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Nancy
Stevens, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Functional Morphology &
Vertebrate Paleontology
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Patient Centered Continuum (PCC) Director
stevensn@ohio.edu
133 Life Sciences Building
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Publications
(in press) NJ Stevens, KA Wright,
HH Covert and T Nadler. Tail postures of
four quadrupedal leaf monkeys (Pygathrix
nemaeus, P. cinerea,
Trachypithecus delacouri and T.
hatinhensis) at the Endangered
Primate Rescue Center, Cuc Phuong
National Park, Vietnam.
(in press) MD Gottfried, PM O’Connor, EM
Roberts, NJ Stevens, R Chami. A
Cretaceous record of Neoceratodus
(Dipnoi, Ceratodontidae) from the Rukwa
Rift Basin, Tanzania. Acta Zoologica.
(in press) KA Wright, NJ Stevens,
HH Covert and T Nadler. Hanging around:
a comparison of suspensory postures in
langurs and gibbons at the Endangered
Primate Research Center, Cuc Phuong
National Park, Vietnam. International
Journal of Primatology.
2008. AS Schulp, M Al-Wosabi, NJ
Stevens. First dinosaur tracks from
the Arabian Peninsula. Public Library
of Science - ONE
2008. NJ Stevens. The effects of
branch diameter on primate gait sequence
pattern. American Journal of
Primatology. 70(4): 356-362.
2008. NJ Stevens, MD Gottfried,
EM Roberts, S Ngasala, S Kapilima, PM
O’Connor. Paleontological exploration of
Africa: A view from the Rukwa Rift Basin
of Tanzania. In: Elwyn Simons, A Search
for Origins, Developments in
Primatology: Progress and Prospects.
pp 159-180.
2008. AR Al-Sayigh, S Nasir, AS Schulp,
NJ Stevens. The first described
Arsinoitherium from the Eocene
Aydim Formation of Oman: Biogeographic
implications. Paleoworld.
17:41-46.
2007. RM Feldmann, PM O’Connor, NJ
Stevens, MD Gottfried, EM Roberts, S
Ngasala, EL Rasmusson, S Kapilima. A new
freshwater crab (Decapod: Potamonautidae)
from the Paleogene of Tanzania, Africa.
Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und
Palaontologie. Vol. 8:71-78.
2007. J Young, BA Patel, NJ Stevens.
Body mass distribution and gait sequence
pattern in fat-tailed dwarf lemurs (Cheirogaleus
medius) and patas monkeys (Erythrocebus
patas). Journal of Human
Evolution. 53(1):26-40.
2007. JA Hancock, NJ Stevens, AR
Biknevicius. The whole-body mechanics
and kinematics of terrestrial locomotion
in the elegant-crested tinamou (Eudromia
elegans). Ibis. 149(3):
605-614.
2007. KAI Nekaris, NJ Stevens.
Not all lorises are slow: rapid arboreal
quadrupedalism in the newly recognized
red slender loris (Loris tardigradus
tardigradus) of Sri Lanka.
American Journal of Primatology.
69(1):112-120.
2006. NJ Stevens. Stability, limb
coordination and substrate type: the
ecorelevance of gait sequence pattern in
primates. Journal of Experimental
Zoology. 305A(11):953-963.
2006. NJ Stevens, CP Heesy.
Malagasy primate origins: Fossils,
phylogenies and biogeographic
reconstructions. Folia Primatologica.
77(6):419-431.
2006. NJ Stevens, PM O’Connor.
Abiotic and Biotic Factors as Predictors
of Primate Species Richness in
Madagascar. In: Primate Biogeography.
eds: JG Fleagle and S Lehman. pp
269-300.
2006. CP Heesy, NJ Stevens, K
Samonds. Biogeographic origins of
primate higher taxa. In: Primate
Biogeography. eds: JG Fleagle and S
Lehman. pp 419-438.
2006. PM O’Connor, MD Gottfried, NJ
Stevens, EM Roberts, S Kapilima. A
Cretaceous fauna from Southwestern
Tanzania. Journal of African Earth
Sciences. 44:277-288.
2006. NJ Stevens. Animal
Locomotion. American Journal of
Physical Anthropology. 129:639-640.
2006. NJ Stevens, PM O’Connor, EM
Roberts, MD Gottfried, S Ngasala, S
Kapilima. Metaphiomys from the Paleogene
of Southwestern Tanzania. Journal of
Paleontology. 80(2):407-410.
