Carrie
“Rose” Lynn Laughter

Business Address:

St.
Catherines Island Center

182
Camellia Road

Midway,
GA  31320

(912) 884-5005

Education        University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM

Master of
Science.  Department of
Anthropology.

Coursework emphasis on
behavioral ecology and evolution of nonhuman primates

(December 2004)

West Texas A&M
University                                                                  Canyon, TX         Bachelor
of Science, Biology, Summa cum Laude.

Participated in an individual
research project involving classification of

organisms (December 2000)

Teaching         Armstrong Atlantic
Sate University
Savannah, GA

Experience      Adjunct
Professor.

Currently
teaching Biology 1107: Introductory Biology and accompanying laboratories. Responsible for all teaching
duties, including developing lectures, holding office hours, preparing and
administering lecture and lab exams, and recording grades.

(August 2005 to present)

University of New Mexico                                                               Albuquerque, NM

Experience
Supervisor: Osbjorn Pearson, Ph.D.

Teaching
Assistant.  Anthropology 151L.  Human Evolution Lab.  Prepared and conducted labs.
Assisted students with data collection and analysis.
Prepared and administered tests and recorded grades. (August 2004 to May 2005)

Experience Supervisor: Jim Swan

Teaching
Assistant.  Biology 248L Anatomy
and Physiology II.  Prepared
and conducted labs.  Assisted students with dissections and data collection and
analysis.  (August 2003 to
May 2004)

University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM

Experience Supervisor: Jeff
Froehlich, Ph.D.

Teaching
Assistant. Anthropology 201 Hewlett Core Cluster.

Helped write and conduct labs.
Assisted students individually with homework problems or material they found
difficult to understand. (August to December 2002)

Tybee Island Marine
Science Center                                              Tybee Island, GA

Experience Supervisor: Allen
Jacks

Marine Educator.  Responsibilities included developing
education programs for school-aged children.  Conducted educational
talks for the public on a regular basis.  Prepared teaching
materials, including activity sheets and illustrations.  (February 2001 – February 2002)

Research         St. Catherines Wildlife Survival
Center
St. Catherines Island, GA

Experience Supervisor: Robert Lessnau

Currently
serving as a primatologist with primary duties of: performing routine animal
husbandry for primate collection, developing and implementing enrichment protocol,
and participating in research projects involving prosimians. Responsible
for records upkeep, including managing ISIS
and MEDARKS data. Currently collecting data for lemur
reproduction project involving fecal collection and subsequent hormonal
analysis to determine reproductive cycling in Lemur catta.

(January 2006 to present)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute                 Gamboa, Panama

Principal
Researcher: Samuel Diaz

Assisted in
capturing and processing Geoffrey’s tamarins. Darted and caught monkeys, took
body and dental measurements, collared animals, and collected blood
samples.  Part of
a continuing study on male tamarin behavior. (March
2008)

Organization for Tropical Studies               Palo Verde National Park, Costa
Rica

Principal Researcher: Marco Lioni

Assisted in
capturing and processing mantled howler monkeys. Darted and caught monkeys, took
body and dental measurements, collared animals, and collected blood
samples.  Part of
a continuing study on male howler monkey behavior. (March 2006)

Sirena Research Station                                   Corcovado National Park, Costa
Rica

Principal
Researcher: Jennifer Weghorst

Returned for follow up data
collection on spider monkeys that were radio-collared on a previous trip
(August 2002).  Darted and caught
monkeys, removed radio collars, and recorded the health status of each animal.  Principal researcher is now finished
with the study.  (October 2003)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute                 Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Principal
Researcher: Katharine Milton

Assisted in
capturing and processing howler monkeys. Darted and caught monkeys, took body
measurements, inserted transponders, and collected blood samples.  Part of a continuing
study on howler monkey behavior and ecology. (February 2003)

Sirena Research Station                                   Corcovado National Park, Costa
Rica

Principal
Researcher: Jennifer Weghorst

Assisted in
capturing and processing spider monkeys. Darted and caught monkeys, took body
measurements, collected genetic samples, and radio-collared animals.  Animals were followed for behavioral
studies by the principal researcher. (August 2002)

St. Catherines Wildlife Survival
Center
St. Catherines
Island, GA

Experience Supervisor: Robert
Lessnau

Developed an enrichment program
for all captive primates on island and monitored the success of the program by
collecting behavioral data.  Collected behavioral data on Varecia
v. variegata for the Betampona Reintroduction Project.  Monitored and recorded weight gain in
captive hand-raised Varecia v. variegata.
(June 2001-July 2002)

Presentations “Enteritis Potentially Associated with Lawsonia intracellularis in
a Population of

Ring-tailed Lemurs on St. Catherines
Island.” American Society of
Primatologists

31st Annual Meeting. (June 2008)

“Growth Rates in Two Male
Infant Black and White Ruffed Lemurs

(Varecia v. variegata).”  American Society of
Primatologists 26th Annual Meeting.  (August 2003)

Activities          Member, American Society of
Primatologists.  Member, International Society of
Primatologists. Member,
Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Former
Member, Steering Committee for the Primate Enrichment Project at the Rio Grande Zoological
Park. Former member, local
arrangements committee for 24th Annual Meeting of ASP.

Awards            Alpha Chi National College Honorship Society.

Gamma Beta Phi
Society.

Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor
Society.

Phi Theta
Kappa Society.

New Mexico Graduate Scholars Award (2003 and 2004)

President’s Scholarship
(2000).

Harrington
Women’s Scholarship (1997).

Most Valuable
Staffer Scholarship (1997).

References

Robert
Lessnau

Senior
Primatologist

St.
Catherine’s Wildlife
Survival Center

182
Camellia Road

Midway,
GA

(912)
884-5005

Allen
Jacks

Wildlife
Biologist

ENSR
International

Norcross, GA

(678)-779-9193

Robert
Gregerson, Ph.D.

Department
of Biology

Armstrong Atlantic State University

11935 Abercorn Street

Savannah, GA

(912)
927-5314