Workshops, symposia, and conferences organized
1997 Symposium on “Variability in parenting styles of nonhuman primates: recent
findings and implications for human research”. Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, D.C.
1998 Symposium on “Biological and maternal influences on infant development in
primates”, Conference of the International Society for Infant Studies, Atlanta,
2002 Conference on “Evolution, Cognition and Development”. University of Chicago. 2005 Symposium on “Comparative Perspectives on Brain and Behavior”. Meeting of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C.
2007 Symposium on “Maternal effects on offspring behavioral and neuroendocrine
development”. Conference of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, San Diego, CA.
2009 Symposium: “The Last Piece of Darwin’s Puzzle: The Evolution of the Social
Mind”. Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago, IL
2001-12 Comparative Behavioral Biology Workshop, University of Chicago.
2014 Conference: “Neuroeconomics: Recent Advances and Future Directions.”
Center for Scientific Research “Ettore Majorana”, Erice, Sicily (Italy)
2015 Conference: “Adapted Mind, Adapted Body. The evolution of human behavior and its
neuroendocrine regulation.” Center for Scientific Research “Ettore Majorana”, Erice,
Sicily (Italy)
Courses taught
Behavioral Ecology
Biopsychology of Attachment
Evolution and Economics of Human Behavior
Evolution of Human Development
Evolution of Parenting
Evolutionary Psychology
Grants, Publications, and the Academic Job Market
Mind (introductory cognitive psychology course)
Mind and Biology Proseminar
Nonverbal communication
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Primate Psychology
Research Seminar in Animal Behavior
Affiliation to Scientific Societies and Service
Italian Ethological Society
Member, 1986-present
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
Member, 1988-1992
International Society for Behavioral Ecology
Member, 1988-1993
American Society of Primatologists
Member, 1992-1998
Animal Behavior Society
Member, 1992-2012
Member, Public Affairs Committee, 2002-2005
Conference Program Officer, 2008-2011
Member of the Executive Committee, 2008-2011
Society Representative to the Biology Section of AAAS, 2008-2011
Society Representative to the International Council of Ethologists, 2010-2016
International Society for Developmental Psychobiology
Member, 2001-2010
International Primatological Society
Member, 2001-present
Member, Elections Committee, 2003
Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, IPS Conference, 2003
Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, IPS Conference, 2016
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, 2005-present
Association for Psychological Science
Member, 2010-2012
Fellow, 2010-present
Midwestern Psychological Association
Member, 2014-present
Human Behavior and Evolution Society
Member, 2013-present
Editorial Service
2000-2011 Editorial Board Member, Folia Primatologica
2001-2010 Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Primatology
2005-2008 Editorial Board Member, The University of Chicago Press
2007-present Editorial Board Member, The Open Behavioral Science Journal
2008-2011 Associate Editor, Animal Behaviour
2014-present Editorial Board Member, Evolutionary Psychological Science
2014-present Editor in Chief, Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology
Manuscript and Book Reviews for Journals
Acta Theriologica, Acta Zoologica Sinica, Aggressive Behavior, American Anthropologist, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, American Journal of Primatology, American Naturalist, American Psychologist, American Scientist, Animal Behaviour, Animal Cognition, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Behavioral Ecology, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Behaviour, Behavioural Brain Research, Biology Letters, Biological Psychiatry, Brain Behavior and Evolution, Brain and Language, Brain Research, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Child Development, Contemporary Psychology, Current Anthropology, Current Biology, Current Directions in Psychological Science, Development & Psychopathology, Developmental Neuroscience, Developmental Psychobiology, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Review, Developmental Science, Emotion, Ethology, Evolution & Human Behavior, Evolution of Communication, Evolutionary Psychological Science, Experimental Neurology, Folia Primatologica, Hormones & Behavior, Human Nature, International Journal of Comparative Psychology, International Journal of Primatology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Journal of Avian Biology, Journal of Comparative Psychology, Journal of Developmental Processes, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Journal of Human Evolution, Journal of Mammalogy, Journal of Neuroendocrinology, Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Zoology, Language & Communication, Neuropharmacology, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Physiology & Behavior, PLoS One, PLoS Computational Biology, Primates, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Review, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Review of General Psychology, Social Development, Social Neuroscience, Stress, Trends in Cognitive Science, Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Book Reviews for Publishers
American Psychological Association Press, Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc., New York Academy of Sciences, Oxford University Press, Plenum Press, Springer-Verlag, University of Chicago Press.