2006. NJ Stevens, DO Schmitt, T
Cole, L-K Chan. Technical note:
Out-of-plane angular correction based on
a trigonometric function for use in
kinematic studies. American Journal
of Physical Anthropology.
129:399-402.
2005. NJ Stevens, PM O’Connor, EM
Roberts, MD Gottfried, S Ngasala. An
anthropoid primate humerus from the
Paleogene of sub-Saharan Africa.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
25(4): 986-989.
2005. PM O'Connor, MD Gottfried, EM
Roberts, S Ngasala, NJ Stevens, S
Kapilima, R Chami. New Cretaceous
vertebrate fossil discoveries from the
Red Sandstone Group, Rukwa Rift Basin,
southwestern Tanzania. East African
Rift System (EAR05): Geodynamics,
environment, resources & sustainable
development Vol. 1:82-84.
2005. EM Roberts, S Ngasala, S Kapilima,
PM O'Connor, MD Gottfried, NJ Stevens,
R Chami. Stratigraphic and
sedimentological analysis of the Red
Sandstone Group in the Songwe Valley,
Mbeya District. East African Rift
System (EAR05): Geodynamics,
environment, resources & sustainable
development Vol. 1:87-90.
2004. EM Roberts, PM O’Connor, MD
Gottfried, NJ Stevens, S Kapilima,
S Ngasala. A new age assessment for the
Red Sandstone Group in the Songwe
Valley, Tanzania. Cretaceous Research.
2003. NJ Stevens. The influence
of substrate size, orientation and
compliance upon prosimian arboreal
quadrupedalism. Ph.D. dissertation,
State University of New York at Stony
Brook. 534pp.
2001. Grine, FE, NJ Stevens, WL
Jungers. Evaluation of dental radiograph
accuracy in the measurement of enamel
thickness. Archives of Oral Biology.
46:1117-1125.
2000. Robbins, LH, ML Murphy, GA Brook,
AH Ivester, AC Campbell, RG Klein, AS
Brooks, J Kokis, KA Haberyan, R Milo, KM
Stewart, DG Matthiesen, AJ Winkler,
NJ Stevens. Archaeology,
Paleoenvironment and Chronology of the
Tsodilo Hills White Paintings Rock
Shelter: Northwest Kalahari Desert,
Botswana. Journal of Archaeological
Science. 27(11): 1085-1113.
1996. Robbins, LH, ML Murphy, NJ
Stevens, GA Brook, AH Ivester, KA
Winkler, Haberyan, RG Klein, R Milo, KM
Stewart, DG Matthiesen, AJ Winkler.
Paleoenvironment and Archaeology of
Drotsky’s Cave: Western Kalahari Desert,
Botswana. Journal of Archaeological
Science. 23(1): 7-22.
1991. Stewart, K, NJ Stevens, LH
Robbins. Fish and reptiles from the
Tsodilo Hills White Paintings rock
shelter, Botswana. Nyame Akuma,
(Bulletin of the society of Africanist
Archaeologists). Number 35: 11-17.
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2008. NJ Stevens, AS Schulp, M. Wosabi. The
Yemen Paleontology Project: Borderless Palentology.
Abs. 9th Cong. Geol. Arab World.
2008. M. Wosabi, AS Schulp, NJ Stevens.
Dinosaur ichnosites: Evidence from Yemen. Abs. 9th
Cong. Geol. Arab World.
2007. NJ Stevens, S Ngasala, MD Gottfried, PM
O’Connor, EM Roberts. A hyracoid from the Rukwa Rift
Basin, Paleogene of Tanzania. J. Vert. Paleo.
2007. EM Roberts, PM O’Connor, TL Hieronymus, MD
Gottfried, NJ Stevens. Taphonomy of two
Cretaceous dinosaur quarries, Tanzania, Africa: New
insights into regional paleoclimate,
paleoenvironments and paleobiogeography. J. Vert.
Paleo.
2007. AS Schulp, M Al-Wosabi, NJ Stevens. The
first dinosaur tracks from the Arabian Peninsula.
J. Vert. Paleo.
2007. MD Gottfried, NJ Stevens, PM O’Connor,
EM Roberts, S Ngasala. A new fossil record for the
African lungfish Protopterus from the Paleogene of
Tanzania. J. Vert. Paleo.
2007. EM Roberts, PM O’Connor, RA Armstrong, NJ
Stevens, MD Gottfried. U-Pb geochronology of
detrital zircons from the Rukwa Rift Basin of
Tanzania: New data on the pre-Neogene tectonic and
sedimentary evolution of the western branch of the
East African Rift System. Geol.
