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CURRICULUM VITAE

David Crews
Ashbel Smith Professor of Zoology and Psychology

Address
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Zoology
Patterson Laboratories, Room 40
Austin, TX 78712

Telephone 512/471-1113
Email crews@mail.utexas.edu
World web http://www.utexas.edu/research/crewslab
Fax 512/471-6078 or Department Fax 512/471-9651

Personal Data

Born April 18, 1947 in Jacksonville, Florida. Married to Andrea Gore, Ph.D. (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine). Three children (Rachel, Sarah, and Isaac).

Education

• Summer, 1980 Trainee, Summer Course in Embryology, Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
• Summer, 1975 Trainee, Summer Training Institute in Behavioral Genetics, Institute for Behavioral Genetics University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
• 1969-1973 NIMH Predoctoral Trainee in Psychobiology (Ph.D.; June, 1973), Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers University, New Jersey.
• 1967-1969 Undergraduate (B.A.; June, 1969), University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
• 1965-1967 Undergraduate, University of Maryland, Munich, Germany.

Professional Experience

• 2001- present: Director, Institute of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, University of Texas at Austin
• 1998- present: Ashbel Smith Professor of Zoology and Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
• 1984-1998: Professor of Zoology and Psychology, University of Texas at Austin.
• 1987-present: Director, National Institute of Mental Health Training Program in Neurobiology and Behavior.
• 1983-present: Director, University of Texas Undergraduate Biomedical Training Program.
• 1987-1990: Associate Chairman and Acting Chairman, Department of Zoology, University of Texas at Austin.
• Summer,1986 and 1987: Faculty, University of Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Summer Study Program
• 1982-1986: Research Associate, The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University.
• 1983-1984: Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin.
• 1982-1984: Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Texas at Austin.
• 1975-1982: Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
• 1979-1981: Associate Professor in Biology and Psychology, Harvard University.
• 1976-1978: Assistant Professor in Biology and Psychology, Harvard University.
• 1975-1976: Lecturer in Biology and Psychology, Harvard University.
• 1973-1975: Research Zoologist, Department of Zoology, University of California at Berkeley. Postdoctoral sponsor: Paul Licht.
• 1969-1973: NIMH Predoctoral Trainee, Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers University, NJ. Thesis advisors: Daniel S. Lehrman (deceased) and Jay S. Rosenblatt.
• Summer, 1969: Research Assistant, Department of Experimental Psychology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. Sponsor: William Hodos.
• 1968-1969: Research Assistant, Bureau of Social Science Research, Washington, D.C.

Awards and Honorary Societies
(Reverse Chronological Order)
John Wiley Distinguished Speaker, International Society of Developmental Psychobiology (2001); Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 6 (2001); Ashbel Smith Professor of Zoology and Psychology (1998); Grass Foundation Traveling Scientist Lecturer (1997); Fellow, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996); Fellow, American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology (1995); Rolex Awards for Enterprise, Honorable Mention (1993); Walker-Ames Professor, University of Washington, Seattle (1991); Fellow, American Psychological Society (1991); NIMH MERIT Award (1989); Irving I. Geschwind Memorial Lecturer (1989); NIMH Research Scientist Award (1988-1998); First Esquire Register of Outstanding Americans Under Age 40 (1984); Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1983); American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology (1979); President's Award for Innovative Teaching, Harvard University (1978); Sloan Fellow in Neuroscience (1977-1979); NIMH Research Scientist Development Award (1977-1987); Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honorary (1976); Psi Chi Psychology Honorary (1969); Key Scholar (1968-1969), University of Maryland

