College of the Sciences Primate Behavior and Ecology Program

Central Washington University

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.