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Dr Tracie McKinney is a Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology.
Dr McKinney is a member of the IUCN Primate Specialist Group Section for Human-Primate Interactions, where she works to ensure that our research and policies around primates include the human dimension.
Tracie is particularly interested in the relationships people have with other animals, how animals respond to changing environments, and ways to support wildlife conservation in human-dominated landscapes.
She is currently working with collaborators in Costa Rica to install aerial bridges to reduce road fatalities for the Vulnerable mantled howler monkey.
Dr McKinney has co-edited 'Primates in Anthropogenic Landscapes. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects' (2022) which argues that species which thrive in human-altered environments can teach us a lot about the adaptability of wildlife.
Dr McKinney is available to supervise self-funded or sponsored postgraduate researchers. Please get in touch with any queries.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Anthropology, PhD, Social and ecological impact of anthropogenic disturbance on the sympatric white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus) and mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata), The Ohio State University
Award Date: 15 Jun 2010
Anthopology, MA, Ohio State University
Award Date: 15 Jun 2002
Anthropology/Biology, BA, Marshall University
Award Date: 15 Jun 1999
External positions
Trustee, Barbary Macaque Awareness and Conservation
2024 → …
Associate Editor, Folia Primatologica
2024 → …
Council Member, Primate Society of Great Britain
2019 → 2023
Member, IUCN Primate Specialist Group Section for Human-Primate Interactions
2018 → …
Keywords
- QL Zoology
- primates
- human-primate interaction
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Wildlife bridges to reduce electrocutions and other road-related fatalities for mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in Costa Rica
McKinney, T. & Layton, M.
1/01/21 → …
Project: Research
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How and Why People Provision Primates
Waters, S., Sengupta, A., Friis Hansen, M., King, A., Spaan, D., McKinney, T., Ellwanger, A., Riley, E., Correa, J., Ilham, K., Pebsworth, P. & Maréchal, L., 6 Jun 2025, In: Primate Conservation. 39, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Primates in Fragmented Habitats
McKinney, T., 26 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Annual Review of Anthropology. 54, 1, p. 201-217 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Human–Wildlife Interaction
Maréchal, L., McKinney, T., Usui, R. & Hill, C. M., 2024, Introduction to Human-Animal Interaction: Insights from Social and Life Sciences. Maréchal, L. & van der Zee, E. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, p. 147-162Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Understanding the interactions that children and young people have with their natural and built environments: A survey to identify targets for active travel behaviour change in Wales
Holmes, E., Arkesteijn, M., Knowles, K., McKinney, T., Mizen, A. & Purcell, C., 18 Oct 2024, In: PLoS One. 19, 10, 16 p., 0311498.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Visitor perceptions of temple elephant welfare
Subramanian, R. & McKinney, T., 11 Dec 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Society & Animals.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review