Stacy Rosenbaum, PhD Department of Anthropology Northwestern University 1810 Hinman Avenue Evanston, IL 60208
Research Interests
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I am a biological anthropologist who studies the ultimate causes and proximate mechanisms underlying the evolution of sociality. My empirical work to date has primarily focused on a wild population of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei) in the Great Lakes region of Africa. This population has been monitored for 50 years, which provides unparalleled opportunities to understand how variation in ecological and social environments influences reproductive success and life history patterns in a long-lived mammal. I use behavioral, genetic, and hormonal data to determine how kin discrimination, behavioral plasticity, and life history decisions interact to produce the astonishing range of variation observed in these animals’ social group structures and social relationships. The goal of my research is to gain a richer understanding of the evolution of mammalian sociality generally, and the hominid lineage specifically.
Education 2014 2010 2001
PhD, Biological Anthropology, University of California-Los Angeles MA, Biological Anthropology, University of California-Los Angeles BA, Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Academic Employment 2017-Present Postdoctoral Fellow Laboratory for Human Biology Research Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University 2015-2016 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Mind and Biology, University of Chicago 2014-2015 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology, Lincoln Park Zoo 2008-2014 Graduate Student/Doctoral Candidate Department of Anthropology, University of California-Los Angeles 2005-2008 Research Technician II & III Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University 2003-2004 Research Assistant (in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda) Karisoke Research Center, Musanze Rwanda 2002-2003 Research Technician I Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University 2001 Research Assistant (in Marojejy National Park, Madagascar) Department of Psychology, Cornell University 1999-2001 Research Assistant Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Funding Fellowships 2014 2013
NSF SBE Directorate Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship ($197,512) UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship ($20,000)
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship ($90,000) UCLA Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship ($18,000) UCLA Anthropology Departmental Fellowship ($18,000) Wisconsin/Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship ($3,000)
Grants 2016 2015 2011 2011 2011 2010 2009
NSF Innovation Corps Grant ($50,000) University of Chicago Polsky Center Innovation Corps Grant ($2,500) NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant ($14,427) Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant ($20,000) Wenner-Gren Foundation Osmundsen Initiative Grant ($5,000) Leakey Foundation Research Grant ($13,897) UCLA Institute for Social Research Grant ($6,000)
Peer-Reviewed Publications 2016 2016
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Rosenbaum S, Vecellio V, & Stoinski TS. Observations of severe and lethal coalitionary attacks in wild mountain gorillas. Scientific Reports, 6, 37018. Eckardt W, Stoinski TS, Rosenbaum S, Umuhoza MR, & Santymire R. Characterizing stress physiology in Virunga mountain gorillas. Conservation Physiology, 4, cow029. Rosenbaum S, Hirwa JP, Silk JB, Vigilant L, & Stoinski TS. Infant mortality risk and paternity certainty are associated with postnatal maternal behavior toward adult male mountain gorillas. PLoS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147441 Rosenbaum S, Hirwa JP, Silk JB, & Stoinski TS. Relationships between adult male and maturing mountain gorillas persist across developmental stages and social upheaval. Ethology, 122, 134-150. Rosenbaum S, Maldonado-Chapparo AA, & Stoinski TS. Group structure predicts variation in proximity relationships between male-female and male-infant pairs of mountain gorillas. Primates, 57, 17-28. Rosenbaum S, Hirwa JP, Silk JB, Vigilant L, & Stoinski TS. Male rank, not paternity, predicts male-immature relationships in mountain gorillas. Animal Behaviour, 104, 13-24. Rosenbaum S, Silk JB, & Stoinski TS. Male-immature relationships in multi-male groups of mountain gorillas. American Journal of Primatology, 71, 1-10. Stoinski TS, Rosenbaum S, Ngaboyamahina T, Vecellio V, Ndagijimana F, & Fawcett K. Patterns of male reproductive behavior in multimale groups of mountain gorillas: examining theories of reproductive skew. Behaviour, 146, 1193-1215. Stoinski TS, Vecellio V, Ngaboyamahina T, Ndagijimana F, Rosenbaum S, & Fawcett K. Proximate factors influencing dispersal decisions in male mountain gorillas. Animal Behaviour 77, 1155-1164.
Publications in Review or Revision Rosenbaum S, Vigilant L, Kuzawa CW, & Stoinski TS (under review). Caring for infants increases reproductive success in male mountain gorillas. Rosenbaum S & Gettler LT (in post-review revision). With a little help from her friends (and family) I: the ecology and evolution of non-maternal caregiving in mammals. Synthesis and review piece for Physiology & Behavior theme issue.
