Dr. Mike Jarcho, professionally awesome.

Dr. Mike Jarcho recently graduated from the Psychology Department of the University of California, Davis (filing in July). His advisors were Dr. Karen Bales and Dr. Sally Mendoza, and the title of one his dissertation publications is SOCIAL CONDITION AND EXPERIENCE PREDICT ADRENOCORTICAL ACTIVITY IN A MONOGAMOUS NON-HUMAN PRIMATE. His next step is a postdoc at UCLA working with Drs. Steve Cole and Naomi Eisenberger at the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology.

Mike and I worked together in 2005 at the Southwest National Research Center in San Antonio and bonded over marmosets and the NBA finals (Go Spurs Go!). He's an excellent scholar and a fine, fine dancer. Come to ASP 2012 in Austin to find out for yourself. Congratulations, Dr. Jarcho!

Making a dent

Thanks to Katie Hinde via Mike Jarcho (both from UC Davis) for sending me a simple pictorial guide for those trying to explain to their friends and family (and self?)what the hell is the point of a Ph.D.

American Society of Primatologists 2010 - happening NOW!

Hi BANDITs! I'm at the American Society of Primatologists meeting in Louisville, having a grand time. Lots of great papers and participation from the BANDITs: Magdalena Muchlinski, me, Katie Hinde, Cory Ross, Jessica Satkoski Trask, and other new investigators who are also new to bandit: Mike Jarcho, Adam Smith, Drew Birnie, Amanda Dettmer, and many, many others (let me know if I left you out!). Katie (incoming chair of the Education Committee) hosted a really great luncheon for students on the do's and don'ts of the academic job search. I was a panelist along with Paul Garber, Dorothy Cheney, Tom Gillespie, Dee Higley, and Charlie Nunn. Nice job, Katie!

My goal for the summer months is to put up at least one post per week, but, well, you know.