The University of Western Australia

Asst/Prof Debra Judge

Assistant Professor
School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology

Contact details

Address

School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology
The University of Western Australia (M309)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 3304

Fax

6488 1051

Email

debra.judge@uwa.edu.au

Qualifications

MS PhD Calif.

Key research

The socioecology of family living species (including humans). Life history theory and comparative ecology. Comparative biodemography of lifespan, intergenerational transfers, comparative ecology and demography, evolution of sex differences, and human behavioural ecology.

Family well-being in rural Timor-Leste.

Publications

Reghupathy, N, DS Judge, KA Sanders, PC Amaral, LH Schmitt 2012. Child size and household characteristics in rural Timor-Leste. American Journal of Human Biology 24(1):35-41. DOI 10.1002/ajhb.21232

Milne FH, Judge DS, Preen, DB, Weinstein, P. 2011. Early life environment, life history and risk of endometrial cancer. Medical Hypotheses 77:626-632. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.07.001.

Burns,B., HM Dooley and DS Judge 2011. Social dynamics modify behavioiural development in captive white-cheeked (Nomascus leucogenys) and silvery (Hylobates moloch) gibbons. Primates 52:271-277. doi: 10.1007/s10329-011-0247-5.

Weinstein, P., DS Judge and S Carver 2011. Biological and cultural coevolution and emerging infectious disease: Ross River virus in Australia. Medical Hypotheses 76:893-896. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2011.03.001

Milne, F and DS Judge 2010. Brothers delay menarche and the onset of sexual activity in their sisters. Proc. Royal Soc. B 278:417-423. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1377

Milne, F. and DS Judge 2009. Birth order influences reproductive measures in Australians. Human Nature 20(3):294-316.

Dooley, HM and DS Judge 2007. Vocal responses of captive gibbons to a mate change in a pair of
white-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys). Folia Primatologica 78:228-239.

Burton, T., B. Knott, D. Judge, P. Vercoe, and A. Brearley, 2007. Embryonic and Juvenile Attachment Structures in Cherax cainii [Decapoda: Parastacidae]: Implications for Maternal Care. American Midland Naturalist 157:127-136.

Carey JR and DS Judge 2006. Life span extension in humans is self-reinforcing: A general theory of longevity. In: Jean-Marie Robine, Eileen Crimmins, Shiro Horiuchi and Zeng Yi, EDS Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population. International Studies in Population Demography, Aging and Geriatrics/Gerontology Volume 4. Springer Netherlands pp: 57-81.

Judge, DS 2003. Primate Demography. In: Encyclopedia of Population. Demeny, Paul, and Geoffrey McNicoll, eDS New York: Macmillan References, USA.

Judge, DS 2001. Reply to Hawkes, O’Connell and Blurton Jones “Hunting and Nuclear Families.” Current Anthropology 42(5):699.

Carey, JR. and DS Judge, 2001. Life span extension in humans is self-reinforcing: A general theory of longevity. Population and Development Review 27(3):411-436.

Carey, JR. and DS Judge 2001. Principles of biodemography with special reference to human longevity. Population 13(1): 9-40.

Carey, JR. and DS Judge 2000. Longevity Records: Life spans of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish. University Odense Press, Odense Denmark.

Judge, DS and Carey, JR. 2000. Postreproductive life predicted by primate patterns. J. Gerontology: Biological Sciences 55A(4):B201-209.

Carey, JR. and DS Judge 2000. Mortality dynamics of aging. Generations 24(1):19-24.

Judge, DS 1996. Inheritance. In: Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, Vol 2. D. Levinson and M. Ember, eds Lakeville, CT: Henry Holt Publishers. Pp 348-352.

Judge, DS 1995. American Legacies and the Variable Life Histories of Women and Men. Human Nature 6(4):291-323.

Hrdy, S. Blaffer and DS Judge 1993. Darwin and the Puzzle of Primogeniture: An Essay on Biases in Parental Investment after Death. Human Nature 4(1):1-45.

Judge, DS and S. Blaffer Hrdy 1992. Allocation of accumulated resources among close kin: Inheritance in Sacramento, California 1890-1984. Ethology and Sociobiology 13(5-6):495-522. (Now Evolution and Human Behavior)

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

Family dynamics and child growth in East Timor
Social dynamics in families & health effects
Intergenerational relationships
Primate social behaviour
reproductive ecology of birds and mammals

Future research

Roles of grandmothers and other helpers in Western Australia
Family well-being in rural Timor-Leste
Life history and health outcomes

Funding received

Rockefeller Foundation
National Institutes of Health (USA)
Univ Western Australia
Australian Research Council

Languages

French, Spanish, Tetun

Memberships

Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society)
Human Behavior and Evolution Society
Australian Population Association
Australasian Society for Human Biology
Australian Primate Society
International Society for the Scientific Study of Population

Honours and awards

German American Academic Fellow 1997-98
Finalist AUTC "Team teaching in first year" 2004

Previous positions

Teaching and Research Fellow, UWA 2002-2010

Professional Research Ecologist, Univ California Davis

Teaching

Coordinator ANHB 3315: Human Evolutionary Ecology
Coordinator ANHB 2215: Biological Anthropology: Human Variation
Primates & Human Evolution (in ANHB1101)
Human Behaviour (ANHB1102)
Population Growth, Evol of Menopause (ANHB 2216)

Current external positions

Treasurer, ASHB

Current projects

Influences on family well-being in rural Timor-Leste.
Influences of intergenerational support on Western Australian women's reproductive timing and fertility.
Early life experience, reproductive careers, and women's health

Research profile

Research profile and publications