Professional Societies

• American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Psychological Society; American Psychological Association; Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; Society of Neuroscience; Endocrine Society; International Society for Neuroethology.
• Professional and Public Service
  Editorial Advisory Board of Hormones and Behavior
• Editorial Advisory Board of Ethology, Ecology and Evolution.
• Associate Editor, General and Comparative Endocrinology.
• Editorial Board, Journal of Herpetology
• Member of the Board, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
• Advisory Editorial Board of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1987-1997.
• Ad hoc reviewer for the following journals and granting agencies: Animal Behaviour; Biology of Reproduction; Canadian Journal of Zoology; Copeia; Developmental Psychobiology; Endocrinology; Genetics; Growth; Journal of Morphology; National Institutes of Health; National Science Foundation; Nature; Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior; Physiological Zoology; Physiology and Behavior; Science.
• Organized symposium "Molecular, Organismal, and Evolutionary Approaches to the Study of Behavior" March 16, 1979. Harvard University.
• Plenary speaker to Texas Herpetological Conference, March 6, 1982 at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.
• Plenary speaker at San Antonio Herpetological Society, March 5, 1983 at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.
• Plenary speaker at Texas Herpetological Society Annual Meeting, November 5, 1983 at University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas.
• Public Lecture entitled "Animal Sexuality", Texas Memorial Museum, September 23, 1987, Austin, Texas.
• Member, Organizing Committee, VII World Congress of Sexology, November 4-9, 1985, New Delhi, India.
• Member, Board of Trustees, Austin Metropolitan Zoological Society, 1985-1989.
• Annual Science Lecture for the Layman, Buena Vista College, May 3, 1988, Storm Lake, Iowa.
• Chairman, N.I.H. Special Study Section, 1989, 1994, and 1996.
• Member, Biological Models and Materials Resources Study Section, 1994, N.I.H.
• Member, MBRS Review Subcommittee, 1989, National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
• Member, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC) Crocodile Specialist Group, 1990-present.
• President, Reproductive Sciences Incorporated, a chapter S corporation (1988-1998).
• Chairman of Board, Reptile Conservation International, Incorporated, a 501(c)(3) corporation (1992-present).
• Host, 1992 Southwestern Regional Conference on Comparative Endocrinology.
• Co-Organizer, Winter Animal Behavior Conference-XXI (1999), Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
• Member, Behavioral Science Track Award for Rapid Transition (B/START) Review Committee, 1992 and 1993, N.I.M.H.
• Program Committee, Fourth International Congress, 1995; Society for Neuroethology, Cambridge, England.
• Member, Psychobiology, Behavior, and Neuroscience Review Committee, N.I.M.H. Initial Review Group, 1994-1998.
• Member, Integrative Functional and Cognitive Neuroscience Committee (IFCN-2), N.I.H. Initial Review Group, 1998-2000.
• Member, Organizing Committee, VI International Conference on Hormones, Brain and Behavior and the IV Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, August 18-25, 2000, Madrid, Spain.
• Member and Acting Chair, Panel on Membership for Class II, Section 3 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• Member, Integrative Functional and Cognitive Neuroscience Committee (IFCN-4), N.I.H. Initial Review Group, February, 2000.
• Annual Science Lecture for the Layman, Buena Vista College, March 27, 2000, Storm Lake, Iowa.
• Reviewer, National Academy of Science Committee on Understanding the Biology of Sex and Gender Differences. Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health, Does Sex Matter. 2000. <www.nap.edu>
• Epidemiology Panel Member, National Longitudinal Cohort (NLC) Study, 2000-2001.

