McClelland Institute Speaker Series: "Gorillas in Our Midst: What Titus Can Teach Us About Fatherhood"

Friday, October 2, 2009
2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Internationally acclaimed primatologists and authors H. Dieter Steklis, associate dean for academic affairs and adjunct professor of psychology at the University of Arizona South and, and his wife, Netzin G. Steklis, a lecturer with the department of anthropology, will present their research on mountain gorillas' family structure and parenting traits. The project is part of the Frances McClelland Institute's Fathers, Parenting, and Families initiative.

In their talk, "Gorilla in Our Midst: What Titus Can Teach Us About Fatherhood," the Steklis' will discuss the relevance of studying male gorillas' parenting habits and how it translates into an informative look at human parenting traits. To explain their research, they will showcase some of their extensive video observations of gorillas in their native habitat, participate in a public question and answer session and give guided tours of the Frances McClelland Institute's Lang Laboratory computer coding room. The event, hosted by the Norton School and Frances McClelland Institute, will culminate in a banana split ice cream bar.

Audience: All, Medium (51-100)