Rebecca Lynne Hendershott

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Rebecca is a primate that teaches primates about primates, including thinking critically about how animals are portrayed and discussed in popular culture. This is built from her undergraduate degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, experiences in obtaining a Masters and Doctorate in primatology - including captive care, field research, theoretical debates and noninvasive laboratory cognition testing - and several years of teaching at both secondary and tertiary level. Crossing between traditional ethology and the anthropology of human-animal interactions, Rebecca has significant experience in both collecting original scientific data to better understand animals, and analysing the sociocultural symbolism, narratives and themes around (the science of) animals.

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Private Editor, self-employed
  • 2026–present
    Lecturer in Biological Anthropology, Australian National University
  • 2015–2025
    Casual Academic, Australian National University, University of Canberra
  • 2023–2024
    Secondary Science Teacher, NSW Department of Education

Education

  • 2022 
    University of Tasmania, Master of Education, Secondary
  • 2017 
    Australian National University, PhD, Biological Anthropology
  • 2012 
    Central Washington University, Master of Science, Primate Behavior
  • 2007 
    University of California, Santa Cruz, Bachelor of Science, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Publications

  • 2023
    He who gets slapped: How can clowning in film interrogate technoscientific culture and help enact the ideals of responsible innovation?, Journal of Responsible Innovation 10(1):2233231
  • 2023
    Injecting fun? Humour, conspiracy theory and (anti) vaccination discourse in popular media, Public Understanding of Science 32(5):622-40
  • 2022
    Ecology of Trachypithecus spp. in the Indo- Burmese Region, The Colobines: Natural history, behaviour and ecological diversity (pg 225- 249)
  • 2021
    Zooming in on COVID: The intimacies of screens, homes and learning hierarchies, Anthropology in Action 28(1):67-72
  • 2020
    Didactic and artistic representations of prehistoric hominins: Who were we? Who are we now?, Journal of Science & Popular Culture 3(2):153-71
  • 2019
    Natal-to-juvenile pelage change in free-living François’(Trachypithecus francoisi) and Cat Ba langurs (T. poliocephalus), Vietnamese Journal of Primatology 3(1):55-69
  • 2018
    Home range size and habitat use by Cat Ba Langurs (Trachypithecus poliocephalus) in a disturbed and fragmented habitat, International Journal of Primatology 39(4):547-66
  • 2017
    Socioecology of Cat Ba langurs (Trachypithecus poliocephalus): Implications for conservation, Doctoral dissertation, The Australian National University (Australia)
  • 2016
    Seasonal variation in the activity and dietary budgets of Cat Ba langurs (Trachypithecus poliocephalus), International Journal of Primatology 37:586-604
  • 2014
    Preliminary population viability analysis of the critically endangered Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus), IUCN SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Fauna & Flora International
  • 2012
    Socio-sexual behaviors of Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana), Master’s thesis, Central Washington University (USA)

Contact Rebecca for

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  • Research supervision
  • Location: Canberra, ACT, Australia
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