Invited Symposium Participant

• Environmental Implications of Endocrine Active Substances: Present state of the art and future research needs. The Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) International Symposium, November 17-21, 2002. Yokahama, Japan.
• Bruce Stewart Lecture. American Society of Reproductive Medicine, October 12-17, 2002. Seattle, Washington.
• Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors. July 14-19, 2002. Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. (declined).
• Comparative Biology of Sex Determination and Sex Differentiation in Vertebrates. February 9, 2002. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
• Symposium on Ecological Developmental Biology: Developmental Biology Meets the Real World. Society for Integrative Biology. January 6-10, 2002. Anaheim, California.
• John Wiley Distinguished Speaker, International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, November 7-9, 2001. San Diego, California.
• e.Hormone 2001. Tulane University. October 15-19, 2001. New Orleans, Louisiana.
• US/Japan Symposium on Neuroplasticity, Development and Steroid Hormone Action. Hawaii-Imin International Conference Center. September 26-29, 2000. Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Endocrine Disruptors, VI International Hormones, Brain, and Behavior and Society of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. August 5-10, 2000. Madrid, Spain.
• Environmental Endocrine Disruptors, Gordon Conference. June 18-23, 2000. Plymouth, New Hampshire.
• 2nd International Symposium on Sex Determination and Differentiation. April 10-14, 2000. Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Endocrine Disruptors and Children’s Health. March 16-17, 2000. The New York Academy of Medicine, New York.
• Second International Symposium on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors. December 9-11, 1999. Kobe, Japan.
• Environmental Hormones: Past, Present, Future. October 17-20, 1999. Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane and Xavier Universities, New Orleans.
• Binational Workshop on Reproductive and Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. August 5-8, 1999. Queretaro, Mexico.
• Society of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. June 25-30, 1999. Charlottesville, Virginia.
• 1999 Keystone Symposium on Endocrine Disruptors. January 31-February 5, 1999. Granlibakken, Tahoe City, California.
• Comparative Vertebrate Reproduction: Neuroendocrinology, Behavior and Life Aspects. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. January 6-10, 1999. Denver, Colorado.
• Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants: From Gene to Ecosystems. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. January 6-10, 1999. Denver, Colorado.
• Physiological Ecology Symposium, International Conference on Turtles and Tortoises. July 30-August 2, 1998. Carson, California.
• 14th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group. Singapore 14-17, 1998. Singapore.
• Winter Animal Behavior Conference-XX. January 24-31, 1998. Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
• Facts of Life. The Study of Natural Systems and Human Behavior in Illness and Health. Family Health Services. January 7-8, 1998. Houston Texas.
• Biological Models Workshop. National Research Council. December 11-12, 1997. Washington D.C.
• Sexual Differentiation of Brain and Behavior: A Special Tribute to Robert Goy. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. April 28-May 1, 1997. Baltimore, Maryland.
• Comparative Neuroendocrinology of Vertebrate Reproduction and Growth. Society for Experimental Biology. April 7-11, 1997. University of Kent at Canterbury, England.
• 64th Stated Meeting of Associates of the Neurosciences Research Program. March 16-19, 1997. The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, California.
• Animal Behavior: Integration of Proximate and Ultimate Mechanisms. American Society of Zoologists. December 26-30, 1996. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• First Annual NOLA conference. December 12-13, 1996. New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Sexuality, Smithsonian Symposium. October 15, 1996. Washington DC.
• "Is There a Neurobiology of Love?" Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium. August 28-31, 1996. Stockholm, Sweden.
• International Herpetology Symposium. June 27-29, 1996. San Antonio, Texas.
• Principles and Processes for Evaluating Endocrine Disruption in Wildlife. March 16-19, 1996. Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
• The Integrative Neurobiology of Affiliation. New York Academy of Sciences. March 14-17, 1996. Washington, D.C.
• Plenary Presentation. XXIVth International Ethological Conference. August 10-17, 1995. Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Plenary Presentation. Ecological Risk of Endocrine Disrupters, Environmental Protection Agency Workshop. June 12-14, 1995. Duluth, Minnesota.
• Endocrine Disruptor Workshop. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. April 10-13, 1995. Raleigh, North Carolina.
• Workshop on Steroid Hormones and Brain Function. March 31-April 4, 1995. Breckenridge, Colorado.
• Endocrine Disrupters in the Environment. Society of Toxicology. November 18-19, 1994. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
• Keynote Speaker. Conference on Reproductive Behavior. June 18-21, 1994. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
• Workshop on Steroid Hormones and Brain Function. April 1-5, 1994. Breckenridge, Colorado.
• Estrogens in the Environment III: Global Health Implications. January 9-11, 1994. Washington D.C.
• International Conference on Hormones, Brain and Behaviour. August 24-27, 1993. Tours, France.
• Sexual Selection in Lower Vertebrates. Herpetologists' League and the American Society of Ichthyology and Herpetology. May 30-June 4, 1993. Austin, Texas.
• Hormonal Control of Behaviour. Twelfth International Symposium/First International Congress on Comparative Endocrinology. May 17-22, 1993. Toronto, Canada.
• New Approaches to Developmental Endocrinology. Joint Japan-U.S. Conference. January 11-15, 1993. Maui, Hawaii.
• Environmental Sex Determination in Reptiles: Patterns and Processes. American Society of Zoologists. December 30, 1992.
• Keynote Speaker, Sex Differences in Brain and Behavior. The J. B. Johnston Club. November 23-25, 1992. Anaheim, California.
• The Differences Between the Sexes. Interunion Commission for Comparative Physiology. September 11-14, 1992. Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland.
• Keynote Speaker. Triangle Conference on Reproductive Biology. Triangle Consortium for Reproductive Biology. January 11, 1992. Raleigh, North Carolina.
• International 2-DG Workshop. Satellite Workshops to the Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience. November 7-9, 1991. Austin, Texas.
• Determinants of Sexual and Reproductive Behavior. National Institute of Mental Health Workshop. September 19-20, 1991. Rockville, Maryland.
• Captive Management and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles. Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the Herpetologist’s League. August 9-10, 1991. University Park, Pennsylvania.
• Conference on Reptilian Chemical Senses. June 15-16, 1991. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Plenary Address. Annual Meeting of Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. December 5-7, 1990. London, England.
• Keynote Speaker. Canadian Spring Conference on Behaviour and Brain. April 19-22, 1990. Banff, Alberta, Canada.
• Developmental Neuroscience Workshop. National Institutes of Mental Health. April 3-4, 1990. Poolesville, Maryland.
• Sexual Selection and Communication in Amphibians and Reptiles. First World Congress of Herpetology. September 11-19, 1989. Kent, England.
• Hormones, Brain, and Reproductive Behaviour. August 17-22, 1989. European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. Liege, Belgium.
• NIH Symposium Unconventional Vertebrates as Animal Models in Endocrine Research. December 5-6, 1988. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
• NATO Workshop on Animal Models in Neuroscience. August 26-30, 1987. Bergen, Norway.
• Plenary Presentation. XXth International Ethological Conference. August 8-16, 1987. Madison, Wisconsin.
• Biology of Unisexual Vertebrates. American Society of Zoologists. June 21-26, 1987. Albany, New York.
• Winter Animal Behavior Conference - IX. January 24-31, 1987. Park City, Utah.
• Workshop on Genetic Markers in Sexual Differentiation. Center for Population Research, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development. October 9-10, 1986. Bethesda, Maryland.
• Snake Behavior and Ecology. Symposium of 66th Annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. June 15-21, 1986. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Chemical Signals in Vertebrates IV. July 27-29, 1985. Laramie, Wyoming.
• Winter Animal Behavior Conference-VII. January 26-February 2, 1985. Park City, Utah.
• Symposium on the Biology of Cnemidophorus. Annual meeting of the Society of Ichthyology and Herpetology. August 1-2, 1984. Norman, Oklahoma.
• Institute of Animal Behavior Symposium in Honor of Jay S. Rosenblatt. June 6-8, 1984. Newark, New Jersey.
• "Masculinity/Femininity: Concepts and Definitions." First Kinsey Institute Symposium. January 26-29, 1984. Bloomington, Indiana.
• Plenary Presentation. Western Regional Conference in Comparative Endocrinology. March 24-25, 1983. Berkeley, California.
• Winter Animal Behavior Conference-V. January 22-29, 1983. Park City, Utah.
• Alternative Reproductive Tactics. American Society of Zoologists Symposium. December 27-30, 1982. Louisville, Kentucky.
• Hormones and Behaviour in Higher Vertebrates, IV European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. September 9-11, 1982. Bielefeld, West Germany.
• Reproductive Biology of Reptiles. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. August 9-14, 1981. Memphis, Tennessee.
• Plenary Presentation, Advances in Vertebrate Neuroethology. NATO Advanced Study Institute. August 13-24, 1981. Kassel, West Germany.
• Winter Animal Behavior Conference-III. January 24-31, 1981. Park City, Utah.
• Lizard Ecology Symposium. American Society of Zoologists Annual Meetings. December 27-30, 1980. Seattle, Washington.
• Plenary Presentation, Endocrine Regulation of Vertebrate Seasonal Reproductive Cycles. American Physiological Society Annual Meetings. October 17, 1980. Toronto, Canada.
• Hormones and the Nervous System. Neurobiology Course Symposium. July 7, 1980. Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
• Winter Animal Behavior Conference-II. January 19-27, 1980. Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
• Plenary Presentation, Reproductive Cycles of Chordates. Canadian Society of Zoologists. May 7-11, 1980. Banff, Alberta, Canada.
• Social Signals-Comparative and Endocrine Approaches. American Society of Zoologists Symposium. December 27-30, 1979. Tampa, Florida.
• Sensory Systems and Adaptation. Society for Neuroscience Symposium. November 2-6, 1979. Atlanta, Georgia.
• Winter Animal Behavior Conference-I. January 27-February 3, 1979. Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
• Reproductive Biology of Captive Reptiles. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. May 29-31, 1978. Tempe, Arizona.
• The Neuroendocrinology of Reproduction. Society for the Study of Reproduction Symposium. August 14-17, 1978. Carbondale, Illinois.
• Vertebrate Neuroethology Workshop. Society for Neuroscience. November 5-7, 1976. Toronto, Canada.
• Communication and Display Behavior in Reptiles. American Society of Zoologists and Animal Behavior Society Symposium. June 2, 1976. New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Conference on the Behavior and Neurology of Lizards. Laboratory of Brain, Evolution, and Behavior. May 5-7, 1975. NIMH, Front Royal, Virginia.
• Anoline Reproductive Biology. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. December 16-20, 1972. Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone.
• Anolis Symposium. American Society of Zoologists, Harvard University. June 22-23, 1972. Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Invited Lectures and Service To Other Universities

