Education:

• 2009 Ph.D. in Anthropology
  The Graduate Center, City University of New York
  New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
  Dissertation Title: The Influence of Resource Distribution on the Social Structure and Travel Patterns of Wild Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas) in Filoha, Awash National Park, Ethiopia
  Dissertation advisor: Dr. Larissa Swedell

• 2004 M.Phil. in Anthropology The Graduate Center, City University of New York

• 1998 B.S. in Biology & Society, Cornell University
  
  

Fellowships and Awards:

• 2008-2011 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Thompson Writing Program (Duke University)
• 2006-2008 CUNY Writing Fellowship
• 2002-2004 Graduate Teaching Fellowship (CUNY)
• 2002-2008 Sue Rosenberg Zalk Travel and Research Grant (CUNY)
• 1999-2004 University Fellowship (The Graduate Center, CUNY)
• 1999-2002 New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology Fellowship
• 2000 Summer Fellowship (The Graduate Center, CUNY)
• 1998 Undergraduate Research Fellowship (Cornell University)
  
  

Research Interests:

• Primate Behavior and Ecology
• Evolution of Social Structure
• Primate Cognitive Ecology
• Baboon Socioecology and Evolutionary History
• Evolution of Human Behavior
• Habitat Structure and Mapping
  
  

Teaching Experience:

• 2008-2009 Lecturing Fellow
  Thompson Writing Program, Duke University
  Writing 20 – The Naked Ape: Exploring the Ape-Human Connection
  
  
• 2002-2004 Teaching Fellow
  Department of Anthropology, Lehman College, CUNY
  Anthropology 171 – Introduction to Human Evolution
  
  
• 2003 Adjunct Lecturer Department of Anthropology, Lehman College, CUNY
  Anthropology 302 – Primate Behavior and Ecology
  
  
• 2001, 2004 Adjunct Lecturer
  Department of Anthropology, Hunter College, CUNY
  Anthropology 101 – Introduction to Human Evolution (laboratory)
  
  
• 1997 Teaching Assistant Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University
  DEA 150 – Introduction to Human-Environment Relations
  
  

Relevant Experience:

• 2006-2008 CUNY Writing Fellow
  Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, City College, CUNY
  Worked with faculty in a wide variety of disciplines to integrate Writing Across the Curriculum/Writing in the Disciplines (WAC/WID) philosophy and pedagogy into the undergraduate curriculum.
  
  

Research/Field Experience:

• 2005-2006 Doctoral Research
  Filoha Outpost, Awash National Park, Ethiopia
  Conducted 12-month field study on the social structure and travel patterns of wild hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas). Collected data on social behavior and spatial cohesion, and mapped travel routes using GIS during all- day follows of baboons. Surveyed vegetation structure of baboons’ home range. Managed and ran field site.
   
• 2004 Dissertation Pilot Research Filoha Outpost, Awash National Park, Ethiopia
  Developed research protocols and collected behavioral and ecological pilot data for proposed dissertation project on hamadryas baboons. Constructed map of baboons’ home range using GPS and GIS.
  
  
• 2002 Research Assistant American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
  Bovid Distal Humeri as Indicators of Plio-Pleistocene Paleoenvironments.
  
  
• 2001 Field Research Assistant
  Kakamega Rainforest, Kenya
  Conducted naturalistic field studies on blue monkeys’ (Cercopithecus mitis) reproductive biology. Collected and analyzed data for independent project on dominance hierarchies.
  
  
• 2000 Research Assistant
  Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY
  Mirror Self-Recognition in Gorillas
  
  

Publications:

• Schreier, A.L., Swedell, L. (in revision) The fourth level of social structure in hamadryas baboons: clans, their possible functions, and maintenance by both males and females. American Journal of Primatology.
• Swedell, L., Schreier, A.L. (2009) Male aggression towards females in hamadryas baboons: conditioning, coercion, and control. In Sexual Coercion in Primates: An Evolutionary Perspective on Male Aggression Against Females. eds. M.N. Muller and R.W. Wrangham. Harvard University Press.
• Schreier, A., Swedell, L. (2008) Use of palm trees as a sleeping site by hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas) in Ethiopia. American Journal of Primatology, 70: 107-113.
• Swedell, L., Hailemeskel, G., Schreier, A. (2008) Composition and seasonality of diet in wild hamadryas baboons: preliminary findings from Filoha. Folia Primatologica, 79:476-490.
• Schreier, A., Evans, G.W. (2003) Adrenal cortical response of young children to modern and ancient stressors. Current Anthropology, 44(2): 306-309.
  
  

Abstracts and Professional Presentations:

• Schreier, A.L., Groves, M.J. (2009) Ranging patterns of hamadryas baboons: random walk analyses. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement 48): 231-232.
• Schreier, A.L. (2008) Home Range Use and Travel Patterns in Wild Hamadryas Baboons in Ethiopia. Scholars Symposium, Thompson Writing Program, Duke University, Durham, NC.
• Schreier, A.L. (2008) Ranging patterns in wild hamadryas baboons in Ethiopia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement 46):188.
• Swedell, L., Saunders, J., Pines, M., Schreier, A., Davis, B. (2008) Alternative reproductive strategies in male hamadryas baboons: leaders, followers, and solitary males. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement 46):203.
• Schreier, A.L., Swedell, L. (2007) Evidence for clans in a population of wild hamadryas baboons. American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Supplement 44): 209-210.
• Schreier, A.L. (2007) Biological and Ecological Field Study of Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas) in Ethiopia. International Baccalaureate Biology Program, Yonkers High School, Yonkers, NY.
• Schreier, A.L. (2007) Social Structure and Spatial Cohesion in Hamadryas Baboons. New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology seminar series, New York, NY.
• Schreier, A.L., Savukova, G., Hartman, H. (2007) Writing and Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes and the WAC/WID program at the City College of New York. The 49th Annual Midwest Modern Languages Association Convention, Cleveland, OH.
• Schreier, A.L., Savukova, G., Kim, H., Tuck, E., Braxton, C., Ikeda, Y. (2007) Possibilities and Pitfalls of Scaling Up: WAC/WID at City College. Biannual CUNY WAC/WID Conference, New York, NY.
• Swedell, L., Schreier, A.L. (2006) Male Aggression Towards Females in Hamadryas Baboons. XXI Congresse of the International Primatological Society. Entebbe, Uganda.
• Schreier, A.L. (2004) Resource Distribution, Social Structure, and Travel Patterns in Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas). New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology seminar series, New York, NY.
  
  

Professional Society Memberships and Affiliations:

• American Association of Physical Anthropologists
• American Society of Primatologists
• International Primatological Society
• Filoha Hamadryas Project
• New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology