Neuroscience Faculty and Staff
Program Director
Flip Phillips
Affiliated Faculty
Professors
David Domozych
Professor of Biology
Director, Skidmore College Microscopy Imaging Center (SMIC)
B.S., Southern Connecticut State University
Ph.D., Miami University
Postdoctoral research, Cornell University
Dana Science Center 329B
518-580-5075
ddomoz@skidmore.edu
Research Interest: plant cell walls, cell wall secretory mechanisms and the role of green algae in freshwater biofilms. His primary research tools include electron and confocal microscopy, cryofixation, immunocytochemical labeling, high-resolution light microscopy and biochemistry. Recently his lab isolated and characterized cell wall proteins, profilin, actin and myosin from the green alga Closterium, and used immunological techniques to locate the synthesis/transport of these materials within the cell.
Selected publications
Domozych, D.S., Kort, S*., Benton, S.* and Yu, T.* (2005) "The extracellular polymeric substance of the green alga Penium margaritaceum and its role in biofilm formation." Biofilms 2: 129-144.
Domozych, D.S., Roberts, R*. Danyow, C*., Flitter, R.*, Smith, B.* and Providence, K. (2003) "Plasmolysis, hechtian strand formation and localized membrane-wall adhesions in the desmid, Closterium acerosum (Chlorophyta)." Journal of Phycology 39: 1194-1206.
Domozych, D.S., Serfis, A., Kiemle, S.N. and Gretz, M.R. 2006. "The structure and biochemistry of charophycean cell walls: I. Pectins of Penium margaritaceum." Protoplasma 183: 615-632.
J. Linde, L. Morse and D. S. Domozych (2001) "Calmodulin and its role in the secretory apparatus of the desmid, Closterium." International Journal of Plant Science 162, 15-27.
Domozych, D.S. 1999. "Perturbation of the secretory network in Closterium acerosum by Na+ selective ionophores." Protoplasma 206, 41-56.
* = Skidmore Student
Hugh Foley
Professor of Psychology
B.A., St. John Fisher College
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Tisch Learning Center 101
518-580-5308
hfoley@skidmore.edu
Research interests: perception and memory, with specific interests in context effects on judgment, face perception, object recognition, and the role of effort in memory.
Selected publications
Foley, M. A., & Foley, H. J. (in press). "Source monitoring judgments about anagrams and their solutions: Evidence for the role of cognitive operations information in memory." Memory & Cognition. Accepted for publication.
Foley, M. A., Foley, H. J., *Durley, J. A., & *Maitner, A. T. (in press). "Anticipating partners’ responses: Examining item and source memory following interactive exchanges." Memory & Cognition. Accepted for publication.
Foley, H. J. (2005). "At play in the fields of Academe." In T. A. Benson, C. Burke, A. Amdstadter, R. Siney, V. Hevern, B. Beins, & W. Buskist (Eds.), The Teaching of Psychology in Autobiography: Perspectives from Exemplary Psychology Teachers.
Foley, H. J. (2003). "Carryover effect." Encyclopedia of research methods for the social sciences. Lewis-Beck, M., Bryman, A., & Liao, T. F. (Eds.) Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Foley, H. J. (2003). "0Counterbalancing." Encyclopedia of research methods for the social sciences. Lewis-Beck, M., Bryman, A., & Liao, T. F. (Eds.) Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Foley, H. J. (2003). "F distribution." Encyclopedia of research methods for the social sciences. Lewis-Beck, M., Bryman, A., & Liao, T. F. (Eds.) Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Foley, M. A., Foley, H. J., & *Korenman, L. (2002). "Adapting a memory framework (Source Monitoring) to the study of closure processes." Memory & Cognition. 30, 412-422.
Foley, M.A., Foley, H.J., & Cormier, K. ( 2000). "Developmental comparisons of source monitoring abilities: A study of face identification." In K. Roberts & M.Blades, (Eds.), Children's Source Monitoring. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Matlin, M., & Foley, H.J. (1997). Sensation and Perception. New York: Allyn & Bacon.
Mary Ann Foley
Professor of Psychology
Chair, Department of Psychology
Class of 1948 Professor for Excellence in Teaching
B.A., Nazareth College of Rochester
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Tisch Learning Center 142
518-580-5302
mfoley@skidmore.edu
Research interests: the study of cognitive processes in a variety of contexts. Recent research focuses on such topics as children's memory confusions, the role of imaginal processing in remembering, factors influencing object recognition and self misattribution biases.
Selected publications
Foley, M.A., Wozniak, K., & Gillum, A. 2006 (last two are student co-authors) "Imagination and false memory induction: Investigating the role of process, content, and source of imaginations." Applied Cognitive Psychology
Foley, M. A., & Foley, H. J. (2006). "Source monitoring judgments about anagrams and their solutions: Evidence for the role of cognitive operations information in memory." Memory & Cognition
Foley, M.A., Foley, H. J., Durley,* J. A., & Maitner,*A. T. (2006). "Anticipating partners’ responses: Examining item and source memory following interactive exchanges." Memory & Cognition.
Foley, M.A., Foley, H. J., & Korenman, L. (2002). "Adapting a Memory Framework to the Study of Closure Processes." Memory & Cognition, 30, 412-422.
Foley, M.A., Ratner, H. H.., & House, T. (2002). "Anticipation and Source-Monitoring Errors: Children's Memory for Collaborative Activities." Journal of Cognition and Development, 3, 385-414.
†Roy Meyers
Professor of Biology
A.B., Brown University
Ph.D., State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
Dana Science Center 345
518-580-5079
rmeyers@skidmore.edu
Research interest: evolutionary physiology of transitional vertebrate cardio-respiratory systems and the neural control of the heart in transitional vertebrates.
Selected publications
Meyers, Roy S. (2006) "Using web-HUMAN To Teach Classical Physiological Relationships." Proceedings- 20th Annual Conference of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (Abstr), May, 2006. (workshop- University of Texas At Austin)
Meyers, Roy S. (2005) "Using Normalized Data Plots in web-HUMAN To Teach Integrated Systems Responses." Proceedings- 19th Annual Conference of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (Abstr), June, 2005. (workshop)
Meyers, Roy S. (2004) "Teaching Systems Physiology and Pathophysiology Concepts with web-HUMAN." Human Anatomy and Physiology Society. June 16, 2004. (workshop)
Meyers, Roy S. (2003) "Use of the web-HUMAN Simulation to Teach Clinical Physiology Concepts." Human Anatomy and Physiology Society. June 4, 2003. (workshop)
Meyers, R. and Geoffrion,L. (2002) "Web-HUMAN: A comprehensive systems physiology teaching simulation is available on the web." Society For Integrative and Comparative Biology, Jan. 5, 2002. (presentation)
Meyers, Roy S. (2002) "Use of the web-HUMAN Simulation to Teach Systems Physiology Concepts." Human Anatomy and Physiology Society. May 28, 2002. (workshop)
Shi, H., Hamm P.H., Meyers, R.S., Lawler, R.G. and Jackson, D.C. (1997). "Mechanisms of pHi recovery from NH4Cl-induced acidosis in anoxic isolated turtle heart: a 31P-NMR study." American Journal of Physiology 272 (Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 41), R6-R15.
Watson, C.L., Meyers, R.S. and Jackson, D.C. (1993). "Intracellular pH regulation by acidotic turtle cardiomyocytes." The FASEB Journal (7): (Abstr.).
†Bernard Possidente
Professor of Biology
B.A., Wesleyan University
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Postdoctoral associate, University of Iowa
NSF postdoctoral fellow, Florida State University
Dana Science Center 343
518-580-5082
bposside@skidmore.edu
Research interest: genetic analysis of biological clock function in mouse and fruit fly model systems.
Selected publications
Bullough, JD, Figueiro, MG, Possidente, BP, Parsons, RH, Rea, MS (2005) "Univariance in Murine Circadian Phototransmission." Zoological Science, 22:223-227.