• 2002: Waseda University; Research Unit for Environmental Endocrine Disrupters adjunct to Faculty of Science, Yokohama City University;
• 2001: Columbia University (Biology); Columbia University (Psychology); Ohio State University.
• 2000: Rockefeller University; Buena Vista College, Emory University.
• 1999: North Carolina State University; Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; Columbia University; University of Brussels; Michigan State University; Indiana University; University of Brussels; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience.
• 1998: Stanford University; Waseda University; Juntendo University; National Institute of Basic Biology, Japan; University of Chicago; Southwest Texas University; University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; Rockefeller University.
• 1997: Uppsala University, Sweden; University of Alaska; Indiana University.
• 1996: University of Virginia; Southwest Texas University; M.D. Anderson Science Park; University of Maryland; Smithsonian Institution; Harvard College; Harvard Medical School.
• 1995: University of Pittsburgh; National Institute of Basic Biology, Japan.
• 1994: University of Toronto; Oregon State University; University of Chicago; Johns Hopkins University; College of Physicians and Surgeons; Columbia University.
• 1993: Southwestern Medical School; University of Indiana; Rutgers University; Rockefeller University; Williams College.
• 1992: North Carolina State; University of Illinois; University of Kentucky; Southwestern Research Station; Max Planck Institute für Verhaltenphysiologie; Rockefeller University.
• 1991: Baylor College of Medicine; University of Washington, Seattle; Friday Harbor.
• 1990: University of Michigan; National Institutes of Mental Health; Southwestern Research Station; Texas A&M; University of Cambridge; University of Oxford.
• 1989: Portland State University; Rockefeller University; University of Cambridge; Indiana University; University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
• 1988: California Institute of Technology; Buena Vista College; Southwestern Research Station; Baylor College of Medicine.
• 1987: National Institute of Mental Health-Main Campus; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Irvine; University of California, Riverside; Southwestern Research Station; Boston College, Boston University; Harvard University.
• 1986: Baylor College of Medicine; National Institutes of Mental Health-Poolesville; University of Maryland; National Institute of Mental Health-Main Campus.
• 1985: Vanderbilt University; Washington University; Texas Christian University; Michigan State University; University of Kentucky; Harvard University.
• 1984: The University of Tennessee; University of Hawaii; Rockefeller University; Downstate Medical Center; University of Massachusetts; Boston College; Rockefeller University Field Research Station.
• 1983: The University of Texas Marine Sciences Institute; University of Utah; San Antonio Herpetological Society; Rice University; Arizona State University; National Science Foundation; University of Texas at Tyler.
• 1982: Texas A & M University.
• 1981: Harvard Medical School (MacLean Hospital); Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers University; Max Planck Institute für Verhaltenphysiologie; Skidmore College; Boston College.
• 1980: University of Michigan; Bowling Green University; Harvard Medical School Peabody Society; University of Connecticut; University of Alberta; Harvard Medical School (Laboratory of Human Reproduction and Reproductive Biology); Massachusetts Herpetological Society; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Irvine; University of Texas at Austin.
• 1979: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama; Villanova University; Rockefeller University; University of Illinois; Harvard Medical School (Neurobiology); Clemson University; University of Tennessee; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Massachusetts.
• 1978: University of Pennsylvania; Rutgers University; North Carolina State University; University of Texas at Austin; University of Tennessee.
• 1977: Brandeis University; Harvard Medical School (Children's Hospital).
• 1976: University of Colorado; University of Iowa; Cornell University; Northeastern University.
• 1975: University of Missouri-St. Louis; Boston University; Rutgers University; Brooklyn College; University of Florida; Harvard University.
• 1974: University of Maryland; National Institutes of Mental Health; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Colorado; University of Pennsylvania.
• 1973: University of Minnesota; University of California, Berkeley; Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers University.

