Emily Boehm

Emily Boehm is a researcher at the Jane Goodall Institute Research Center and a Faculty Development Consultant at the University of North Carolina. She earned a PhD in Evolutionary Anthropology from Duke University in 2016 and a BA in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University in 2009. After completing her PhD, Dr. Boehm served as an instructor in Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke before transitioning to her current role at UNC. She is dedicated to enhancing teaching practices and learning outcomes in STEM fields, with a focus on making STEM classrooms more inclusive. Her primatological research interests center on female reproductive strategies and life history in the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park, Tanzania.