Sarah E. Turner
PhD, University of Calgary
Associate Professor
Sarah Turner is interested in how the behavioural ecology of nonhuman primates is influenced by human-induced environmental change. She studies the behaviour of free-ranging Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) with physical disabilities to explore hypotheses related to behavioural plasticity, mother-infant interactions, dominance rank, and social behaviour in collaboration with the Awajishima Monkey Center in Japan. She also works in collaboration with Dr. Renata Ferreira at UFRN in Natal, Brazil, on rehabilitation of captive bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus), and the behavioural ecology of Endangered blond capuchin monkeys (Sapajus flavius) in a small fragment of Atlantic Forest. Sarah obtained her PhD in Anthropology (Primatology) from the University of Calgary, and held a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Biology at McGill University before joining Concordia in 2017.
