
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 Rebecca Aguas 323 Aaron Burr Hall 609.258.9400 raguas@princeton.edu Executive Committee V. Kofi Agawu, Music Jeanne Altmann, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Kwame Anthony Appiah, Philosophy, University Center for Human Values Wendy L. Belcher, Comparative Literature André Benhaïm, French and Italian Mariana Candido, History Anne C. Case, Woodrow Wilson School, Economics Andrew P. Dobson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Simon E. Gikandi, English Emmanuel H. Kreike, History Evan S. Lieberman, Politics Mahiri Mwita, Comparative Literature Chika Okeke-Agulu, Art and Archaeology Tullis C. Onstott, Geosciences S. George H. Philander, Geosciences Carolyn M. Rouse, Anthropology, African American Studies Daniel I. Rubenstein, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Burton H. Singer, Woodrow Wilson School Winston O. Soboyejo, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Helen Tilley, History Jennifer A. Widner, Politics, Woodrow Wilson School 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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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

Rebecca Aguas
323 Aaron Burr Hall
609.258.9400
raguas@princeton.edu

Executive Committee

V. Kofi Agawu, Music
Jeanne Altmann, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Philosophy, University Center for Human Values
Wendy L. Belcher, Comparative Literature
André Benhaïm, French and Italian
Mariana Candido, History
Anne C. Case, Woodrow Wilson School, Economics
Andrew P. Dobson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Simon E. Gikandi, English
Emmanuel H. Kreike, History
Evan S. Lieberman, Politics
Mahiri Mwita, Comparative Literature
Chika Okeke-Agulu, Art and Archaeology
Tullis C. Onstott, Geosciences
S. George H. Philander, Geosciences
Carolyn M. Rouse, Anthropology, African American Studies
Daniel I. Rubenstein, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Burton H. Singer, Woodrow Wilson School
Winston O. Soboyejo, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Helen Tilley, History
Jennifer A. Widner, Politics, Woodrow Wilson School

Sits with Committee

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