McGinnis, M.Y., Lumia, A.R., *Breuer, M.E. and B. Possidente (2002). "Physical Provocation Potentiates Aggression in Rats Receiving Anabolic Androgenic Steroids." Hormones and Behavior, 41:101-110.
Gotter, A.L., Manganaro, T., Weaver, D., Kolakowski, L.F. Jr., Possidente, B., Sathyanarayanan S., MacLaughlin, D.T. and S.M. Reppert. (2000) "A Time-less Function for Mouse Timeless." Nature Neuroscience, 3, 755-756.
Possidente, B., Lumia, A.R., McGinnis, M.Y., Pratt, C. and C. Page. (2000) "Chronobiological Dimensions of an Olfactory Bulbectomized Rodent Animal Model for Agitated Depression Biological Rhythm" Research, 31, 416-434.
Associate Professors
†Denise Evert
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Gettysburg College
M.A., Wesleyan University
M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Post-doctoral: Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine
Tisch Learning Center 149
518-580-5303
devert@skidmore.edu
Research interest: the neuropsychology of attentional processing, specifically hemispheric specialization of spatial and object-based visual attention, and emotional processing in healthy undergraduates.
Selected publications
Evert, D. L., & Kmen, M. (2003). "Hemispheric asymmetries for global and local processing as a function of stimulus exposure duration." Brain and Cognition, 51(1), 115-142.
Evert, D. L., McGlinchey-Berroth, R., Verfaellie, M., & Milberg, W. P. (2003). "Hemispheric asymmetries for selective attention apparent with increased task demands in healthy participants." Brain and Cognition, 53, 34-41.
Evert, D. L., & Oscar-Berman, M. (2001). "Selective attentional processing and the right hemisphere: Effects of aging and alcoholism." Neuropsychology, 15(4), 452-461.
Oscar-Berman, M., & Evert, D. L. (1997). "Alcoholic Korsakoff's Syndrome." In P. D. Nussbaum (Ed.), Handbook of Neuropsychology and Aging, 201-215. New York: Plenum Press.
Evert, D. L., & Oscar-Berman, M. (1995). "Alcohol-related cognitive impairments—An overview of how alcoholism may affect the workings of the brain." Alcohol Health & Research World, 19(2), 89-96.
Corey Freeman-Gallant
Associate Professor of Biology
Chair, Department of Biology
A.B., Bowdoin College
Ph.D., Cornell University
Dana Science Center 372
518-580-5086
cfreeman@skidmore.edu
Research interests: ornithology, molecular and behavioral ecology, and evolution. His research uses molecular DNA techniques to explore the adaptive significance of avian reproductive behavior. Most recently, his work has focused on the ecology and evolution of female mate fidelity, and he is currently assessing the importance of genetic compatibility to social and genetic mate choice in Savannah sparrows . He teaches courses in evolution, evolutionary biology, population biology and ornithology.
Selected publications
Mitchell DP, PO Dunn, LA Whittingham & CR Freeman-Gallant (2007) "Attractive male provide less parental care in two populations of the common yellowthroat." Animal Behaviour. In press.
Freeman-Gallant CR, NT Wheelwright, KE Meiklejohn* & SV Sollecito (2006) "Genetic similarity, extra-pair paternity, and offspring quality in Savannah sparrows." Behavioral Ecology 17: 952-958.
Wheelwright NT, CR Freeman-Gallant & RA Mauck (2006) "Asymmetrical incest avoidance in the choice of social and genetic mates." Animal Behaviour 71: 631-639.
Freeman-Gallant CR, NT Wheelwright, KE Meiklejohn*, SL States* & SV Sollecito (2005) "Little effect of extra-pair paternity on the opportunity for sexual selection in Savannah sparrows." Evolution 59: 422-430.
Freeman-Gallant CR, M Meguerdichian*, NT Wheelwright & SV Sollecito (2003) "Social pairing and female mating fidelity predicted by RFLP similarity at the major histocompatibility complex in a songbird." Molecular Ecology 12: 3077-3083.
Freeman-Gallant CR, MD Rothstein (1999) "Apparent heritability of parental care in Savannah sparrows." Auk 116, 1132-1136.
