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Kristin Wright, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department: Anatomy

Phone: 816-654-7538

Campus Office: SEP-462

kwright@kcumb.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Fellowship in Functional Anatomy and Evolution, The Johns Hopkins University Medical School, 2006

Ph.D. in Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences - Evolutionary Biology, Northwestern University, 2005

B.A. in Anthropology, Metropolitan State College of Denver, 1995

Teaching Interests/Courses

Functional and clinical aspects of the human musculoskeletal system

Comparative primate anatomy and functional morphology

Research Interests

Comparative anatomy of human and nonhuman primates; functional and clinical applications

Foraging adaptations of the postcrania in nonhuman primates

Adaptations for habitat use and foraging in tufted capuchins (genus Sapajus)

Habitat use by leaf monkeys in Vietnam

Professional Affiliations

Research Associate, 05/2008 - Present, EthoCebus
Initiated in January 2005, the EthoCebus research project studies the behavior and ecology of wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) in Piaui, Brazil, living in cerrado habitat (open woodland).
http://www.ethocebus.net

Member, 01/1998 - Present, American Society of Primatologists
The ASP is an educational and scientific organization that aims to understand, conserve and inform about nonhuman primates.
http://www.asp.org

Member, 01/1996 - Present, American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Physical anthropology is a biological science that deals with the adaptations, variability and evolution of human beings and their living and fossil relatives.
http://www.physanth.org

Last updated on: 5/4/2012 11:35:00 AM

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