Faculty Tenure/Promotion Reviews
2004 Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, University of Chicago
2005 Assistant Professor mid-term reappointment, University of Chicago
2006 Associate to Full Professor promotion, University of California Los Angeles
2007 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, Duke University
2008 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, University of Chicago
2008 Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, University of Chicago
2009 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, University of Illinois U-C
2009 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, Clemson University
2009 Tenure and Associate to Full Professor promotion, Agnes Scott College
2010 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee
2010 Associate to Full Professor promotion, University of Chicago
2010 Associate to Full Professor promotion, University of Toronto Scarborough
2011 Associate to Full Professor promotion, University of Lethbridge
2011 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, University of Michigan
2011 Vice-Provost for International Affairs, UCLA
2011 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, University of Chicago
2011 Associate to Full Professor promotion, Duke University
2012 Associate to Full Professor promotion, University of Wisconsin – Madison
2012 Associate to Full Professor promotion, University of Chicago
2012 Canada Research Chair, University of Toronto
2012 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, Ohio University
2012 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, University of Missouri
2012 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, Oakland University
2012 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, University of Tennessee
2012 Associate to Full Professor promotion, Vassar College
2012 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, Dartmouth College
2013 Associate to Full Professor promotion, University of California Los Angeles
2014 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, University of Missouri
2015 Tenure and Assistant to Associate Professor promotion, University of Chicago
Grant Reviews and other Professional Activities
1997-present Associate, Behavioral and Brain Sciences
1997-present Ad hoc reviewer, National Science Foundation (Animal Behavior, Physical Anthropology programs)
1998-present Ad hoc reviewer, Leakey Foundation
2000 Ad hoc member, NIH grant review panel (RFA: Child Neglect)
2001 Consultant, MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Early
Experience and Brain Development
2002 Chair, Biological Processes Review Panel, International Conference
on Infant Studies
2002-present Invited Participant, Early Childhood Development Dinners, The
Irving B. Harris Foundation, Chicago, IL
2003 Consultant, National Geographic, TV documentary filmed on
Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico
2003 Ad hoc member, NIH grant review panel, MESH Study Section
(Mechanisms of Emotion, Stress, and Health) - declined
2004 Ad hoc member, NIH grant review panel (National Center for Research Resources; Site visit for renewal of the Base Grant of the Southwest National Primate Research Center, San Antonio, TX)
2004 Ad hoc member, NIH grant review panel (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
2004 Consultant, NICHD Psychosexual Differentiation Network
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Ad hoc member, NIH grant review panel (RFA: Research on Children Exposed to Violence) - declined.
2004 Ad hoc reviewer, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
2005 Grant review panel member, National Science Foundation
(Animal Behavior program)
2005 Ad hoc member, NIH grant review panel (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; review of a PO1 grant application)
2005 Ad hoc grant reviewer, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
2005 Ad hoc grant reviewer, Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
2006 Ad hoc reviewer, National Science Foundation (Behavioral Neuroscience program)
2006 Ad hoc reviewer, National Science Foundation (Division of Biological Infrastructure)
2006 Chair, NIH grant review panel (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; review of a PO1 grant application) – declined
2007 Ad hoc grant reviewer, Center for Biomedical and Behavioral Research, Spelman College
2007 Member, External Advisory Board for the Research Project “Towards a Grammar of Gesture: Evolution, Brain, and Linguistic Structure”, Volkswagen Foundation, PI: Dr. Cornelia Muller, European University Viadrina, Germany
2007 Ad hoc reviewer, National Science Foundation (Behavioral Neuroscience program)
2007 Judge, Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium (CAURS), University of Chicago, Northwestern U, Loyola U, & De Paul U.
2007 Member, Biological Processes Review Panel, International Conference
on Infant Studies
2007 Ad hoc grant reviewer, Austrian National Science Fund
2008 Ad hoc grant reviewer, NIH Aging Systems and Geriatrics Study Section
2008 Judge, Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium (CAURS), University of Chicago, Northwestern U, Loyola U, & De Paul U.