Freeman-Gallant CR (1998) "Fitness consequences of male parental care in Savannah sparrows." Behavioral Ecology 9, 486-492.
Flip Phillips
Associate Professor of Psychology
Director, Neuroscience Program
B.F.A., M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University
Tisch Learning Center 155
518-580-5313
flip@skidmore.edu
Research interest: the perception of solid shape, perception of texture, and the psychology of aesthetics.
Selected publications
Phillips, F. (2000). "A genetic methodology." Journal of Mathematical Psychology, in press.
Phillips, F., Todd, J.T., Koenderink, U., & Kappers. AML. (1997). "Perceptual localization of features on smoothly curved surfaces," Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23, 1481-1492.
Monica Raveret-Richter
Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., M.S., University of Wisconsin
Ph.D., Cornell University
Postdoctoral research, University of Miami
Dana Science Center 370
518-580-5083
mrichter@skidmore.edu
Research interests: how past experience, sensory cues, resource distribution and interactions among foragers influence the resource choice of social insects and birds.
Selected publications
Raveret Richter, M. (2000). "Social wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) foraging behavior." Annual Review of Entomology 45: 121-150.
Raveret Richter, M. A. & Waddington, K.D. (1993). "Increases and decreases in food quality: Effects of experience on honey bee perception and behavior." Animal Behaviour 46, 123-128.
Assistant Professors
Jennifer Bonner
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., University of New Hampshire
Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Postdoctoral research, University of Utah
Dana Science Center 347
518-580-5089
jbonner@skidmore.edu
Research Interest: understanding how individual neurons can navigate to their targets. She is using genetic and gene knock down technology to dissect the functional roles of individual axon guidance molecules.
Selected Publications
Lewis JL, Bonner J, Modrell M, Ragland JW, Moon RT, Dorsky RI, Raible DW. "Reiterated Wnt signaling during zebrafish neural crest development." Development. 2004 Mar;131(6):1299-308.
Bonner J, Gerrow KA, O'Connor TP. "The tibial-1 pioneer pathway: an in vivo model for neuronal outgrowth and guidance." Methods Cell Biol. 2003;71:171-93.
Bonner J, Auld V, O'Connor T. "Migrating mesoderm establish a uniform distribution of laminin in the developing grasshopper embryo." Dev Biol. 2002 Sep 1;249(1):57-73.
Bonner J, O'Connor TP. "The permissive cue laminin is essential for growth cone turning in vivo." J Neurosci. 2001 Dec 15;21(24):9782-91.
Bonner J, O'Connor TP. "Semaphorin function in the developing invertebrate peripheral nervous system." Biochem Cell Biol. 2000;78(5):603-11.
†Hassan López
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Harvard University
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Tisch Learning Center 156
518-580-5314
hlopez@skidmore.edu
Research interests: the biological basis of sexual attraction, motivation, and courtship behavior in both males and females.
Selected publications
Lopez HH and Ettenberg A (2002). "Exposure to female rats produces differences in c-fos induction between sexually-naïve and experienced male rats." Brain Research, 947: 57-66.
Lopez HH and Ettenberg A (2002). "Sexually-conditioned incentives: Attenuation of motivational impact during dopamine receptor antagonism." Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 72: 65-72.
Lopez HH and Ettenberg A (2001). "Dopamine antagonism attenuates the unconditioned incentive value of estrous female cues." Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 68: 411-416.
Anita Miller
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Bucknell University
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Postdoctoral fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dana Science Center 354
518-580-8307
amiller@skidmore.edu
Research interest: mechanisms of emotional context effects and applications to developmental psychopathology.
Selected Publications
Miller, A. & Long, J. M. (2007). "Psychophysiology principles, pointers, and pitfalls." In L. A. Schmidt & S. J. Segalowitz (Eds.), Developmental psychophysiology: Theory, systems, and methods. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Miller, A. (2007). "The social neuroscience of child and adolescent depression." Brain and Cognition. In press.
