerita and former Faculty Professor and Canada Research Chair in Primatology and Bioanthropology at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I am also the past Executive Editor of the American Journal of Primatology, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Member of the Order of Canada.

My areas of interest include the social structure, sex differences, reproduction, behavioural ecology, and conservation of Costa Rican and Japanese monkeys.

Recent Awards
  • February 2017, Member of the Order of Canada
  • September 2015, Great Supervisor Award
  • October 2015, Killam Research Excellence Award