Ph.D. in
Physical Anthropology, City University of New York Graduate Center, 2005.
B.A. in Anthropology,
Emory University, 1996
FELLOWSHIPS
AND AWARDS
Graduate
Fellow, New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP),
1998-2005
Robert E. Gilleece Fellowship, City University of
New York, 1998-2005
Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship,
2000
National Merit Scholar, Emory University, 1992-1996
Phi Beta Kappa, 1996 GRANTS
American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grant, for "MHC, Odor
and Mate Choice in a Passerine Bird," 2008.
Indiana Academy of Science, for "MHC and mate choice in an isolated
songbird population," 2007.
Charles
A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation, for “Using patterns of
genetic diversity in Kloss's gibbons to conserve nature and culture in
the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia,” 2004.
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
(BCS-0335949) for
“Evolutionary Genetics of Kloss’s Gibbons,”
2004.
Primate Conservation, Inc., for
“Conservation Biology of Kloss’s Gibbons,” 2002.
Primate Conservation Inc., for “Conservation
Genetics of Kloss’s Gibbons: Pilot Study,” 2000.
Conservation International, for
“Conservation Genetics of Kloss’s Gibbons in the Mentawai Islands,
Indonesia,” 2000. PUBLICATIONS
Whittaker, D. J., J. W. Atwell, G. Cardoso, T. Price, and E. D. Ketterson. Submitted. Diversity and selection at MHC loci in two ecologically distinct populations of Dark-eyed Juncos. Molecular Ecology.
Whittaker, D. J. In press. Phylogeography
of Kloss's gibbon (Hylobates
klossii) populations and
implications for conservation planning in the Mentawai Islands. In The Gibbons: New
Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology,
edited by Susan Lappan, Danielle J. Whittaker, and Thomas Geissmann.
The Gibbons: New
Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology,
edited by Susan Lappan, Danielle J.
Whittaker, and Thomas Geissmann. To
be published by Springer in the series Developments in Primatology:
Progress and Prospects.
Whittaker, D. J., J. C. Morales, and
D. J. Melnick. 2007. Resolution of the Hylobates phylogeny:
congruence of mitochondrial D-loop sequences with molecular,
behavioral, and morphological datasets. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(2):
620-628.
Whittaker,
D.
J. 2006. Conservation action plan for the
Mentawai primates. Primate
Conservation 20: 95-106. Whittaker,
D. J., N. Ting, D. J. Melnick. 2006. Molecular
phylogenetic affinities of the simakobu monkey (Simias concolor).
Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution 39: 887-892.
Whittaker,
D. J. 2005. New population estimates for the Kloss’s
gibbon (Hylobates klossii). Oryx 39(4): 458-461. Whittaker,
D. J. 2000. The Kloss’s Gibbon, Hylobates klossii. The Gibbon’s Voice: The Newsletter for the
International Center for Gibbon Studies. 4(1): 1-2.
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS Whittaker, D. J., J. W. Atwell, G.
Cardoso, T. Price, and E. D. Ketterson. 2007. MHC-based mate choice and
inbreeding avoidance in the Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis). (Talk presented at
Indiana Academy of Science annual meeting, Indianapolis,
IN, October 2007)
Whittaker, D. J., J. W. Atwell, G.
Cardoso, T. Price, and E. D. Ketterson. 2007. Do Dark-Eyed Juncos
(Junco hyemalis) choose mates
on the basis of MHC genotype? (Talk presented at the Animal
Behavior Society meetings, Burlington, VT,
July
2007)
Whittaker, D. J. 2007. Evolution of
gibbons: resolving the Hylobates
phylogeny with multiple
datasets. (Talk presented at SICB meetings, Phoenix, AZ, January
2007)
Whittaker, D. J.
2006. A DNA barcode for the gibbons (Family
Hylobatidae). (Poster presented at Molecular Primatology: Progress and
Promise, New York University, March 2-4 2006)
Whittaker,
D. J., J. C. Morales, D. J. Melnick.
2005. Molecular systematics of the lar group of gibbons (Hylobates). American Journal of Physical Anthropology
126(S40): 222. [Abstract] (Talk presented at AAPA meetings, Milwaukee,
WI, April 2005)
Ting, N., D. J. Whittaker, D.