Support Staff
Nancy Osberg-Otrembiak
Administrative Assistant
Tisch Learning Center 306
518-580-5021
nosberg@skidmore.edu
†Neuroscience Steering Committee
Program Director
Flip Phillips
Affiliated Faculty
Professors
David Domozych
Professor of Biology
Director, Skidmore College Microscopy Imaging Center (SMIC)
B.S., Southern Connecticut State University
Ph.D., Miami University
Postdoctoral research, Cornell University
Dana Science Center 329B
518-580-5075
ddomoz@skidmore.edu
Research Interest: plant cell walls, cell wall secretory mechanisms and the role of green algae in freshwater biofilms. His primary research tools include electron and confocal microscopy, cryofixation, immunocytochemical labeling, high-resolution light microscopy and biochemistry. Recently his lab isolated and characterized cell wall proteins, profilin, actin and myosin from the green alga Closterium, and used immunological techniques to locate the synthesis/transport of these materials within the cell.
Selected publications
Domozych, D.S., Kort, S*., Benton, S.* and Yu, T.* (2005) "The extracellular polymeric substance of the green alga Penium margaritaceum and its role in biofilm formation." Biofilms 2: 129-144.
Domozych, D.S., Roberts, R*. Danyow, C*., Flitter, R.*, Smith, B.* and Providence, K. (2003) "Plasmolysis, hechtian strand formation and localized membrane-wall adhesions in the desmid, Closterium acerosum (Chlorophyta)." Journal of Phycology 39: 1194-1206.
Domozych, D.S., Serfis, A., Kiemle, S.N. and Gretz, M.R. 2006. "The structure and biochemistry of charophycean cell walls: I. Pectins of Penium margaritaceum." Protoplasma 183: 615-632.
J. Linde, L. Morse and D. S. Domozych (2001) "Calmodulin and its role in the secretory apparatus of the desmid, Closterium." International Journal of Plant Science 162, 15-27.
Domozych, D.S. 1999. "Perturbation of the secretory network in Closterium acerosum by Na+ selective ionophores." Protoplasma 206, 41-56.
* = Skidmore Student
Hugh Foley
Professor of Psychology
B.A., St. John Fisher College
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Tisch Learning Center 101
518-580-5308
hfoley@skidmore.edu
Research interests: perception and memory, with specific interests in context effects on judgment, face perception, object recognition, and the role of effort in memory.
Selected publications
Foley, M. A., & Foley, H. J. (in press). "Source monitoring judgments about anagrams and their solutions: Evidence for the role of cognitive operations information in memory." Memory & Cognition. Accepted for publication.
Foley, M. A., Foley, H. J., *Durley, J. A., & *Maitner, A. T. (in press). "Anticipating partners’ responses: Examining item and source memory following interactive exchanges." Memory & Cognition. Accepted for publication.
Foley, H. J. (2005). "At play in the fields of Academe." In T. A. Benson, C. Burke, A. Amdstadter, R. Siney, V. Hevern, B. Beins, & W. Buskist (Eds.), The Teaching of Psychology in Autobiography: Perspectives from Exemplary Psychology Teachers.
Foley, H. J. (2003). "Carryover effect." Encyclopedia of research methods for the social sciences. Lewis-Beck, M., Bryman, A., & Liao, T. F. (Eds.) Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Foley, H. J. (2003). "0Counterbalancing." Encyclopedia of research methods for the social sciences. Lewis-Beck, M., Bryman, A., & Liao, T. F. (Eds.) Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Foley, H. J. (2003). "F distribution." Encyclopedia of research methods for the social sciences. Lewis-Beck, M., Bryman, A., & Liao, T. F. (Eds.) Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Foley, M. A., Foley, H. J., & *Korenman, L. (2002). "Adapting a memory framework (Source Monitoring) to the study of closure processes." Memory & Cognition. 30, 412-422.
Foley, M.A., Foley, H.J., & Cormier, K. ( 2000). "Developmental comparisons of source monitoring abilities: A study of face identification." In K. Roberts & M.Blades, (Eds.), Children's Source Monitoring. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Matlin, M., & Foley, H.J. (1997). Sensation and Perception. New York: Allyn & Bacon.
