SOAR Grant (awarded Fall 2005 for Winter 2006 appointment) International Studies and Programs Advisory Council Travel grant 2004
Len Thayer Foundation grant 2004
Faculty SEED grant 2001 Mentored Student Grants Awarded Central Washington University Graduate Student Summer Research Grants awarded to Maureen McCarthy 2006 awarded to Jessica Hartel 2005 Honors and Awards
University of Georgia
Departmental Teaching Assistantship 1997
Herbert Zimmer Scholar in Psychology 1996
University-wide Research Assistantships 1994 - 1996
University of Lethbridge
Dean’s List 1990 - 1993
Alberta Teacher’s Association scholarship 1992
Louise McKinney post-secondary scholarship 1991
University of Lethbridge scholarship 1990
Professional Affiliations
Animal Behavior Society, regular member 1994 - present
American Society of Primatologists, regular member 1994 - present
International Primatological Society
Assistant Editor of the IPS Newsletter 1994 - 1996
Assistant to the Secretary General 1996 - 1998
Regular Member 1999 - present
Teaching Experience
Central Washington University Undergraduate. General Psychology (20 sections) Fall 2000 – Spring 2005 Introductory Statistics (10 sections) Fall 2000 – Summer 2006 Intermediate Statistics (9 sections) Summer 2001 - Winter 2007
Self-Injurious Behavior (2 sections) Summer 2004 & Fall 2006
*Evolutionary Psychology (6 sections) Fall 2001 – Fall 2006
Sexual Behavior (2 sections) Fall 2003 & Fall 2005
*Physiological Psychology (2 sections) Winter 2007 & Spring 2007
Individual Study in Observational
Methods for Behavioral Research (2 sections) Winter 2004
The Physiology of Emotion Winter 2002
(1 credit enrichment course)
Design & Analysis for Observational Field Research (as part of Biodiversity & Conservation Study Abroad Field Program) Summer 2005 & 2006
Graduate.
Research in Natural Environments (4 sections + 3 sections by arrangement) Winter 2002 – Spring 2007
Comparative Psychology Winter 2001 & Spring 2006
Directed Readings in Primate Evolution Summer 2003
* denotes classes with graduate/undergraduate sections
University of Lethbridge
Comparative Cognition Summer 2000 Primate Behaviour Summer 1999 Introduction to Animal Behaviour (2 sections) Summer 1997 & 1998
University of Georgia
Statistics for Behavioral Sciences (3 sections) Fall 1997 – Spring 1998
Physiological and Comparative Psychology (laboratory) Summer 1996
duties: demonstration and supervision of sheep brain dissections, direction of ethogram construction and behavioral data recording with crickets and squirrels
Teaching Workshops Attended
Psychology Department’s Peer Evaluation of Instruction Day, Central Washington University, June 2003 – 2006
Creating Reliable and Valid Classroom Tests Workshop, Central Washington University, September 2004
Writing Assessment Workshop, Central Washington University, September 2002
Introduction to Blackboard 5.5, and Steps for Creating Your Online Course, Central Washington University, October 2001
The Academic Advising Workshop, Central Washington University, October 2001
Research and Technical Training
Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center (Lawrenceville, GA)
Conducted behavioral research with rhesus macaques 1996 - 1998
Received training in hormone assay techniques 1996
L.A.B.S. (Yemmassee, S.C.)
Collected behavioral data on capuchin monkeys 1996
University of Georgia Cebus lab. (Athens, GA)
Conducted and assisted in research with capuchin monkeys 1993 - 1996
techniques: behavioral data recording; animal capture, handling and transport
University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Assisted in endocrine research with female rodents 1994 - 1995
techniques: animal handling; collection, staining, and interpretation of vaginal smears; animal anaesthetization; suturing
Publications: Peer-reviewed Articles (names of student co-authors are bolded and underlined)
Matheson, M.D., Sheeran, L.K., Li, J.H., & Wagner, R.S. (2006). Tourist impact on Tibetan Macaques. Anthrozoos, 19, 158 - 168.
Matheson, M.D., Fragaszy, D.M., and Johnson-Pynn, J.S. (2005). Response to novel housing in two groups of captive tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Primates, 46, 235-240.
Wilbanks, B., Matheson, M., Eubanks, J., & DeVietti, T. (2005). Effects of perceived risk and strength of affiliation on decisions to help others: Toward a convergence of evolutionary and social psychology. Psychological Reports, 96, 977-987.
Fuentes, A., Sans, C., Malone, N., Matheson, M., & Vaughan, L. (2002). Conflict and post-conflict behavior in a small group of chimpanzees. Primates, 43(3), 223-236.
Matheson, M.D. & Bernstein, I.S. (2000). Grooming, social bonding, and agonistic aiding in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology, 51, 177 – 186.
Matheson, M.D. (1999) Social contact following severe aggression in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): A new test of the consolation hypothesis. International Journal of Primatology, 20, 961 - 975.
Parr, L.M., Matheson, M.D., Bernstein, I.S., & de Waal, F.B.M. (1997). Grooming down the hierarchy: Allogrooming in captive brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Animal Behaviour, 54, 361 - 367.
Matheson, M.D., Johnson, J.S., & Feuerstein, J. (1996). Male reunion displays in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). American Journal of Primatology, 40, 183 - 188.
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