Stephanie Bogart
Associate Instructional Professor (Senior Lecturer) of Anthropology
Anthropology Undergraduate Coordinator
Areas of Interest/Research
- Great apes/chimpanzees
- Behavioral ecology
- Tool use
- Cognition and communication
- Sociality and reproduction
- Conservation
- Human evolution
- Gender and sexuality
Dr. Bogart’s primary research focus is to understand how the environment influences behavior in correlation with evolution. Chimpanzees, human’s closest living relative, have been the focus of her research. Dr. Bogart integrates interdisciplinary methods and themes from anthropology, behavioral ecology, biology, and neuroscience. She has conducted research with both captive and wild primates, including capuchin monkeys, gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, and chimpanzees. Research topics include behavioral ecology of chimpanzees, chimpanzee tool-use, great ape communication, sociality, and prosociality.
Dr. Bogart has collaborated on research carried out at Yerkes National Primate Center, MD Anderson Biomedical Research Center, and the Milwaukee and Jacksonville Zoos. She has conducted over 14 years of research in Senegal, West Africa at the Fongoli Savanna Chimpanzee Site and Mt. Assirik Research Site (MARS) in the Niokola-Koba National Park.
Contact Information
Anthropology Advising Office hours: MUST make an appointment via Microsoft Bookings
Email: sbogart@ufl.edu
Office: B137 Turlington
Mailing address:
Department of Anthropology
1112 Turlington Hall
P.O. Box 117305
Gainesville, FL 32611-7305
Courses Taught
- What can you do with Anthropology?
- Human Sexuality and Culture (ANT2301)
- Monkeys, Apes, and Lemurs (ANT3555)
- Evolutionary Medicine (ANT4539)
- Primate Behavior (ANT4552)
- Human Evolution (ANT4586)
- Primate Minds: Cognition and Communication (ANT4930)
- Capstone in Anthropology (ANT4931)
- Emic Magazine
- Gainesville Anthropology Field School
- Quest 2 Sexual Controversies (IDS2935)
Undergraduate and Graduate Mentorship
Undergraduates
- Helena McGann-Ludwin (2025-2026)
- Grant Dougherty (2023)
- Mahir Rahman (2022)
Graduates
- Halena Soto, 2025-current
- Avirup Sinha, 2024- current
- Kalpana Ghimire, 2024 -current
- Thomas Kelly, 2023-current
- Caitlynn Filla, 2022-current
Select Publications
2024 Pruetz JD, Badji L, Bogart SL, Lindshield SM, Ndiaye PI, Walkup K. 2024. Feeding-related tool use in primates: A Systematic Overview. In: Lambert JE, Bryer M, & Rothman JM, Eds. How Primates Eat: A Synthesis of Nutritional Ecology Across a Mammal Order. University of Chicago Publishers. 648pp. Book link
2020 Pruetz JD, Bogart SL, Lindshield SM. 2020. Savanna chimpanzees at Fongoli, Senegal, use tools to reconcile an extreme environment. In: Chimpanzees in Context, In: Hopper LM and Ross SR, Eds. Chimpanzees in Context, University of Chicago Press. Book link
2020 Taglialatela JP, Skiba SA, Evans RE, Bogart SL, Schwob NG. 2020. Social behavior and social tolerance in chimpanzees and bonobos. In: Hopper LM and Ross SR, Eds. Chimpanzees in Context, University of Chicago Press. Book link
2015 Taglialatela JP, Russell JL, Pope SM, Morton T, Bogart S, Reamer LA, Schapiro SJ, Hopkins WD. Multimodal communication in chimpanzees. Am J Primatol 77: 1143-1148.
2015 Leroy F, Cai Q, Bogart S, et al. 2015. A new human-specific brain landmark: The depth asymmetry of the superior temporal sulcus. PNAS 112 (4): 1208-1213.
2014 Bogart SL, Bennett AJ, Schapiro SJ, Reamer L, Hopkins WD. Different early rearing experiences have long-term effects on cortical organization in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Developmental Science 17:161-174.
2012 Bogart SL, Pruetz JD, Ormiston LK, Russell JL, Meguerditchian A,& Hopkins WD. Termite fishing laterality in the Fongoli savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus): Further evidence of a left hand preference. Am J Phys Anthropol. 149: 591-598.
2012 Bogart SL, Mangin JF, Schapiro SJ, Reamer L, Bennett AJ, Pierre PJ, Hopkins WD. Cortical Sulci Asymmetries in Chimpanzees and Macaques: A New Look at an Old Idea. NeuroImage 61:533-541.
2011 Bogart SL, Pruetz JD. Insectivory of savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) at Fongoli Senegal. Am J Phys Anthropol 145:11-20
Recent Conference Presentations
2026 3rd Student Journal Symposium for Literary and Research Publications. April 23-24, 2026. PANEL Member: Faculty Perspectives on and Support for Student Journals – Panel Discussion Program
2026 Bogart, S. How to get undergraduate anthropology students thinking about experiential learning and professionalization skills earlier in college? 95th Annual American Association of Biological Anthropologists, Denver, CO March 2026.