Mary Ann Foley
Professor of Psychology
Chair, Department of Psychology
Class of 1948 Professor for Excellence in Teaching
B.A., Nazareth College of Rochester
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Tisch Learning Center 142
518-580-5302
mfoley@skidmore.edu
Research interests: the study of cognitive processes in a variety of contexts. Recent research focuses on such topics as children's memory confusions, the role of imaginal processing in remembering, factors influencing object recognition and self misattribution biases.
Selected publications
Foley, M.A., Wozniak, K., & Gillum, A. 2006 (last two are student co-authors) "Imagination and false memory induction: Investigating the role of process, content, and source of imaginations." Applied Cognitive Psychology
Foley, M. A., & Foley, H. J. (2006). "Source monitoring judgments about anagrams and their solutions: Evidence for the role of cognitive operations information in memory." Memory & Cognition
Foley, M.A., Foley, H. J., Durley,* J. A., & Maitner,*A. T. (2006). "Anticipating partners’ responses: Examining item and source memory following interactive exchanges." Memory & Cognition.
Foley, M.A., Foley, H. J., & Korenman, L. (2002). "Adapting a Memory Framework to the Study of Closure Processes." Memory & Cognition, 30, 412-422.
Foley, M.A., Ratner, H. H.., & House, T. (2002). "Anticipation and Source-Monitoring Errors: Children's Memory for Collaborative Activities." Journal of Cognition and Development, 3, 385-414.
†Roy Meyers
Professor of Biology
A.B., Brown University
Ph.D., State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
Dana Science Center 345
518-580-5079
rmeyers@skidmore.edu
Research interest: evolutionary physiology of transitional vertebrate cardio-respiratory systems and the neural control of the heart in transitional vertebrates.
Selected publications
Meyers, Roy S. (2006) "Using web-HUMAN To Teach Classical Physiological Relationships." Proceedings- 20th Annual Conference of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (Abstr), May, 2006. (workshop- University of Texas At Austin)
Meyers, Roy S. (2005) "Using Normalized Data Plots in web-HUMAN To Teach Integrated Systems Responses." Proceedings- 19th Annual Conference of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (Abstr), June, 2005. (workshop)
Meyers, Roy S. (2004) "Teaching Systems Physiology and Pathophysiology Concepts with web-HUMAN." Human Anatomy and Physiology Society. June 16, 2004. (workshop)
Meyers, Roy S. (2003) "Use of the web-HUMAN Simulation to Teach Clinical Physiology Concepts." Human Anatomy and Physiology Society. June 4, 2003. (workshop)
Meyers, R. and Geoffrion,L. (2002) "Web-HUMAN: A comprehensive systems physiology teaching simulation is available on the web." Society For Integrative and Comparative Biology, Jan. 5, 2002. (presentation)
Meyers, Roy S. (2002) "Use of the web-HUMAN Simulation to Teach Systems Physiology Concepts." Human Anatomy and Physiology Society. May 28, 2002. (workshop)
Shi, H., Hamm P.H., Meyers, R.S., Lawler, R.G. and Jackson, D.C. (1997). "Mechanisms of pHi recovery from NH4Cl-induced acidosis in anoxic isolated turtle heart: a 31P-NMR study." American Journal of Physiology 272 (Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 41), R6-R15.
Watson, C.L., Meyers, R.S. and Jackson, D.C. (1993). "Intracellular pH regulation by acidotic turtle cardiomyocytes." The FASEB Journal (7): (Abstr.).
†Bernard Possidente
Professor of Biology
B.A., Wesleyan University
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Postdoctoral associate, University of Iowa
NSF postdoctoral fellow, Florida State University
Dana Science Center 343
518-580-5082
bposside@skidmore.edu
Research interest: genetic analysis of biological clock function in mouse and fruit fly model systems.
Selected publications
Bullough, JD, Figueiro, MG, Possidente, BP, Parsons, RH, Rea, MS (2005) "Univariance in Murine Circadian Phototransmission." Zoological Science, 22:223-227.
McGinnis, M.Y., Lumia, A.R., *Breuer, M.E. and B. Possidente (2002). "Physical Provocation Potentiates Aggression in Rats Receiving Anabolic Androgenic Steroids." Hormones and Behavior, 41:101-110.
Gotter, A.L., Manganaro, T., Weaver, D., Kolakowski, L.F. Jr., Possidente, B., Sathyanarayanan S., MacLaughlin, D.T. and S.M. Reppert. (2000) "A Time-less Function for Mouse Timeless." Nature Neuroscience, 3, 755-756.
Possidente, B., Lumia, A.R., McGinnis, M.Y., Pratt, C. and C. Page. (2000) "Chronobiological Dimensions of an Olfactory Bulbectomized Rodent Animal Model for Agitated Depression Biological Rhythm" Research, 31, 416-434.
Associate Professors
†Denise Evert
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Gettysburg College
M.A., Wesleyan University
M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Post-doctoral: Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine
Tisch Learning Center 149
518-580-5303
devert@skidmore.edu
Research interest: the neuropsychology of attentional processing, specifically hemispheric specialization of spatial and object-based visual attention, and emotional processing in healthy undergraduates.
Selected publications
Evert, D. L., & Kmen, M. (2003). "Hemispheric asymmetries for global and local processing as a function of stimulus exposure duration." Brain and Cognition, 51(1), 115-142.
Evert, D. L., McGlinchey-Berroth, R., Verfaellie, M., & Milberg, W. P. (2003). "Hemispheric asymmetries for selective attention apparent with increased task demands in healthy participants." Brain and Cognition, 53, 34-41.
Evert, D. L., & Oscar-Berman, M. (2001). "Selective attentional processing and the right hemisphere: Effects of aging and alcoholism." Neuropsychology, 15(4), 452-461.
Oscar-Berman, M., & Evert, D. L. (1997). "Alcoholic Korsakoff's Syndrome." In P. D. Nussbaum (Ed.), Handbook of Neuropsychology and Aging, 201-215. New York: Plenum Press.
Evert, D. L., & Oscar-Berman, M. (1995). "Alcohol-related cognitive impairments—An overview of how alcoholism may affect the workings of the brain." Alcohol Health & Research World, 19(2), 89-96.
Corey Freeman-Gallant
Associate Professor of Biology
Chair, Department of Biology
A.B., Bowdoin College
Ph.D., Cornell University
Dana Science Center 372
518-580-5086
cfreeman@skidmore.edu
Research interests: ornithology, molecular and behavioral ecology, and evolution. His research uses molecular DNA techniques to explore the adaptive significance of avian reproductive behavior. Most recently, his work has focused on the ecology and evolution of female mate fidelity, and he is currently assessing the importance of genetic compatibility to social and genetic mate choice in Savannah sparrows . He teaches courses in evolution, evolutionary biology, population biology and ornithology.
Selected publications
Mitchell DP, PO Dunn, LA Whittingham & CR Freeman-Gallant (2007) "Attractive male provide less parental care in two populations of the common yellowthroat." Animal Behaviour. In press.
Freeman-Gallant CR, NT Wheelwright, KE Meiklejohn* & SV Sollecito (2006) "Genetic similarity, extra-pair paternity, and offspring quality in Savannah sparrows." Behavioral Ecology 17: 952-958.
Wheelwright NT, CR Freeman-Gallant & RA Mauck (2006) "Asymmetrical incest avoidance in the choice of social and genetic mates." Animal Behaviour 71: 631-639.
Freeman-Gallant CR, NT Wheelwright, KE Meiklejohn*, SL States* & SV Sollecito (2005) "Little effect of extra-pair paternity on the opportunity for sexual selection in Savannah sparrows." Evolution 59: 422-430.
Freeman-Gallant CR, M Meguerdichian*, NT Wheelwright & SV Sollecito (2003) "Social pairing and female mating fidelity predicted by RFLP similarity at the major histocompatibility complex in a songbird." Molecular Ecology 12: 3077-3083.
