APPOINTMENTS
2005- Doctoral Faculty
Anthropology Program, the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
2004- Core Faculty
New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP)
2003- Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology, Hunter College CUNY
2003- Science & Technology Seminar Faculty
CUNY Honors College (CHC)
1999-2001 Science Lecturer
Durham Technical Community College, Durham NC

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Comparative behavioral ecology, sexual selection, and reproductive strategies
Social organization and vocal communication
Life history patterns
Geographic variation in social behavior

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2006- Social behavior and vocal signaling in the Zanzibar red colobus monkey
Unguja Island, Zanzibar (Tanzania)
In collaboration with Dr. Kirstin S. Siex, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

2005- Gestural communication in African Apes
In collaboration with Lindsey W. Smith, CUNY Graduate Center & NYCEP

2004- Orangutan biology and conservation, Indonesia
PI: R Delgado

2003- Acoustic Communication Laboratory, Hunter College
Director: R Delgado

2002- Geographic variation in the behavioral ecology of Bornean orangutans
PI: R Delgado

1999- Acoustic variation and function in the long calls of wild male orangutans
(Pongo spp.) Gunung Leuser N.P., northern Sumatra; Gunung Palung N.P.,
West Kalimantan
PI: R Delgado

1998 Sociosexual behavior among free-ranging pygmy chimpanzees
(Pan paniscus), Lomako Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo
PI: R Delgado

1997 Ecological determinants of social organization in the common marmoset
(Callithrix jacchus), Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades, Piaui, Brasil
PI: L Digby. Collaborators: R Delgado, R Lewis

1996 Behavioral ecology of the snub-nosed langur (Simias concolor)
Betumonga Research Station, Pagai Utara, Indonesia
PI: L Paciulli. Collaborators: R Delgado, C Miller

1995 Feeding and foraging patterns of mantled howling monkeys
(Alouatta palliata), La Suerte Biological Field Station, northeastern Costa Rica
PI: R Delgado

1995 Play behavior of captive siamangs (Hylobates syndactylus)
International Center for Gibbon Studies, Saugus CA
PI: R Delgado

FUNDING
In prep National Science Foundation
Demographic, ecological, and genetic determinants of behavior in Bornean
orangutans
In prep U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Great Ape Conservation Fund
Demographic, ecological, and genetic determinants of behavior in Bornean
orangutans
In prep American Philosophical Society – Franklin Research Grant
Signal content and context in the vocalizations of Zanzibar red colobus monkeys
CO-PI: Dr. Kirstin S. Siex, Wildlife Conservation Society

In review National Science Foundation – Dissertation Improvement Grant
Gestural Communication in African Apes
CO-PI: Lindsey Smith, CUNY Graduate Center
In review The Leakey Foundation
Geographic variation in the vocal repertoire of Bornean orangutans

2006 Hunter College Presidential Travel Award
Vocal repertoire of Zanzibar red colobus monkeys
2005 – 2008 USAID RFA No. Indonesia 04-014 Orangutan Habitat Conservation
with The Nature Conservancy, East Kalimantan Program
2004-2006 PSC-CUNY Research Award
Geographic variation in Bornean orangutans

2003-2005 Primate Conservation, Inc. Grant
Long call duration as a means of determining local orangutan population density
2001-2002 National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant
Signal content and function in wild male orangutan long calls
2001-2002 The Leakey Foundation, General Grant
Information content and function in wild male orangutan long calls

1999-2000 Graduate School Pre-dissertation Travel Award
Geographic variation in the long calls of wild orangutans
1997-1999 Duke University
Duke Endowment Fellowship

1997 Tinker Field Research Grant, Duke-UNC Program in Latin American Studies
Ecological determinants of social organization in the common marmoset
1992-1996 University of Southern California
Trustee Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS
2006 Delgado RA Sexual selection in the loud calls of male primates: Signal content
and function. International Journal of Primatology 27(1): 5-25.

2006 Delgado RA Geographic variation in the long calls of wild male orangutans.
International Journal of Primatology 27(S1):392. (abstract)

2003 Delgado RA Signal content and function in the long calls of wild male
orangutans. American Journal of Primatology, 60(S1): 53. (abstract)

2003 Delgado RA The role of adult male long calls in Sumatran orangutans.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, S36: 86. (abstract)

2000 Delgado RA, and van Schaik CP The behavioral ecology and conservation of
the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus): A tale of two islands. Evolutionary
Anthropology, 9 (5): 201-218.
Accepted Delgado RA Geographic variation in the long calls of male orangutans. Ethology

In review Delgado RA and van Schaik CP On the context and effects of adult male long
calls in Sumatran orangutans. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology.

In review Delgado RA An acoustic tool for monitoring orangutan populations. Oryx.

In review Delgado RA Inferring long call content and function in Sumatran orangutans
(Pongo abelii) from responses to playback experiments. Animal Behaviour.

