The USC Jane Goodall Research Center is a part of the department of Anthropology

Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...

 at the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

. It is co-directed by professors of anthropology Craig Stanford

Craig Stanford

Craig Stanford is Professor of Biological Sciences and Anthropology and Co-Director of the USC Jane Goodall Research Center at the University of Southern California. He is known for his field studies of apes, monkeys and other tropical animals, and has published more than 130 scientific papers and...

, Chris Boehm, Nayuta Yamashita, and Roberto Delgado.

The center was established in 1991 with the joint appointment of Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

Dame Jane Morris Goodall, DBE , is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 45-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National...

as Distinguished Emeritus Professor in Anthropology and Occupational Science. http://cool.org/anthropology/goodallcenter.html http://college.usc.edu/labs/janegoodall/home/index.cfm The Center offers USC students the chance to study in Gombe. http://www.africanconservation.org/content/view/998/406/

External links

• Official website
• Jane Goodall Spreads Message of Hope
• Gompe Chimps Archived on Video and CD-ROM (1996)