2008, 2009, 2010 Ad hoc grant reviewer, Consolider Program, Spanish Ministry of
Science and Education
2009 Ad hoc member, NIH grant review panel (RFA: Social Neuroscience
of Aging)
2009 Grant review panel member, National Science Foundation
(Behavioral Systems program) (declined)
2009 Consultant, “Off the Fence” Film Production Company
2010 Ad hoc grant reviewer, NIH Behavioral Neuroscience Fellowships
(declined)
2010 Ad hoc grant reviewer, National Science Foundation (Neural Systems
program, Biological Anthropology program) (declined)
2010 Consultant, VPRO (Dutch National TV Broadcasting Company)
2010-2013 Consultant, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Fellows
Program
2010 Ad hoc grant reviewer, National Science Foundation (Developmental
and Learning Sciences program) (declined)
2011 Ad hoc grant reviewer, Austrian National Science Fund
2011 Ad hoc member, NIH grant review panel (RFA: The Role of Human-
Animal Interaction in Child Health and Human Development)
2011 Ad hoc member, NIH grant review panel (National Center for Research Resources; Site visit for renewal of the Base Grant of the Washington National Primate Research Center, Seattle, WA)
2011 Ad hoc member, NIH grant review panel (National Center for
Research Resources: Special Emphasis Panel)
2011 Ad hoc grant reviewer, National Science Foundation (Biological
Anthropology program) (declined)
2012 Ad hoc grant reviewer, National Science Foundation (International
Research Fellowship program) (declined)
2012 Ad hoc grant reviewer, The Leakey Foundation
2012 Ad hoc grant reviewer, National Institute on Aging, Behavioral and Social Research Program
2012 Ad hoc grant reviewer, National Science Foundation (Biological
Anthropology program) (declined)
2012 Ad hoc grant reviewer, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences
Research Council, U.K. (declined)
2013 Ad hoc grant reviewer, Fund for Scientific Research, Belgium
2013 Course proposal reviewer, Central European University, Budapest,
Hungary
2013 Ad hoc grant reviewer, National Science Foundation (Population
Biology program) (declined)
2014 US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (declined)
2014 Ad hoc member, NIH grant review panel (BRLE Study section)
(declined)
2014 Ad hoc reviewer, Leakey Foundation
2014 Ad hoc grant reviewer, Fund for Scientific Research, Belgium
2014 Ad hoc grant reviewer, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
PUBLICATIONS
Books, Edited Books, and Journal Special Issues
1. D. Maestripieri, J. Morford (eds.)
Gestural Communication in Human and Nonhuman Primates.
Special issue of Evolution of Communication, 1: 159-282, 1997.
2. D. Maestripieri, P. Kappeler (eds.)
Evolutionary Theory and Primate Behavior.
Special issue of the International Journal of Primatology, 23: 703-951, 2002.
3. D. Maestripieri (ed.)
Primate Psychology.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003.
4. D. Maestripieri
Macachiavellian Intelligence. How rhesus macaques and humans have conquered the world.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Translations: Italy, Japan.
5. D. Maestripieri, J. M. Mateo (eds.)
Maternal Effects in Mammals.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2009.
6. D. Maestripieri
Games Primates Play.
An undercover investigation of the evolution and economics of human relationships.
New York: Basic Books, 2012.
Translations: France, Italy, Greece, Korea, Taiwan.
7. C. Carere, D. Maestripieri (eds.)
Animal Personalities: Behavior, Physiology, and Evolution.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
1. G. Schino, S. Scucchi, D. Maestripieri, P.G. Turillazzi
Allogrooming as a tension-reduction mechanism: a behavioral approach.
American Journal of Primatology, 16: 43-50, 1988.
2. D. Maestripieri, S. Scucchi
Seasonal changes in social relationships in an all-female rhesus monkey
(Macaca mulatta) group.
Behaviour, 110: 106-114, 1989.
3. D. Maestripieri, E. Alleva
Maternal aggression and litter size in the female house mouse.
Ethology, 84: 27-34, 1990.
4. D. Maestripieri, R. De Simone, L. Aloe, E. Alleva
Social status and nerve growth factor serum levels after agonistic encounters
in mice.
Physiology & Behavior, 47: 161-164, 1990.
5. G. Schino, D. Maestripieri, S. Scucchi, P.G. Turillazzi
Social tension in familiar and unfamiliar pairs of long-tailed macaques.
Behaviour, 113: 264-272, 1990.
6. S. Scucchi, D. Maestripieri, G. Schino
Conflict, displacement activities, and menstrual cycle in long-tailed macaques.
Primates, 32: 115-118, 1991.
7. D. Maestripieri
Litter gender composition, food availability, and maternal defence of the
young in house mice (Mus domesticus).
Behaviour, 116: 139-151, 1991.
8. D. Maestripieri, E. Alleva
Do male mice use parental care as a buffering strategy against maternal
aggression?
Animal Behaviour, 41: 904-906, 1991.
9. D. Maestripieri, C. Rossi-Arnaud
Kinship does not affect litter defence in pairs of communally nesting
female house mice.
Aggressive Behavior, 17: 223-228, 1991.
10. D. Maestripieri, F.R. D'Amato
Anxiety and maternal aggression in house mice (Mus domesticus): a look at interindividual variability.
Journal of Comparative Psychology, 105: 295-301, 1991.
11. S. Pavani, D. Maestripieri, G. Schino, P.G. Turillazzi, S. Scucchi
Factors influencing scratching behaviour in long-tailed macaques.
Folia Primatologica, 57: 34-38, 1991.
12. D. Maestripieri, E. Alleva
Litter defence and parental investment allocation in house mice.
Behavioural Processes, 23: 223-230, 1991.
13. D. Maestripieri, A. Badiani, S. Puglisi-Allegra
Prepartal chronic stress increases anxiety and decreases aggression in
lactating female mice.
Behavioral Neuroscience, 105: 663-668, 1991.
14. S. Bigi, D. Maestripieri, L. Aloe, E. Alleva
NGF decreases isolation-induced aggressive behavior, while increasing
adrenal volume, in adult male mice.
Physiology & Behavior, 51: 337-343, 1992.
15. D. Maestripieri, F.L. Martel, C.M. Nevison, M.J.A. Simpson, E.B. Keverne
Anxiety in rhesus monkey infants in relation to interactions with their
mother and other social companions.
Developmental Psychobiology, 24: 571-581, 1992.
16. D. Maestripieri
Functional aspects of maternal aggression in mammals.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 70: 1069-1077, 1992.
17. D. Maestripieri, G. Schino, F. Aureli, A. Troisi
A modest proposal: displacement activities as an indicator of emotions in
primates.
Animal Behaviour, 44: 967-979, 1992.
18. D. Maestripieri
Vigilance costs of allogrooming in macaque mothers.
The American Naturalist, 141: 744-753, 1993.
19. D. Maestripieri
Infant kidnapping in group-living rhesus macaques: why don't mothers
rescue their infants?
Primates, 34: 211-216, 1993.
20. D. Maestripieri
Maternal anxiety in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). I. Measurement of anxiety and identification of anxiety-eliciting situations.
Ethology, 95: 19-31, 1993.
21. D. Maestripieri
Maternal anxiety in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). II. Emotional bases
of individual differences in mothering style.
Ethology, 95: 32-42, 1993.
22. D. Maestripieri
Infant abuse associated with psychosocial stress in a group-living pigtail
macaque (Macaca nemestrina) mother.
American Journal of Primatology, 32: 41-49, 1994.
23. D. Maestripieri
Social structure, infant handling, and mothering styles in group-living Old
World monkeys.
International Journal of Primatology, 15: 531-553, 1994.
24. D. Maestripieri
Costs and benefits of maternal aggression in lactating female rhesus macaques.
Primates, 35: 443-453, 1994.
25. D. Maestripieri
Mother-infant relationships in three species of macaques (Macaca mulatta, M. nemestrina, M. arctoides). I. Development of the mother-infant relationship in the first three months.
Behaviour, 131: 75-96, 1994.
26. D. Maestripieri
Mother-infant relationships in three species of macaques (Macaca mulatta, M. nemestrina, M. arctoides). II. The social environment.
Behaviour, 131: 97-113, 1994.
27. D. Maestripieri
Influence of infants on female social relationships in monkeys.
Folia Primatologica, 63: 192-202, 1994.
28. D. Maestripieri, K. Wallen
Interest in infants varies with reproductive condition in group-living female pigtail macaques (Macaca nemestrina).
Physiology & Behavior, 57: 353-358, 1995.
29. D. Maestripieri
First steps in the macaque world: Do rhesus mothers encourage their infants' independent locomotion?
Animal Behaviour, 49: 1541-1549, 1995.
30. K. Wallen, D. Maestripieri, D.R. Mann
Effects of neonatal testicular suppression with a GnRH antagonist on social behavior in group-living juvenile rhesus monkeys.
Hormones and Behavior, 29: 322-337, 1995.
31. D. Maestripieri
Maternal encouragement in nonhuman primates and the question of animal teaching.
Human Nature, 6: 361-378, 1995.
32. D. Maestripieri
Assessment of danger to themselves and their infants by rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) mothers
Journal of Comparative Psychology, 109: 416-420, 1995.
33. D. Maestripieri
Maternal responsiveness to infant distress calls in stumptail macaques.
Folia Primatologica, 64: 201-206, 1995.
34. D. Maestripieri
Maternal encouragement of infant locomotion in pigtail macaques, Macaca nemestrina.
Animal Behaviour, 51: 603-610, 1996.
35. D. Maestripieri
Gestural communication and its cognitive implications in pigtail macaques (Macaca nemestrina).
Behaviour, 133: 997-1022, 1996.
36. D. Maestripieri
Primate cognition and the bared-teeth display: a reevaluation of the concept
of formal dominance.
Journal of Comparative Psychology, 110: 402-405, 1996.
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