In prep Delgado RA, Lameira A, Davila Ross M, Husson S, Morrogh-Bernard H, and
Wich SA Long Call Behavior and Geographic Variation. In Orangutans
Compared (Wich SA, Russon AE, & van Schaik CP, eds.), Oxford University
Press.
In prep van Schaik CP, Delgado RA Planning in the wild: An indication of travel
direction. For Science.

In prep Delgado RA, and Knott CD Site differences in orangutan behavioral ecology:
Implications for sociality and community structure. For American Journal of
Physical Anthropology.

In prep Smith LW, and Delgado RA Preliminary observations on the gestural repertoire
of captive lowland gorillas. For American Journal of Primatology.

PAPERS PRESENTED
2006 Geographic Variation in Adult Male Orangutan Long Calls
International Primatological Society: Entebbe, Uganda

2006 Communication, Culture, and Conservation in Orangutans
University of Southern California, Los Angeles

2004 Using Field Research to Conserve Orangutans.
Great Ape Trust: Des Moines IA

2003 Communication and Conservation in Orangutan Communities.
SAGA6: Tokyo, Japan.

2003 The Function of Adult Male Long Calls in Wild Orangutans.
CUNY: New York NY.

2003 Signal Content and Function in the Long C

2003 The Role of Male Long Calls in Sumatran Orangutans.
American Association of Physical Anthropologists: Tempe AZ.

2002 Sounds of the Rainforest: From Long Calls to Chainsaws.
Balikpapan Orangutan Society-USA: Cambridge MA

ACADEMIC HONORS
2004 Outstanding Scholar, City University of New York
1997-1999 James B. Duke Fellow, Duke University
1992-1996 Trustee Scholar, University of Southern California

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor:
2006 ANTH 794: Primate Behavioral Biology & Ecology, CUNY Graduate Center
2006 ANTH 790: Biological Anthropology, Hunter College
2004- ANTHP 101: Introduction to Human Evolution, Hunter College
2003- CHC 200: Science & Technology in New York City, CUNY Honors College
2002- Primate Behavior & Ecology, La Suerte Biological Field Station – Costa Rica
1999-2001 General Biology, Durham Technical Community College
1999-2001 General Chemistry, Durham Technical Community College
2000 BAA 093: Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Duke University

Teaching Assistant:
2003 BAA 093: Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Duke University (DU)
2002 BAA 146: Sociobiology, DU
2001 / 1999 BAA 093: Introduction to Biological Anthropology, DU
2000 BAA 144L: Primate Field Biology, DU
2000 BAA 244: Comparative Primate Ecology, DU
1999 BAA 134: Anthropology of the Skeleton, DU
1997-1998 Primate Behavior and Ecology, La Suerte Biological Field Station - CR
DOCTORAL STUDENT SUPERVISION
2005- Lindsey Smiith – Thesis: Gestural communication in African apes

MASTER’S STUDENT SUPERVISION

2006- Chris Gaylord – Behavioral and physiological aspects of primate maternal style
2006- Jessica Moody – The evolution of food-sharing in non-human primates
2005- Pamela Weis – Paleoanthropology & primate adaptive morphology
2004- Vidya Anoop – Histological differences in hominoids
M.A. (2005) Tracey Donvito – Orangutan competition and feeding ecology

COMMITTEE & REVIEW SERVICES

Committees:
2006 Dissertation Committee: Kelley McFarland (CUNY), Stephanie Spehar (NYU)
2006 PSC-CUNY Research Award Anthropology Panel
2006 Biological Anthropology Search Committee, Hunter College
2005- Coordinator, New York Regional Primatology Colloquia
2005 Dissertation Committee: Danielle Whittaker (CUNY)
2004- Conference Committee: Science & Technology in New York City, CHC
2004- Grade Appeal Committee, Department of Anthropology – Hunter College
2004 CUNY Second Exam Committee: Suzanne Hagell (CUNY)
2004 Dissertation Committee: Susan Lappan (NYU), Barbara Mehrhof (NYU)
2003- Graduate Admissions, CUNY Program in Physical Anthropology

Reviewer, Granting Agencies:
Killam Research Fellowship (Canada Council for the Arts)
PSC-CUNY Research Award Program
National Science Foundation
The Leakey Foundation

Reviewer, Journals:
American Anthropologist
Human Ecology
Animal Behaviour
Primates
CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
The Journal of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

MEMBERSHIPS / CONSULTANCIES

Societies:
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
International Society of Primatologists
New York Academy of Sciences

Consultancy:
Scientific Consultant, The Nature Conservancy in East Kalimantan
Research & Education Advisor, La Suerte Biological Field Station, Costa Rica
Scientific Advisory Board, Trackline Indonesia

FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Fluent in Spanish and Indonesian
Working knowledge of Portuguese
Basic conversational French