Charles Snowdon
Expert on primate social, reproductive, cognitive and communication behavior
Professor emeritus, psychology College of Letters and Science Work: 608-262-3974 — Home and cell phones available upon request snowdon@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Primate and human communication and cognition
- Primate monogamy: relationship formation and maintenance and implications for human relationships
- Cooperative parenting: involving fathers and other family members in infant care
- Wild primates from South America to Africa
- Biological basis of parenting
Achievements
- Editor of Animal Behaviour, Journal of Comparative Psychology; associate editor of other animal behavior and primate journals
- More than 30 years of funding from the National Institute of Mental Health on how primate behavior can help understand human behavior
- Outstanding Mentoring Award, American Society of Primatologists; psychology department teaching award