- Email:
- tnighswa@iu.edu
Research Interests:
I am a dual-PhD candidate in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures. My current projects are focused on the evolution-creationism controversy in the Islamic world and the effects of urbanization and crop raiding on hamadryas baboon behavior and reproduction in the Middle East and East Africa. Within primate behavioral ecology, I specifically have interests in endocrinology and the use of wildlife technology, such as drones and GPS collars. Additionally, I help with field research on chimpanzees in Uganda and monitor the use of non-human primates in biomedical research.
Education:
Dual-PhD Candidate, Bioanthropology and Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures, Indiana University
MA, History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, Indiana University, 2017
MA, Middle East and North African Studies, University of Arizona, 2013
BA, History Teaching, Eastern Kentucky University, 2009