Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments
Portrait of Dr. Jill Pruetz

Dr. Jill Pruetz

  • Regents' Professor at Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Board Member, Cocori nonprofit organization. 2023 - Present.
  • University Mentor, Texas State University. August 2023 - Present.
  • Board of Directors, Freedom for Great Apes Sanctuary. 2018 - Present.
  • Chair, Neighbor Ape nonprofit organization. 2008 - Present.

2023

  • Member, Awards Committee (Masters students). 2023.
  • Member, Research Enhancement Project proposal review committee. 2021 - 2023.

2021

  • Member, Promotion and Tenure review committee. 2021.
  • Member, Promotion and Tenure review committee. 2021.

2020

  • Member, Research Enhancement Project proposal review committee. 2020.
  • Member, Search Committee - Archaeology position. 2020.
  • Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee. October 15, 2020 - 2020.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of Primatology. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2017.
  • President, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, ISU chapter, Executive committee. 2016 - 2017.
  • Board Member, Ape Cognition & Conservation Initiative. 2015 - 2017.

2016

  • Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2016.
  • Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2016.
  • Member, The George Washington University, Department of Anthropology, Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology. 2016.
  • Respondent, Science. 2016.
  • Journal Referee, African Primates. 2016.
  • Journal Referee, Early Scientist Research. 2016.
  • Journal Referee, International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 2016.
  • Journal Referee, PLoS (Public Library of Science) One (biology). 2016.
  • Journal Referee, Primates. 2016.
  • Mentor of Junior Faculty member, Iowa State University. 2015 - 2016.
  • Journal Referee, Evolutionary Anthropology. 2015 - 2016.
  • Journal Referee, Journal of Human Evolution. 2015 - 2016.
  • Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, ISU chapter, Executive committee. 2014 - 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Abstracts of symposia submissions & subsequent individual presentations to the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Physical Anthropologists. 2012 - 2016.

2015

  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2015.
  • Journal Referee, American Journal of Primatology. 2015.
  • Journal Referee, Current Anthropology. 2015.
  • Journal Referee, Proceedings of the Royal Society B (biology). 2015.
  • Grant Proposal Referee, National Geographic Society. 2015.
  • Scientific Advisory Board, Ape Cognition & Conservation Initiative. 2014 - 2015.
  • Grant Proposal Referee, Leakey Foundation. 2014 - 2015.

2014

  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2014.
  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2014.
  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2014.
  • Journal Referee, African Primates. 2014.
  • Journal Referee, Animal Behaviour. 2014.
  • Journal Referee, American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2014.
  • Science Bound (Iowa State) program on Forensic Anthropology for minority middle and high school students. 2014.
  • Faculty sponsor, Lorax (Save the Rainforest) Group. 2011 - 2014.
  • Board Member, Chimp Haven National Chimpanzee Sanctuary. 2011 - 2014.

2013

  • Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2013.
  • Respondent, BBC news story on empathy in primates and other animals. 2013.
  • Journal Referee, African Primates. 2013.
  • Journal Referee, Animal Cognition. 2013.
  • Journal Referee, Anatomy Research International. 2013.
  • Journal Referee, Current Anthropology. 2013.
  • Journal Referee, Primates. 2013.
  • Journal Referee, South African Journal of Archaeology. 2013.
  • Search committee member for Editor, American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2013.
  • Journal Referee, American Anthropologist. 2012 - 2013.
  • Journal Referee, Journal of Human Evolution. 2012 - 2013.
  • Journal Referee, Journal of Threatened Taxa. 2012 - 2013.
  • Director of Graduate Education, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2010 - 2013.
  • Host, Midwest Primate Interest Group annual conference, co-sponsor Department of Anthropology, Iowa State University. October 18, 2013 - October 19, 2013.

2012

  • Member, The Ohio University, Department of Anthropology & Sociology, tenure committee. 2012.
  • Respondent, Australian Times. 2012.
  • Respondent, Science News. 2012.
  • Journal Referee, Animals. 2012.
  • Journal Referee, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2012.
  • Journal Referee, Behaviour. 2012.
  • Journal Referee, Folia Primatologica. 2012.
  • Journal Referee, Primate Conservation Inc. 2012.
  • Journal Referee, American Journal of Primatology. 2007 - 2012.
  • Faculty sponsor, ISU Archery club. 2006 - 2012.

2011

  • Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2011.
  • Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2011.
  • Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2011.
  • Member, ISU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) Faculty Development Committee. 2011.
  • Board Member, Great Ape Trust of Iowa. 2011.
  • Respondent, New Scientist. 2011.
  • Meeker Elementary School. 2011.
  • Ames Rotary Clubs (2). 2011.
  • Other, Phi Kappa Psi guest. 2011.
  • Journal Referee, PLoS (Public Library of Science) One (biology). 2010 - 2011.
  • Journal Referee, Proceedings of the Royal Society B (biology). 2010 - 2011.
  • Journal Referee, International Journal of Primatology. 2008 - 2011.

2010

  • Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2010.
  • Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2010.
  • Respondent, New Scientist. 2010.
  • Respondent, New Scientist. 2010.
  • Respondent, National Geographic Society website. 2010.
  • Respondent, Science. 2010.
  • Journal Referee, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2010.
  • Journal Referee, Journal of Integrative Zoology. 2010.
  • Journal Referee, Primates. 2010.
  • Grant Proposal Referee, National Geographic Society. 2010.

2009

  • Member, ISU Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Interdepartmental Graduate Program, Supervisory Committee. 2008 - 2009.
  • Journal Referee, Journal of Human Evolution. 2008 - 2009.
  • Member, Iowa State University Faculty Senate. 2005 - 2009.
  • Faculty sponsor, Tir Asleen Society, Iowa State University. 2002 - 2009.

2008

  • Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Anthropology, Iowa State University. 2008.
  • Respondent, National Geographic Society website. 2008.
  • Respondent, National Geographic Society website. 2008.
  • Journal Referee, American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2008.
  • Journal Referee, Current Anthropology. 2008.
  • Journal Referee, Current Biology. 2007 - 2008.
  • Member, ISU LAS Study Abroad committee. 2002 - 2008.

2007

  • Respondent, New Scientist. 2007.
  • Journal Referee, American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2007.
  • Journal Referee, Oikos. 2007.
  • Chair, ISU Anthropology Department Curriculum committee. 2002 - 2007.

2006

  • Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, ISU chapter, Membership committee. 2004 - 2006.
  • Member, ISU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) Faculty Development Committee. 2003 - 2006.
  • Liason, Anthropology Department – Student Disabilities Services. 2003 - 2006.

2005

  • Journal Referee, American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2005.
  • Journal Referee, American Journal of Primatology. 2005.
  • Journal Referee, International Journal of Primatology. 2005.
  • Grant Proposal Referee, National Science Foundation (Biological Anthropology). 2005.

2004

  • Journal Referee, American Journal of Primatology. 2004.
  • Grant Proposal Referee, National Geographic Society. 2004.
  • Journal Referee, National Institutes of Health. 2004.
  • Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, ISU chapter, Nominating committee. 2003 - 2004.
  • Member, ISU Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Interdepartmental Graduate Program, Supervisory Committee. 2003 - 2004.

2003

  • Journal Referee, Animal Behaviour. 2003.
  • Job shadowing (Ames area high school students). 2002 - 2003.
  • Grant Proposal Referee, National Science Foundation (Biological Anthropology). 2000 - 2003.

2002

  • Journal Referee, American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2002.
  • Journal Referee, American Journal of Primatology. 2002.

2001

  • Member, ISU LAS Study Abroad committee. 2001.
  • Journal Referee, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2001.