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Darby Proctor

Associate Professor | College of Psych. and Liberal Arts: School of Psychology

Co-Director, Animal Research Center and Roach Lab | Director, Animal Behavior Concentration in Psychology

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Expertise

Primate Behavior And Cognition, Animal Behavior And Cognition, Spider Monkeys, Chimpanzees, Pedagogy, Roach Lab, Cockroaches

Personal Overview

Dr. Proctor's research focuses on decision-making in nonhuman primates in order to understand the evolutionary roots of human decision-making biases. She was instrumental in setting up a collaboration between Florida Tech and Brevard Zoo and conducts research with their animals, most notably the spider monkeys, at the Animal Research Center, which she co-directs. In addition to this line of research, she is interested in pedagogy and increasing student involvement in the classroom. She created roachlab.org to provide hands-on animal experiences for undergraduate students at Florida Tech and beyond. Before coming to Florida Tech, she was an NIH-funded IRACDA Fellow in Research and Science Teaching (FIRST) at Emory University and Emory National Primate Research Center. She received her Ph.D. in psychology from Georgia State University, where she worked at the Language Research Center.