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Rosenbaum S & Gettler LT (in post-review revision). With a little help from her friends (and family) II: the physiology of non-maternal caregiving in mammals. Synthesis and review piece for Physiology & Behavior theme issue.
Other Publications Rosenbaum S & Stoinski TS (accepted book chapter; submission October 2017). Androgen mediation of male dominance hierarchies in great apes. In Chimpanzees in context: a comparative perspective on behavior, cognition, conservation, and welfare (Hopper L & Ross S, eds). University of Chicago Press. Rosenbaum S (in press). Offspring defense. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (Shackelford TK & Weekes-Shackelford VA, eds). Springer.
Methods Development Projects 2016-Present Piloting a validation of a non-invasive body composition measurement technique via stable isotope dilution, for use with wild and captive great apes, in collaboration with colleagues at Hunter College. 2016-Present Developing and validating a high-performance liquid chromatography/ mass spectrometry (HP-LCMS) protocol for metabolite identification in extracted hormone samples, in collaboration with colleagues at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. 2015-Present Developing and validating a non-invasive prolactin enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for use in great apes, in collaboration with a private sector company manufacturing a human serum prolactin assay.
Invited Talks 2017 2017 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2013 2012 2012 2011 2005
Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Indiana University Network Science Institute A. Watson Armour Research Seminar Series, Chicago Field Museum Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig Germany Early Career Colloquium in Bioscience Crossing Disciplines, Clarkson University Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri-Columbia Lincoln Park Zoo Conservation & Science Seminar Series, Chicago IL Comparative Behavioral Biology Seminar Series, University of Chicago Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture at UCLA Department of Anthropology, Baruch College, New York NY University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum Lincoln Park Zoo Conservation & Science Seminar Series, Chicago IL Karisoke Research Center Seminar Series, Musanze Rwanda Leakey Foundation Annual Fellows’ Dinner, San Francisco CA
Teaching & Mentoring 2017
Guest lecture: Sex differences and convergences in socioendocrine mediation of life history strategies (Dept of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago)
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Guest lecture: The biological origins of xenophobia (Dept of Anthropology, Northwestern University) 2017 Guest lecture: Building and keeping social relationships: the evolutionary origins of friendship and family bonds in primates (Dept of Anthropology, Northwestern University) 2016 Guest lecture: Behavior and physiology research methods in wild and captive animal populations (Dept of Psychology, DePaul University) 2016 Guest lecture: Intersections of science and conservation policy (Dept of Environmental Science, DePaul University) 2016 Guest lecture: Darwinian medicine: senescence and genetic disease (Dept of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago) 2015 Guest lecture: Kinship, culture, and the puzzle of human ultrasociality (Dept of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago) 2015 Guest lecture: The behavior and physiology of male parenting: mountain gorillas, marmosets, and stay-at-home dads (Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago) 2014 Instructor: Introduction to Human Evolution (Dept of Anthropology, UCLA) 2013 Instructor: Introduction to Human Evolution (Dept of Anthropology, UCLA) 2012 Guest lecture: Paternal behavior in mountain gorillas (Santa Monica College) 2012 Guest lecture: Sexual selection in non-human primates (Dept of Anthropology, UCLA) 2011 Guest lecture: Why study behavior? (Karisoke Research Center, for undergraduate students from University of Alabama at Birmingham) 2011 Supervisor: undergraduate thesis project “Differences in activity budgets of male and female infant gorillas” (National University of Rwanda) 2008-13 Course reader: Survey of Biological Evolution; Great Adaptations: Origins of Complexity in Nature; Evolution & Human Sexuality; Human Behavioral Ecology; Models of Cultural Evolution; Primate Behavior Non-Human to Human (UCLA)
Conference Presentations 2018
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Rosenbaum S, Santymire RS, & Stoinski TS (abstract under review). Male mountain gorillas’ dominance hierarchies are not mediated by testosterone. 2018 American Association of Physical Anthropologists conference, Austin TX. Gettler LT, Kuo PX, Borja JB, Rosenbaum S, & Kuzawa CW (abstract under review). Trait or state? Exploring dynamic shifts in men’s sociosexuality based on changes in life history status, familial roles, and testosterone in the Philippines. 2018 Human Biology Association conference, Austin TX. Kuzawa CW, McDade TW, Rosenbaum S, Borja JB, & Gettler LT (abstract under review). Is the decline in testosterone with pairbonding or fatherhood attenuated as men age? The challenge of disentangling biology and selection in longitudinal analyses. 2018 Human Biology Association conference, Austin TX. Rosenbaum S, Gettler LT, Borja JB, McDade TW, & Kuzawa CW (abstract under review). Does men’s testosterone rebound as parenting duties decline, or when pairbonds dissolve? 2018 Human Biology Association conference, Austin TX Rosenbaum S, Eckardt W, Hirwa JP, Stoinski TS, & Santymire R. Male-infant social bonds and infant physiological stress in wild mountain gorillas. XXVI Congress of the International Primatological Society. Chicago, IL.
