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Jeffrey E. Fite, Ph.D.    
Research Associate of Psychology

Education

Ph.D. (Psychology), University of Nebraska (Lincoln), 5/2002

M.A. (Psychology), University of Nebraska at Omaha, 8/1998

B.S. (Biology), Georgia State University, 6/1992

 
 



Experience

Psychobiology, socioendocrinology, reproductive ecology


Research Interest

General Research Interests: Mammalian (Human and Nonhuman) Family Systems & Development

a) Psychobiological, social, and environmental processes that influence the expression of parental caregiving behavior, and the impacts of different parenting styles on the development of offspring

b) The impact of early-life experience on subsequent psychobiological development, including pubertal timing, sexual behavior, and heterosexual relationship quality and parenting styles in adulthood

c) The role of siblings and extended family members in psychobiological development and the impact of caregiving from such individuals on parental caregiving behavior


Publications

•   French, J. A., & Fite, J. E. Callitrichid Primates - Marmosets and tamarins. In Primate Enrichment Primer. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture. Manuscript in preparation.

•   Fite, J. E., French, J. A., Patera, K. J., Hopkins, E. C., Rukstalis, M., & Ross, C. N. Elevated urinary testosterone excretion and decreased maternal caregiving effort in marmosets when females conceive during the period of infant independence. Manuscript submitted for publication.

•   Puffer, A., Fite, J. E., French, J. A., Rukstalis, M., Hopkins, E. C., & Patera, K. J. The influence of the birth of siblings on reproductive status in family-living subordinate female marmosets (Callithrix kuhlii). Manuscript submitted for publication.

•   Fite, J. E., Patera, K. J., French, J. A., Hopkins, E. C., & Rukstalis, M. Opportunistic mothers: Marmoset females with elevated and diminished energetic constraints reduce their investment in offspring. Manuscript submitted for publication.

•   Fite, J. E., French, J. A., Patera, K. J., Hopkins, E. C., Rukstalis, M., Jensen, H. A., & Ross, C. N. (2003). Nighttime wakefulness associated with infant rearing in Callithrix kuhlii. International Journal of Primatology, 24(6), 1267-1280.

•   Rukstalis, M., Fite, J. E., & French, J. A. (2003). Social change affects vocal structure in a callitrichid primate (Callithrix kuhlii). Ethology, 109, 327-340.

•   Nunes, S., Fite, J. E., Patera, K. J., & French, J. A. (2001). Interactions among paternal behavior, steroid hormones, and parental experience in male marmosets (Callithrix kuhlii). Hormones and Behavior, 39, 70-82.

•   Fite, Jeffrey E., & French, Jeffrey A. (2000). Pre- and postpartum sex steroids in female marmosets (Callithrix kuhlii): Is there a link with infant survivorship and maternal behavior? Hormones & Behavior, 38, 1-12.

•   Nunes, S., Fite, Jeffrey E., & French, Jeffrey A. (2000). Variation in steroid hormones associated with infant-care behaviour and experience in male marmosets (Callithrix kuhlii). Animal Behaviour, 60, 857-865.

•   French, J. A., & Fite, J. E. (1999). Reproduction in callitrichid primates. In Callitrichid Husbandry Manual. Brookfield, IL: AZA Neotropical TAG.