2007. EM Roberts, RA Armstrong, PM O’Connor, NJ
Stevens, MD Gottfried. Late Mesozoic and early
Tertiary sedimentary and tectonic evolution of the
Rukwa Rift Basin: The 6th PESGB/HGS African
Conference—Africa’s Petroleum Systems: From Outcrop
to Deepwater, p. 45.
2007. EM Roberts, PM O’Connor, NJ Stevens, MD
Gottfried. New Cretaceous and Palaeogene vertebrates
from the East African Rift, Tanzania: stratigraphic,
tectonic, and palaeobiogeographic implications: 14th
Biennial Palaeontological Society of South Africa
Annual Meeting Abstracts, p. 20.
2007. VFH Simons, NJ Stevens. Functional
Implications of the locomotor morphology of
Paleogene (~Oligocene) African anurans. J. Morph.
2007. KA Wright, CA Ruff, NJ Stevens, HH
Covert, T Nadler. Long bone articular and diaphyseal
structure in douc langurs: evidence of suspensory
adaptations. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.
2007. KA Wright, NJ Stevens, DN Thanh, HH
Covert, T Nadler. Arboreal and terrestrial substrate
use by the endangered limestone langurs of Vietnam.
Int. Comp. Biol.
2006. NJ Stevens, S Ngasala, MD Gottfried, PM
O’Connor, EM Roberts. Macroscelideans from the
Oligocene of southwestern Tanzania. J. Vert.
Paleo. 26(3): 128A.
2006. NJ Stevens, K Carlson. Bridging the
gaps between experimental and naturalistic
approaches in the study of primate behavior. Int.
J. Primatol.
2006. NJ Stevens, JH Ratsimbazafy, KAI
Nekaris. Keeping the balance: Use of kinematic
techniques in the natural setting to examine
strepsirhine arboreality. Int. J. Primatol.
2006. KA Wright, NJ Stevens, HH Covert and T
Nadler. Hanging around: a comparison of suspensory
postures in langurs and gibbons at the Endangered
Primate Research Center, Cuc Phuong National Park,
Vietnam. Int. J. Primatol.
2006. NJ Stevens, KA Wright, HH Covert, T
Nadler. Tail posture during arboreal quadrupedalism
in four species of leaf monkeys at the Endangered
Primate Research Center, Cuc Phuong National Park,
Vietnam. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 129(S42)
2006. NJ Stevens, KA Wright, HH Covert, T
Nadler. A comparison of vertebral kinematics of
Hatinh and Delacour's langurs in the Cuc Phuong
National Park of Vietnam. Int. Comp. Biol. Abs.
2006. BW Wright, NJ Stevens, L Ulibarri, J
O’Brien, HH Covert, T Nadler. Relationships between
leaf toughness and food processing behavior among
four Vietnam leaf monkeys. Int. Comp. Biol. Abs.
2005. NJ Stevens, PM O’Connor, MD Gottfried,
EM Roberts, S Ngasala, S Kapilima. New Paleogene
mammals and other vertebrates from the Rukwa Rift
Basin, southwestern Tanzania. J. Vert. Paleo.
25: 118A.
2005. PM O’Connor, MD Gottfried, EM Roberts, NJ
Stevens, S Ngasala. New dinosaurs and other
vertebrate fossils from the Cretaceous Red Sandstone
Group, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania.
J. Vert. Paleo. 25:97A.
2005. MD Gottfried, PM O'Connor, EM Roberts, NJ
Stevens, R Chami. First Cretaceous lungfish from
Tanzania: ceratodontid from the Rukwa Rift Basin.
J. Vert. Paleo. 25:65A.
2005. KAI Nekaris, NJ Stevens. All lorises
are not slow: Rapid arboreal locomotion in the newly
recognized red slender loris (Loris tardigradus
tardigradus) of southwestern Sri Lanka. 2005 Am.
J. Phys. Anthropol. 40:156.
2005. JA Hancock, AR Biknevicius, SM Reilly, NJ
Stevens. Head bobbing and terrestrial locomotion
in Tinamous (Eudromia elegans). Int. Comp.
Biol. Abs. 2005.
2004. NJ Stevens, PM O’Connor, MD Gottfried,
EM Roberts, SD Kapilema. A new Paleogene fauna from
the East African Rift, southwestern Tanzania. J.
Vert. Paleo. 24(3):118A.
