Dawn Kitchen

Dawn Kitchen is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Ohio State University. Her research examines primate social behavior and communication, with fieldwork focused on baboons in Botswana, howler monkeys in Belize, and saki monkeys in Peru.

Kitchen investigates vocal communication systems, anti-predator strategies, and male-male competition in primates. Her work addresses hybrid zone dynamics in howler monkeys and the role of loud calls in mediating social conflicts.

Recent publications analyze sensory mode impacts on predator responses, hybridization effects on vocal plasticity, and interspecies mobbing behavior. Field experiments demonstrate how primates recognize rivals and adapt communication in ecological contexts.