J. Melnick. 2005. The
phylogenetic position of the Simakobu monkey (Simias concolor) based on
mitochondrial DNA sequence data. American
Journal of Physical Anthropology 126(S40): 206. [Abstract]
(Poster presented at AAPA meetings, Milwaukee, WI, April 2005)
Whittaker,
D. J., J. C. Morales, D. J. Melnick.
2004. Phylogeographic structure of Kloss's gibbon (Hylobates klossii) populations. Folia Primatologica 75(S1): 113.
[Abstract] (Talk presented at IPS Congress, Torino, Italy, August 2004)
Lappan, S., D. J. Whittaker.
2004. Wild gibbons as
members of populations: new perspectives on small ape socioecology,
phylogeography, and conservation. Folia
Primatologica 75(S1): 107. [Abstract] (Symposium organized for
IPS Congress, Torino, Italy, August 2004)
Lappan, S., D. J. Whittaker.
2004. Trends in the
study of wild gibbon populations: 1940-2004. Folia Primatologica 75(S1): 108.
[Abstract] (Talk presented at IPS Congress, Torino, Italy, August 2004)
Whittaker,
D. J. 2004. Status of Kloss’s gibbon (Hylobates klossii) populations and
habitats. [Abstract] (Poster presented at Society for Conservation
Biology meetings, New York, NY, July 2004)
Whittaker,
D. J., J. C. Morales, D. J. Melnick.
2003. Conservation biology of Kloss’s gibbons (Hylobates klossii). American Journal of Physical Anthropology
120(S36): 224. [Abstract] (Poster presented at AAPA meetings, Tempe,
AZ, April 2003)
INVITED
TALKS
Queens College Anthropology
Society,
Flushing, NY. “Creating a Conservation Action Plan from Primate Data:
The Mentawai Islands of Indonesia.” 28 November 2005. Barnard College, New
York, NY. “Male and
Female Reproductive Strategies.” 30 September 2005. MPA course in
Conservation Biology, Columbia University
School of International and Public Affairs, New York, NY. “Conservation Biology
of Kloss’s Gibbons.”
17 June 2005.
As-Syafi’iyah Islamic University Rafflesia Biology Students Club,
Jakarta, Indonesia. “Conservation Biology of Kloss’s Gibbons.” 14
January 2004.
Jakarta International School, Jakarta, Indonesia.
“Conservation Biology of Kloss’s Gibbons.” 15 January 2004.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Appointments:
Adjunct Assistant
Professor, Department of
Biological Sciences, Barnard College, 2006. Adjunct Assistant
Professor, Department of
Anthropology, Lehman College and Queens College, City University of New
York, 2005 – 2006. Adjunct Lecturer at
Lehman College, Hunter College,
and Queens College, City University of New York, 2000 –
2005.
Undergraduate classes taught:
Introduction to
Human Evolution Introduction to
Human Variation Contemporary
Issues in Biology Animal Behavior Primate Behavior
and Ecology Human Genetics
Graduate teaching experience:
Methods
in Reproductive Diversity: several lectures in
graduate course in Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Fall 2006.
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE
Judge for Women in
Science Research Conference, Indiana University, March 2008.
Member of search committee for IU CISAB Core Laboratory Manager, Fall
2007.
Judge for 8th Annual
South Central Indiana Regional Science &
Engineering Fair, March 2007.
Invited expert at the
2006 Asian Primate Red List Workshop, Phnom Penh,
Cambodia.
Participated in 2005 NSF IGERT Project Meeting as graduate student
representative of NYCEP. Presented two posters, “Conservation Biology
of Kloss’s Gibbons (Hylobates klossii)”
and “Phylogenetic Position of the Simakobu Monkey (Simias concolor).”
"Wild gibbons as members of populations": Symposium
organized at the XX Congress of the International Primatological
Society, Torino, Italy, August 2004 (With Susan Lappan)
Assisted in organizing and running the Society for Conservation Biology
meetings held at Columbia University, July 2004.
REVIEWING
Reviewer for grants:
Charles A. and Anne
Morrow Lindbergh Foundation Sigma Delta
Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science
Ad hoc
reviewer for journals:
American Naturalist
Biotropica
Molecular Ecology Resources
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Naturwissenschaften
LANGUAGES
English
(Native speaker)
Indonesian (Proficient)
Spanish (Conversational)
Last
updated: July 15, 2008
Photos by Lissa
Tallman, Nathan A. Burroughs, and Danielle J. Whittaker
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