SHASTA E. WEBB
Department of Anthropology
Washington University in Saint Louis
Saint Louis, MO 63130
webbshasta@wustl.edu
EDUCATION
Washington University in Saint Louis
In progress Ph.D. Anthropology (Advisor: Dr. Amanda Melin)
Macalester College
2013
B.A. Anthropology with honors (Advisor: Dr. Scott Legge)
Cum laude
RESEARCH
Maderas Rainforest Conservancy Field Course in Primate Behavior & Ecology
2015 Field course in La Suerte, Costa Rica
Funded by Maderas Rainforest Conservancy Scholarship for Education and Training in Field
Primatology awarded by the American Society of Primatologists
Independent Research Project at Curú Wildlife Refuge and Hacienda
2012 Field research in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Project title: Behavioral effects of human activity on wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus
capucinus) at Curú Wildlife Refuge and Hacienda, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Macalester College Honors Independent Study
2013 Advisor: Dr. Scott Legge
Project title: Perspectives on intentional and unintentional habituation of non-endangered
non-human primates in Costa Rica, Kenya, and India
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Shasta E. Webb and Michael B. McCoy (2014) Ecotourism and primate habituation: Behavioral variation in
two groups of white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) from Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Biology and
Conservation.
Shasta E. Webb and Michael B. McCoy (2013) Behavioral Effects of Human Activity on Wild White-faced
Capuchins (Cebus capucinus) at Curú Wildlife Refuge and Hacienda in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Poster presented at 83rd Annual Meeting for American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Knoxville
Convention Center, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Scott S. Legge and Edward P. Fleming, with contributions by Anne-Marie Buron, Dresden R. Gagne, Allison
M. Gottwalt, Kerry L. Hartwick, Taylor I. Helfand, Erin M. Holt, Laura E. Holt, Emily N. Lawson, Sonja A.
Meintsma, Carol E. Mejía, Anna L. Olson, Ruth A. Pardini, Mary Pheng, Jocelyn D. Pickreign, Martha P.
Rigby, Kate A. Sinnott, Ghariza Sujak Bakir, Zoë A. Tomasello, Shasta E. Webb (2013) Phase I Survey of
Macalester College’s Katharine Ordway Natural History Study Area, Inver Grove Heights, Dakota County,
Minnesota. Macalester College, St. Paul, MN.
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Carol E. Mejía, Scott S. Legge, Edward P. Fleming, Laura Holt, Kate A. Sinnott, Zoë Tomasello, and Shasta
E. Webb (2013) Tales Beneath the Trails: Phase I Archaeological Survey Objectives, Research Design and
Methods at Macalester’s Ordway Field Research Station. Poster presented at the Minnesota Society of the
Archaeological Institute of America 3rd Annual Students in Archaeology Poster Session. University of St.
Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
Kate A. Sinnott, Scott S. Legge, Edward P. Fleming, Laura Holt, Carol Mejía, Zoë Tomasello, and Shasta
E.Webb (2013) Tales Beneath the Trails: Results and Conclusions of a Phase I Archaeological Survey at
Macalester’s Ordway Field Research Station. Poster presented at the Minnesota Society of the
Archaeological Institute of America 3rd Annual Students in Archaeology Poster Session. University of St.
Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
HONORS & AWARDS
American Society of Primatologists Maderas Rainforest Conservancy Scholarship for Education and
Training in Field Primatology 2014
American Association of Physical Anthropologists Pollitzer Essay Contest Winner 2013
Macalester College Endowed Award of Excellence in Anthropology 2013
Student Travel Funding Macalester College 2013
Macalester College Dean of Students Award 2013
Macalester College Shield of Strength Award 2013
Macalester College “Mac the Scot” Award 2013
Macalester College Most Enthusiastic Employee of the Year 2011
Macalester College Dean’s List Spring 2010, Fall 2012
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Macalester College Anthropology Department
2013 Cultural Resource Management Archaeological Technician
The Mac Weekly | Macalester College’s independent student newspaper
2013 Editor-in-Chief
2012 Managing Editor
2011 Features Editor
Academic Preceptor at Macalester College
2012 Ethnographic Interviewing Methods Course; Dr. Arjun Guneratne
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
American Society of Primatologists
International Society of Primatology
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