List of Publications and Contributions
Introductions

• Social behavior in reptiles. American Zoologist 17: 153-154 (1977) (with Neil Greenberg).
• Diversity of behavioral controlling mechanisms. BioScience 33: 545 (1983).

Preface

• The Psychobiology of Reproductive Behavior: An Evolutionary Perspective (1987). Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Essays

• Behavioral neuroendocrine adaptations. In Biology of Animals, second edition. (1991) J.W. Grier and T.E. Burke. Times Mirror/Mosby Publishing Company.

Letters

• Estrogenicity of environmental PCBs. Response to Hamilton. Judith Bergeron, David Crews, and John A. McLachlan. Environmental Health Perspectives 103: 12 (1995).

Films and Television

• Sexy Snakes, CNN Daywatch
• Super Scents, British Broadcasting Corporation
• The Second Imperative: The Natural History of Sex. Genesis Films
• Body Watch, WGBH-TV
• The Trials of Life, British Broadcasting Corporation
• The Nature of Sex, Public Broadcasting Service
• Beyond 2000, Artarmon
• Understanding Sex, Discovery
• The Natural History of Sex, British Broadcasting Corporation
• Anatomy of Desire, Optomen Television
• Out in Nature: Homosexual Behavior in the Animal Kingdom: Saint Thomas Productions

Patents

• David Crews and Thane Wibbels. 1993. A method for preferential production of female turtles, lizards, and crocodiles. U.S. Patent 5,201,280.
• David Crews and Thane Wibbels. 1995. Method for preferential production of ratites of a desired sex. U.S. Patent 5,377,618.