2004. JA Holman, NJ Stevens, MD Gottfried, PM
O’Connor, EM Roberts. An enigmatic neobatrachian
from the Paleogene of southwestern Tanzania. J.
Vert. Paleo. 24(3):71A.
2004. NJ Stevens, CP Heesy. Malagasy faunal
origins: Reliability of biogeographic
reconstructions for determining the area of origin
of island taxa. Cong. Int. Primatol. Soc. Abs.
2004.
2004. NJ Stevens Stability, substrate
characteristics, and limb coordination: the
ecological relevance of gait. J. Morph.
260(3):331.
2004. Hancock, JA, AR Biknevicius, KD Earls, NJ
Stevens, SM Reilly. “Groucho Running” in
Tinamous. J. Morph. 260(3):297.
2004. NJ Stevens Influence of support type
upon stride duration and duty factor during primate
arboreal quadrupedalism. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.
38:188.
2003. O’Connor, PM, MD Gottfried, EM Roberts, NJ
Stevens, FD Jackson, EL Rasmusson. Closing the
African Gap: A new Cretaceous vertebrate fauna from
Tanzania. J. Vert. Paleo. 84A.
2003. NJ Stevens. Does branch stability
influence quadrupedal locomotion in prosimian
primates? Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl.
36:200-201.
2003. Biknevicius AR, NJ Stevens.
Differential function of trailing and leading limbs
in galloping dogs. Int. Comp. Biol. Abs.
2003:117.
2003. Lammers, AR, AJ Parchman, KD Earls, AR
Biknevicius, SM Reilly, NJ Stevens. The
effects of incline on limb forces in a quadrupedal
mammal. Int. Comp. Biol. Abs. 2003:220-221.
2002. NJ Stevens, CP Heesy. Effects of
substrate orientation on inclination of the orbital
plane in Loris tardigradus. Int. Comp.
Biol. Abs. 2002.
2002. NJ Stevens, Effects of branch
orientation on arboreal quadrupedalism in the
slender loris. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl.
34: 148.
2001. NJ Stevens, BA Demes, SG Larson.
Effects of branch compliance on quadrupedal walking
in Loris tardigradus. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.
Suppl. 32(3): 142.
2001. NJ Stevens. Effects of substrate
orientation on quadrupedal walking in Loris
tardigradus. J. Morph. 248(3):228.
2000. NJ Stevens, CP Heesy. Biogeography of
higher primate taxa. J. Vert. Paleo. 20(3):
71A
2000. PM O’Connor, NJ Stevens. Biotic and
abiotic factors as predictors of species richness in
Madagascar. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl.
30: 241.
2000. NJ Stevens, Effects of substrate size
and orientation on quadrupedal walking in
Cheirogaleus. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl.
30:291-292.
1999. NJ Stevens, SG Larson. The influence of
substrate orientation on shoulder and hip angular
excursions in Aotus. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.
Suppl. 28: 257-258.
1998. NJ Stevens, JG Fleagle. A new fossil
platyrrhine femur from the Pinturas Formation of
Argentina. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 26:
209-210.
1997. Grine, FE, NJ Stevens, and WL Jungers.
Evaluation of dental radiograph accuracy in the
measurement of enamel thickness. Am. J. Phys.
Anthropol. Suppl. 24:232.
1992. NJ Stevens, Reptiles and Amphibians
from the White Paintings Rock Shelter in the Western
Kalahari of Botswana. Michigan Acad. Sci. Abs.
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Pedagogical Presentations
2005. NJ Stevens and D
Thomas. Strategies for problem
based learning in the Patient
Centered Continuum, OUCOM. 2005
Ohio University Spotlight on
Learning.
2004. NJ Stevens, D
Thomas, E Godfried, R Godfried,
E Rowland, W Duerfeldt, M
Grijalva, L Witmer, P O’Connor,
M Berryman, J Edinger, P Dane, J
Brose. Active Learning Best
Practices in the Patient
Centered Continuum. 2004
AACOM Meetings, Washington, DC.
2004. J Edinger, P Dane, B
Biegalke, S Carter, NJ
Stevens, D Thomas. A
curricular choice. 2004 AACOM
Meetings, Washington, DC.
2003. P Dane, J Edinger and
NJ Stevens. Problem-based
learning: How can I engage
students in MY course? 2003
Ohio University Spotlight on
Learning.
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Ohio University
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Irvine Hall, Athens, Ohio 45701
740-593-2530 740-597-2778 fax |
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