
Home About People Program of Study Swahili Thingira Akwaaba Indaba Projects and Initiatives Contact Certificate Recipients Links	People Director Daniel I. Rubenstein, professor and chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and director Program in African Studies. Rubenstein's research focuses on decision making by animals, studying how an individual's foraging, mating, and social behavior are influenced by its phenotype, ecological circumstances, and the actions of other individuals in the population. Searching for general principles that underlie complex patterns of behavior, he develops mathematical models to generate predictions that can be tested using data gathered from structured field observations or experimental manipulations. His most recent research on the adaptive value of behavior has centered on understanding the social dynamics of equids—horses, zebras, and asses. Ongoing research awards include Water, Savannas, and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa and Technology for the Developing Regions, both funded by the PIIRS Inderdisciplinary Research Initiative; Oxford-Princeton Partnership Development: Tracking Animals for Conservation; and grants from the National Science Foundation for improvements at the Mpala Research Center in Kenya, and for collaborative research. Ph.D Duke University, 1988. Program Manager Joyce M. Slack Executive Committee Jeanne Altmann, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Kwame Anthony Appiah, Philosophy Andre Benhaim, French and Italian Anne C. Case, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Andrew P. Dobson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Simon Gikandi, English Emmanuel H. Kreike, History Evan Lieberman, Politics Mahiri Mwita, Comparative Literature James McDougall, History Tullis C. Onstott, Geosciences S. George H. Philander, Geosciences Aissata Sidikou-Morton, French and Italian Burton H. Singer, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Winston O. Soboyejo, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Helen Tilley, History John R. Willis, Near Eastern Studies Jennifer Widner, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Sits with Committee Nancy Pressman Levy, head, Donald E. Stokes Library for Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

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Daniel I. Rubenstein, professor and chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and director Program in African Studies. Rubenstein's research focuses on decision making by animals, studying how an individual's foraging, mating, and social behavior are influenced by its phenotype, ecological circumstances, and the actions of other individuals in the population. Searching for general principles that underlie complex patterns of behavior, he develops mathematical models to generate predictions that can be tested using data gathered from structured field observations or experimental manipulations. His most recent research on the adaptive value of behavior has centered on understanding the social dynamics of equids—horses, zebras, and asses. Ongoing research awards include Water, Savannas, and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa and Technology for the Developing Regions, both funded by the PIIRS Inderdisciplinary Research Initiative; Oxford-Princeton Partnership Development: Tracking Animals for Conservation; and grants from the National Science Foundation for improvements at the Mpala Research Center in Kenya, and for collaborative research. Ph.D Duke University, 1988.

Program Manager

Joyce M. Slack

Executive Committee

Jeanne Altmann, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Philosophy
Andre Benhaim, French and Italian
Anne C. Case, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Andrew P. Dobson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Simon Gikandi, English
Emmanuel H. Kreike, History
Evan Lieberman, Politics
Mahiri Mwita, Comparative Literature
James McDougall, History
Tullis C. Onstott, Geosciences
S. George H. Philander, Geosciences
Aissata Sidikou-Morton, French and Italian
Burton H. Singer, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Winston O. Soboyejo, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Helen Tilley, History
John R. Willis, Near Eastern Studies
Jennifer Widner, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

Sits with Committee

Nancy Pressman Levy, head, Donald E. Stokes Library for Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.