Carolyn Bocian Ph.D. Academic Address Department of Environmental Science 303 Science Trinity College 125 Michigan Ave. NE Washington, DC 20017 Tel: 202-884-9000 Ext. 9473 E-mail: bocianc@trinitydc.edu

Education

• B.A. 1980 Towson University
• M.A. 1994 Hunter College CUNY
• Ph.D. 1997 The CUNY Graduate School

Teaching Experience

Dr. Bocian has taught a number of lecture, field and laboratory courses including Organismal Biology, Human Biology, Psychology, Experimental Psychology Lab, Mathematics, African Primates and Primate Ecology.

Research Interests

Dr. Bocian's research interests include community ecology, especially of African rainforest primates, primate social behavior, plant chemistry, plant animal interactions and conservation. She was field director for a study examining the relationship of foraging strategy and social organization in western lowland gorillas and chimpanzees in Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Africa. She also studied patterns of food selection, range and social organization Black-and-White Colobus Monkeys in the Ituri Forest, Republic of Congo, and assisted in the resocializing chimpanzees and baboons confiscated from poachers.

Recent Publications

• Oates, J.F., Bocian, C.M. and Terranova, C.J. (2001) New information on the loud calls of Black-and-White Colobus monkeys and a reappraisal of their phylogenetic and functional significance. In P.F. Whitehead and C.J. Jolly (eds.), Old World Monkeys. Cambridge University Press.
• Bocian, C. 1996. Niche separation in sympatric black-and-white colobus. Feature article #1 in The North American Regional Colobus Studbook (2nd ed.). C Lehn, comp., Caldwell Zoo, Tyler, TX.