Published Abstracts

• David Crews. 1972. Social factors in the control of reptilian reproduction. American Zoologist 12: 644-645.
• David Crews. 1976. Hormonal control of sexual behavior in the garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. American Zoologist 15: 812.
• Joan I. Morrell, David Crews, Arleen Ballin, and Donald Pfaff. 1977. Autoradiographic localization of 3H-estradiol, 3H-testosterone, and 3H-dihydrotestosterone in the brain of the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 3: 1130.
• David Crews, James Wheeler, and Abraham Morgentaler. 1978. Role of the anterior hypothalamus-preoptic area in the regulation of male reproductive behavior in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 4: 1151.
• Jeffrey Conner and David Crews. 1979. Sperm transfer and oviducal sperm transport and storage in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. American Zoologist 19: 986.
• Richard Tokarz and David Crews. 1979. Temporal pattern of estrogen-induction of female sexual receptivity in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. American Zoologist 19: 966.
• Michael Alderete, Richard Tokarz, and David Crews. 1979. Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone and thyrotropin-releasing hormone induction of female sexual receptivity in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. American Zoologist 19: 965.
• Richard R. Tokarz, David Crews, and Bruce S. McEwen. 1979. Identification of progestin binding sites in the brain and oviduct of the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. American Zoologist 19: 550.
• William Garstka and David Crews. 1981. The role of the female in the initiation of the sexual cycle of the snake, Thamnophis melanogaster. American Zoologist 21: 960.
• Andrew Halpert and David Crews. 1981. Sperm transport and storage in the oviduct of the female red-sided garter snake. American Zoologist 21: 977.
• Robert T. Mason and David Crews. 1983. Female mimicry as an alternative reproductive tactic in garter snakes. American Zoologist 23: 896.
• Joan M. Whittier, Robert T. Mason, and David Crews. 1983. Effects of mating on sexual behavior of male and female red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. American Zoologist 23: 895.
• Janet E. Joy and David Crews. 1984. Reproductive success in male red-sided garter snakes: Is bigger better. American Zoologist 24: 17A.
• Joan M. Whittier and David Crews. 1984. Regulation of reproduction in female garter snakes. American Zoologist 24: 69A.
• Michael C. Moore, Joan M. Whittier, and David Crews. 1984. Hormonal correlates of male-like behavior in an all-female parthenogenetic lizard. American Zoologist 24: 69A.
• J. T. Takenaka, H. L. Carson, and D. Crews. 1985. Normal courtship behavior and copulatory success by sterile XO males of Drosophila mercatorum. Genetics 101: s101.
• David Crews and Joan Whittier. 1985. Patterns and control of seasonal reproductive cycles. Tenth International Symposium on Comparative Endocrinology Abstracts.
• Michael C. Moore, Joan M. Whittier, and David Crews. 1985. Evolution of hormonal control of behavior in all-female, parthenogenetic lizards. Tenth International Symposium on Comparative Endocrinology Abstracts.
• Mark Grassman and David Crews. 1985. Hormonal mediation of male- and female-like behaviors in an all-female lizard species. American Zoologist 25: 116A.
• Robert T. Mason and David Crews. 1985. Analysis of a sex attractant pheromone in garter snakes. American Zoologist 25: 76A.
• Randolph W. Krohmer and David Crews. 1985. Neural control of courtship behavior in male garter snakes. American Zoologist 25: 4A.
• Joan M. Whittier and David Crews. 1985. Prostaglandins and mating behavior in female garter snakes. American Zoologist 25: 116A.
• Jonathan Lindzey and David Crews. 1985. Control of sexual behavior in male Cnemidophorus inornatus. American Zoologist 25: 116A.
• William H. N. Gutzke and David Crews. 1986. Incubation temperature affects sexual and agonistic behavior of adult leopard geckoes. American Zoologist 26: 117A.
• Jonathan Lindzey and David Crews. 1986. Reciprocal stimulatory effects on sexual behaviors in male and female lizards. American Zoologist 26: 118A.
• David Crews. 1987. Evolution and diversity of behavioral controlling mechanisms. XXth International Ethological Conference Abstracts.
• David Crews. 1987. Neuromodulators and the control of courtship behavior in the red-sided garter snake. American Zoologist 27: 138A.
• Mark Grassman and David Crews. 1987. Adrenal response of ovariectomized and intact lizards, Cnemidophorus uniparens, to housing conditions, handling, and cold. American Zoologist 27: 156A.
• Jonathan Lindzey and David Crews. 1987. Stimulation of sexual behavior in male Cnemidophorus inornatus by progestins. American Zoologist 27: 155A.
• Mary T. Mendonça and David Crews. 1987. Effects of spinal transection on estrogen levels and production of young in female red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). American Zoologist 27: 156A.
• John W. Chinn, Jr., Edward Holly, Robert T. Mason, and David Crews. 1988. Identification of the sex attractant pheromone in the red-sided garter snake by GC/MS and GC/MS/MS or "can a sex-starved Canadian garter snake find happiness with a paper towel in Austin, Texas". Proceedings of the 36th American Society of Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics.
• Ethan E. Allen and David Crews. 1988. 2-deoxyglucose accumulation following optokinetic stimulation in the red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 14: 691.
• David Crews. 1988. Psychobiology of reproduction. NIH Symposium on Unconventional Vertebrates as Animal Models in Vertebrate Endocrinology.
• Neil Greenberg and David Crews. 1988. Endocrine and behavioral responses to aggression and social dominance in the green anole lizard. American Zoologist 28: 73A.
• William H. N. Gutzke, James J. Bull, David Crews, and D. Chymiy. 1988. Hormonally induced gonadal differentiation in reptiles. American Zoologist 28: 157A.
• Mary T. Mendonça and David Crews. 1988. Mating-induced neuroendocrine reflex in the female red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). American Zoologist 28: 158A.
• Ethan E. Allen and David Crews. 1989. Sexual behavior and 2-deoxyglucose uptake in male red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 15: 620.
