Caitlin Hawley
Caitlin is trained in evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology but her current research focuses on conservation education and conservation communication strategies in the Conservation Innovation Lab at ASU. She is interested in the educational and/or communicative strategies that can bring more people from diverse backgrounds into the field of conservation and how to more effectively train young people in environmental and conservation-based careers. She received an undergraduate degree in Biological Anthropology with a minor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Arizona. She has worked on numerous field projects on olive baboons, mountain gorillas, geladas, and forest elephants. She received her Masters of Arts degree in Evolutionary Anthropology from ASU on aging and behavioral dynamics in olive baboons before moving on to a PhD in Environmental Social Sciences.
Arizona State University
Doctor of Philosophy (2021-Present)
Environmental Social Sciences
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Arizona State University
Master of Arts 2021
Evolutionary Anthropology
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University of Arizona
Bachelors of Science 2015
Anthropology and Psychology
Minor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Caitlin is currently interested in reproductive strategies among adult baboons and how adult parental choices may mediate offspring growth and development. She has an interest in behavioral endocrinology and hopes to undertake projects that investigate links between specific hormones and reproductive behaviors, especially in baboons. She uses baboons to understand broad patterns of animal behavior and the evolution of reproductive strategies among non-human animals. She also demonstrates how the analogous environments in which ancestral baboons and extinct hominins evolved in offer novel insights to understand reproductive patterns in modern humans.