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Rosenbaum S, Hirwa JP, Vigilant L, Santymire R, & Stoinski TS. Dads and cads? Male reproductive success, androgen profiles, and male-infant social bonds in wild mountain gorillas. 2016 American Association of Physical Anthropologists conference. Atlanta, GA. Rosenbaum S, Stoinski TS, & Santymire R. Male mountain gorillas’ dominance hierarchies are not glucocorticoid or androgen mediated. 5 Annual International Society of Wildlife Endocrinologists meeting. Berlin, Germany. Rosenbaum S, Maldonado-Chaparro AA, & Stoinski TS. Group structure predicts variation in proximity relationships between male-female and male-infant pairs of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). 27 Annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society meeting. Columbia, MO. Rosenbaum S, Hirwa JP, Silk JB, Vigilant L, & Stoinski TS. The effects of paternity and male rank on male-immature relationships in wild mountain gorillas. 2015 American Association of Physical Anthropologists conference. St. Louis, MO. Rosenbaum S, Silk JB, Hirwa JP, Vigilant L, & Stoinski TS. The effects of paternity and male rank on male-immature relationships in wild mountain gorillas. Annual Midwest Primate Interest Group Meeting. Madison, WI. Rosenbaum S, Hirwa JP, Silk JB, & Stoinski TS. The effects of paternity certainty and infanticide risk on maternal behavior toward silverback mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). XXV Congress of the International Primatological Society. Hanoi, Vietnam: Abstract #935. Rosenbaum S & Stoinski TS. The development of male social partner preference in maturing mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). 8 Annual California Workshop on Evolutionary Social Sciences. San Luis Obispo, CA. Rosenbaum S, Hirwa JP, Silk JB, & Stoinski TS. Long-term social partner preferences between adult male and maturing mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). XXIV Congress of the International Primatological Society. Cancun, Mexico: Abstract #258. Hirwa JP, Stoinski TS, & Rosenbaum S. Ontogeny of sibling relationships in mountain gorillas: does inclusive fitness influence sibling interactions? XXIV Congress of the International Primatological Society. Cancun, Mexico: Abstract #246. Stoinski TS, Rosenbaum S, Ndagijimana F, Vecellio V, & Fawcett KA. Inbreeding avoidance in wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). XXIV Congress of the International Primatological Society. Cancun, Mexico: Abstract #219. Stoinski TS, Keenan S, Rosenbaum S, & Fawcett KA. Influence of rank and age on the close calls of mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) males living in multi-male groups. Am J Primatol 72 (Suppl 2), 43. Rosenbaum S & Stoinski TS (2009) Variance in male/immature relationships in the mountain gorilla. Am J Primatol 71 (Suppl 1), 96. Stoinski TS, Rosenbaum S, & Fawcett KA. Reproductive behavior of male mountain gorillas living in multi-male groups (Gorilla beringei beringei). Am J Primatol 69 (Suppl 1): 43-44. Fawcett KA, Stoinski TS, & Rosenbaum S. Female reproductive behavior in multi-male groups of mountain gorillas, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Int J Primatol 27 (Suppl 1): Abstract #253. Ndagijimana F, Eckardt W, Fawcett KA, Rosenbaum S, & Stoinski TS. Dominance shift between two father and son silverbacks in a Virunga mountain gorilla group (Gorilla beringei beringei), Rwanda Volcanoes National Park. Int J Primatol 27 (Suppl 1): Abstract #359. th
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Stoinski TS, Rosenbaum S, Fawcett KA, & Steklis HD. Male-female relationships in multi-male groups of mountain gorillas. Am J Phys Anthropol (Suppl 40): 198-199. Stoinski TS, Rosenbaum S, Fawcett KA, & Steklis HD. Social dynamics of male mountain gorillas in multi-male groups. Folia Primatol 75 (S1): 341. Stoinski TS & Rosenbaum S. Measuring dominance: differences between captivity and the field. Am J Primatol 62 (Suppl 1): 71-72.