• Juli Wade and David Crews. 1989. Effect of ovarian condition on sexually dimorphic brain areas in a whiptail lizard species. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 15: 1089.
• David Crews. 1989. Neuroendocrine basis for sexual interactions in lizards and snakes. First World Congress of Herpetology Abstracts.
• Randolph W. Krohmer and David Crews. 1989. Effects of central nervous system lesions on reproductive behavior in the male red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. First World Congress of Herpetology Abstracts.
• Juli Wade and David Crews. 1990. Effect of gonadal state on sexually dimorphic brain areas in two species of whiptail lizards. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 16: 920.
• Larry J. Young and David Crews. 1990. The effect of progesterone on sexual behavior in male Anolis carolinensis. American Zoologist 30: 25A.
• Mary T. Mendonça and David Crews. 1990. Effects of ovariectomy and estrogen replacement in the garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. American Zoologist 30: 53A.
• Thane Wibbels, David Crews, and James J. Bull. 1990. Chronology of temperature-dependent sex determination. American Zoologist 30: 83A.
• Brian E. Viets, Alan Tousignant, Michael A. Ewert, Craig E. Nelson, and David Crews. 1991. Temperature-dependent sex determination in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius, revisited. Abstract in Annual meeting of Society for Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Pennsylvania State University. pg 102.
• Mertice Clark, David Crews, and Bennett G. Galef, Jr. 1992. Effects of male fetuses on the behavior of mongolian gerbil dams late in pregnancy: Evidence of androgen mediation. 24th Conference of Reproductive Behavior. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Juli Wade and David Crews. 1992. Hormonal control of sex differences in the brain, behavior and accessory sex structures of whiptail lizards. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 18: 894.
• Alan Tousignant and David Crews. 1992. Incubation temperature and gonadal sex affect growth and reproductive physiology in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius. American Zoologist 32: 21A.
• Deborah L. Flores, Alan J. Tousignant, and David Crews. 1992. Influence of incubation temperature on aggressive behavior and attractivity in the female leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius. American Zoologist 32: 9A.
• James K. Skipper, Larry J. Young, Judy M. Bergeron, Michael Tetzlaff, Charles Osborn, and David Crews. 1993. Identification of an isoform of the estrogen receptor messenger RNA lacking exon four and present in the brain. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 19: 150 (Abstract 67.2).
• Diane M. Witt, Larry J. Young, and David Crews. 1993. Progesterone modulation of masculine sexual behavior. International Conference of Hormones, Brain and Behaviour. pp. 199-200.
• Thane Wibbels and David Crews. 1993. Steroid-induced sex determination at a near-pivotal temperature in a turtle with TSD. American Zoologist 33: 8A.
• Judy M. Bergeron, David Crews, and John A. McLachlan. 1994. PCBs as environmental estrogens: turtle sex determination as a biomarker of environmental contamination. Proceedings of Estrogens in the Environment III: Global Health Implications.
• Larry J. Young and David Crews. 1994. Species differences in estrogen sensitivity in whiptail lizards. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 20: 1227 (Abstract 501.7).
• David Crews and Larry J. Young. 1994. Estrogenic regulation of estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor expression in the brain of whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus uniparens). Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 20: 376 (Abstract 161.3).
• Dirk Jones, Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, David Crews, Bennett G. Galef, and Mertice M. Clark. 1994. Effects of intrauterine position on metabolic capacity of the hypothalamus in the gerbil: a cytochrome oxidase study. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 20: 1739 (Abstract 709.6).
• Thane Wibbels, Charles Wilson, and David Crews. 1994. Effects of temperature on mullerian duct regression in turtle with TSD. American Zoologist 34: 118A.
• David Crews. 1995. Mechanisms of sex determination and the expression of sexuality. XXIVth International Ethological Conference Abstracts.
• Neil Greenberg, David Crews, Cliff Summers, and Jennifer Harris. 1995. Adaptive responses to social subordination. XXIVth International Ethological Conference Abstracts.
• John Godwin, Robert R. Warner, and David Crews. 1995. The relationship of behavioral and gonadal changes in sex changing reef fishes. XXIVth International Ethological Conference Abstracts.
• Elaine B. Day, Walter Wilczynski and David Crews. 1995. Hemispheric lateralization of the dorsal and lateral cortices in lizards. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 21: 432 (Abstract 177.11).
• Elaine B. Day, Walter Wilczynski and David Crews. 1996. Foraging strategy and spatial memory in lizards. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 22: 448 (Abstract 178.13).
• John Godwin, Richard Sawby, Robert R. Warner, David Crews, and Matt S. Grober. 1996. Adult sex reversal is associated with changes in AVT mRNA expression in the preoptic area. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 22: 698: (Abstract 276.9).
• Emily J. Willingham, Judith M. Bergeron, C. Todd Osborn, Daniel M. Sheehan, and David Crews. 1996. Questioning the threshold concept: Power analysis of low dose exogenous estrogens. Southwestern Toxicological Conference.
• Turk Rhen and David Crews. 1996. Phenotypic plasticity in adult sex traits of lizards with temperature-dependent sex determination. American Zoologist 36: Abstract #492. 128A.
• Kira L. Wennstrom and David Crews. 1996. Ontogeny of a sexually differentiated trait in the brains of normal and sex-reversed whiptail lizards. American Zoologist 36: Abstract #493. 128A.
• Lainy B. Day, David Crews, and Walter Wilczynski. 1997. Hippocampal cortex volume is related to foraging strategy and pliancy but not spatial ability in lizards. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 23: 2134 (Abstract 829.4).