Service Conferences & Meetings 2017 2015
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Co-organizer of the 2017 Midwest Primate Interest Group annual meeting Symposium co-organizer: “Allomother - infant relationships across the Primate order: biomarkers, bonding, buffering, and other bidirectional effects” for 2016 American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting UCLA campus organizer, 2014 California Workshop on Evolutionary Social Sciences Advisory participant and logistical organizer, planning meeting for new long-term, multi-site Grauer’s gorilla research program in Democratic Republic of Congo UCLA campus organizer for multi-campus Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior workshop
Other Service 2014-Present Scientific advisor and board member, Planet Lab youth citizen science initiative and digital learning platform startup 2014-Present Lincoln Park Zoo Research Committee 2014 Lincoln Park Zoo Diversity & Inclusion Committee 2011 Karisoke Research Center representative for visiting International Reporting Project Fellows 2003 Karisoke Research Center administrative volunteer for Rwanda’s National Great Ape Symposium (GRASP) workshop
Synergistic Activities 2015-Present Founded, and continue to coordinate, a monthly cross-Center reading group in the Conservation and Science Department at Lincoln Park Zoo. Topics include methodological, statistical, and theoretical issues. 2015-2017 Conducted qualitative research on hurdles to implementation of innovative K-12 STEM curriculum via the NSF Innovation Corps program. 2012 Funded/facilitated international training opportunity (e.g. lab, statistics, public speaking) for research assistant, a Rwandan national. Trainee co-authored four scientific papers and is now obtaining a masters degree. 2011 Set up ongoing biological sample processing lab at the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda. To date the lab has preserved >14,000 urine and fecal samples using several protocols, for hormone and genetic paternity analysis in wild mountain gorillas. Results are used for large collaborative research projects at institutions in the US, Europe, and Africa.
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Talk: The intersections of research, conservation, and education efforts at a long-term field site (Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence STEM education workshop) Talk: Dian Fossey’s gorillas 50 years on: research, conservation, and lessons learned (University of Chicago Lifelong Learning Speaker Series) Talk: Fathers in the animal kingdom (Wine & Wildlife Speaker Series, Lincoln Park Zoo) Mentor for Northwestern University’s Science in Society Science Club program, teaching scientific skills and knowledge to at-risk youth in Chicago Workshop co-organizer: Savings Species with Feces. Taught 6 -8 grade girls about STEM careers in conservation and behavioral science (Expanding Your Horizons Conference, Chicago IL) Talk: Using science to save endangered species (Resurrection High School, Chicago IL) The Leakey Foundation blog: Lay summary of Animal Behaviour article Talk: The mountain gorillas of Rwanda (The Center for Early Education, West Hollywood CA) Talk: What can animals’ behavior teach us about saving them from extinction? (Crossroads Elementary School, Santa Monica CA) Talk: Conserving Rwanda’s mountain gorillas (Mt Horeb Primary Center, Mt Horeb WI) Talk: What can we learn about people from Rwanda’s mountain gorillas? (Mt Horeb Primary Center, Mt Horeb WI) Talk: Science and the conservation of Africa’s mountain gorillas (St Brendan’s School, San Francisco CA) Talk: Karisoke Research Center: conservation, education, and research from 1967-2004 (Rwanda Office of Tourism and National Parks, Kigali Rwanda) th
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Press Coverage 2016 2016 2016 2015 2012
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BBC coverage of Scientific Reports article www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161128-groups-of-gorillas-have-turned-violent The Atlantic coverage of Scientific Reports article www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/gorilla-warfare/508529/ Ars Technica coverage of Scientific Reports article arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/mob-violence-observed-in-gorillas-for-the-first-time/ Elsevier Connect coverage of Animal Behaviour article www.elsevier.com/connect/whos-the-daddy-if-youre-a-gorilla-it-doesnt-matter Radio interview with France Culture on conservation and research in Rwanda www.franceculture.fr/emission-sur-les-docks-derriere-les-apparences-24-les-gorilles-neconnaissent-pas-le-reglement-2012Scientific profile/interview in National Geographic Japan online natgeo.nikkeibp.co.jp/nng/article/20120521/309652/
Professional Memberships American Association of Physical Anthropologists Animal Behavior Society Human Behavior and Evolution Society Human Biology Association International Primatological Society International Society of Wildlife Endocrinology
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Languages French: Proficient
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