• S. M. Phelps, J. Lydon, B. W. O’Malley, and D. Crews. 1997. Progesterone receptor enhances reinstatement of male sexual behavior by testosterone: evidence from mice heterozygous for a progesterone receptor knockout. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 23: 1357 (Abstract 532.15).
• J. Sakata, A.M. Crane, and D. Crews. 1997. Sexual experience alters functional relationships between brain areas. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 23: 798 (Abstract 312.8).
• J. Sakata and D. Crews. 1997. Maternal and incubation temperature effects in the leopard gecko. American Zoologist 37: Abstract #58. 17A.
• M.B. Hawkins, J.K. Skipper, D. Crews, and P. Thomas. 1998. Cloning of three estrogen receptor mRNAs from Atlantic croaker. 10th International Congress on Hormonal Steroids.
• L.B. Day, R. Kapila, A. Johnson, D. Crews and W. Wilczynski. 1998. Foraging ecology predicts medial and dorsal cortex volume and behavior in lizards. Fifth International Congress of Neuroethology.
• J.T. Sakata, D. Crews, H.P. Nair, and F. Gonzalez-Lima. 1998. Sexual experience alters functional brain relationships in male rats. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 24: 196 (Abstract 80.6).
• L. B. Day, D. Crews, and W. Wilczynski. 1998. Medial and dorsal cortex function in non-spatial solutions to a spatial maze in lizards. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 24: 187 (Abstract 77.7).
• S. M. Phelps, S. Woolley, J. Lydon, B. W. O’Malley, and D. Crews. 1998. Sexual behavior deficits in male PRKO mice: Effects of experience and testicular androgens. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 24: 196 (Abstract 80.7).
• J.T. Sakata, T. Rhen, and D. Crews. 1998. The ontogeny of secondary sex structures and gonadal steroids in the leopard gecko. American Zoologist 38: Abstract #297. 86A.
• T. Rhen, J.T. Sakata and D. Crews. 1998. The reproductive cycle of female leopard geckos. American Zoologist 38: Abstract #302. 88A.
• D. Crews. 1998. Pseudosexual behavior in whiptail lizards: An update. American Zoologist 38: Abstract #263. 77A.
• E. Willingham and D. Crews. 1998. Organismal effects of environmentally relevant pesticide concentrations on the red-eared slider turtle, a species with temperature-dependent sex determination. American Zoologist 38: Abstract #139. 40A.
• S.C. Woolley, J. Lydon, B.W. O’Malley, and D.C. Crews. 1999. Interactions between dopamine, progesterone receptor, and sexual experience in the sexual behavior of male wildtype and progesterone receptor knockout mice. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 25: 613 (245.13).
• S.C. Woolley, J. Lydon, B.W. O’Malley, and D. Crews. 2000. Dopamine and progesterone receptor interactions in male sexual behavior. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 26: 1275: 472.16).
• T. Rhen and D. Crews. 2000. Androgen receptor mRNA expression in the ventromedial hypothalamus and androgen-dependent sexual receptivity. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 26: 1277 (472.25).
• T. Sakata, A. Gupta, S.C. Woolley, F. Gonzalez-Lima, and D. Crews. 2000. Effects of testosterone and progesterone on copulatory behavior and brain metabolism in whiptail lizards. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 26: 2039 (760.24).
• J.T. Sakata, A. Gupta, F. Gonzalez-Lima, and D. Crews. 2001. The effects of adult social experience on courtship behavior and neural metabolism in male whiptail lizards, Cnemidophorus inornatus. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 27: 957.9.
• D. Crews, T. Rhen, R.S. Porter, S.C. Woolley, and J.T. Sakata. 2001. Changes in sex steroid hormone receptor gene expression over the reproductive cycle in female leopard geckos. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 27: 191.12.
• S.C. Woolley, J. Lydon, B.W. O’Malley, D.P Crews. 2001. Sexual experience and genotype affect the density of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive cells in progesterone receptor knockout mice. Society for Neurosciences Abstracts 27: 958.8.
• Articles from the laboratory of David Crews
  William R. Garstka, Brian Camazine, and Elliott Jacobson. 1981. Surgical excision of a pericloacal mass in a Mexican king snake (Lampropeltis mexicana). Herpetological Review 12: 55-56.
• Michelle Scott. 1984. Agonistic and courtship displays of male Anolis sagrei. Breviora Number 479, 1-22.
• Allen J. Billy. 1986. Developmental deformities in the parthenogenetic lizard Cnemidophorus uniparens (Teiidae) and the "anomalous male" phenomenon. Canadian Journal of Zoology 64: 2418-2424.
• Allen J. Billy. 1987. Characteristics of the testosterone-sensitive period in development of a unisexual lizard, Cnemidophorus uniparens (Teiidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 65: 1966-1971.
• Nancy M. Sherwood and Joan M. Whittier. 1988. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from brains of reptiles: Turtles (Pseudemys scripta) and snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). General and Comparative Endocrinology 69: 319-327.
• K. Wright, A. Tousignant, R. Overstreet, W. Shoop, E. Jacobson, and E. Greiner. 1988. Mesocerariae infections in a Texas indigo snake and red-sided garter snakes. Third International Colloquium on the Pathology of Reptiles and Amphibians. Abstracts.
• Randolph W. Krohmer. 1989. Reproductive physiology and behavior of a gynandromorph red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, from central Manitoba, Canada. Copeia 1989: 1064-1068.
• Robert T. Mason and W. H. N. Gutzke. 1990. Sex recognition in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius (Sauria: Gekkonidae): Possible mediation by skin-derived semiochemicals. Journal of Chemical Ecology 16: 27-36.
• Robert T. Mason. 1992. Reptile pheromones. In Biology of the Reptilia: Volume 18, Physiology E. Hormones, Brain and Behavior. Carl Gans and David Crews, eds. pp. 114-228.
• Joan Whittier and Richard R. Tokarz. 1992. Physiological bases of sexual receptivity in female reptiles. In Biology of the Reptilia: Volume 18, Physiology E. Hormones, Brain and Behavior. Carl Gans and David Crews, eds. pp. 24-69.
• Michael C. Moore and Jonathan Lindzey. 1992. Physiological bases of sexual and territorial behavior in male reptiles. In Biology of the Reptilia: Volume 18, Physiology E. Hormones, Brain and Behavior. Carl Gans and David Crews, eds. pp. 70-113