Freeman-Gallant CR, MD Rothstein (1999) "Apparent heritability of parental care in Savannah sparrows." Auk 116, 1132-1136.
Freeman-Gallant CR (1998) "Fitness consequences of male parental care in Savannah sparrows." Behavioral Ecology 9, 486-492.
Flip Phillips
Associate Professor of Psychology
Director, Neuroscience Program
B.F.A., M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University
Tisch Learning Center 155
518-580-5313
flip@skidmore.edu
Research interest: the perception of solid shape, perception of texture, and the psychology of aesthetics.
Selected publications
Phillips, F. (2000). "A genetic methodology." Journal of Mathematical Psychology, in press.
Phillips, F., Todd, J.T., Koenderink, U., & Kappers. AML. (1997). "Perceptual localization of features on smoothly curved surfaces," Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23, 1481-1492.
Monica Raveret-Richter
Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., M.S., University of Wisconsin
Ph.D., Cornell University
Postdoctoral research, University of Miami
Dana Science Center 370
518-580-5083
mrichter@skidmore.edu
Research interests: how past experience, sensory cues, resource distribution and interactions among foragers influence the resource choice of social insects and birds.
Selected publications
Raveret Richter, M. (2000). "Social wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) foraging behavior." Annual Review of Entomology 45: 121-150.
Raveret Richter, M. A. & Waddington, K.D. (1993). "Increases and decreases in food quality: Effects of experience on honey bee perception and behavior." Animal Behaviour 46, 123-128.
Assistant Professors
Jennifer Bonner
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., University of New Hampshire
Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Postdoctoral research, University of Utah
Dana Science Center 347
518-580-5089
jbonner@skidmore.edu
Research Interest: understanding how individual neurons can navigate to their targets. She is using genetic and gene knock down technology to dissect the functional roles of individual axon guidance molecules.
Selected Publications
Lewis JL, Bonner J, Modrell M, Ragland JW, Moon RT, Dorsky RI, Raible DW. "Reiterated Wnt signaling during zebrafish neural crest development." Development. 2004 Mar;131(6):1299-308.
Bonner J, Gerrow KA, O'Connor TP. "The tibial-1 pioneer pathway: an in vivo model for neuronal outgrowth and guidance." Methods Cell Biol. 2003;71:171-93.
Bonner J, Auld V, O'Connor T. "Migrating mesoderm establish a uniform distribution of laminin in the developing grasshopper embryo." Dev Biol. 2002 Sep 1;249(1):57-73.
Bonner J, O'Connor TP. "The permissive cue laminin is essential for growth cone turning in vivo." J Neurosci. 2001 Dec 15;21(24):9782-91.
Bonner J, O'Connor TP. "Semaphorin function in the developing invertebrate peripheral nervous system." Biochem Cell Biol. 2000;78(5):603-11.
†Hassan López
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Harvard University
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Tisch Learning Center 156
518-580-5314
hlopez@skidmore.edu
Research interests: the biological basis of sexual attraction, motivation, and courtship behavior in both males and females.
Selected publications
Lopez HH and Ettenberg A (2002). "Exposure to female rats produces differences in c-fos induction between sexually-naïve and experienced male rats." Brain Research, 947: 57-66.
Lopez HH and Ettenberg A (2002). "Sexually-conditioned incentives: Attenuation of motivational impact during dopamine receptor antagonism." Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 72: 65-72.
Lopez HH and Ettenberg A (2001). "Dopamine antagonism attenuates the unconditioned incentive value of estrous female cues." Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 68: 411-416.
Anita Miller
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Bucknell University
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Postdoctoral fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dana Science Center 354
518-580-8307
amiller@skidmore.edu
Research interest: mechanisms of emotional context effects and applications to developmental psychopathology.
Selected Publications
Miller, A. & Long, J. M. (2007). "Psychophysiology principles, pointers, and pitfalls." In L. A. Schmidt & S. J. Segalowitz (Eds.), Developmental psychophysiology: Theory, systems, and methods. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Miller, A. (2007). "The social neuroscience of child and adolescent depression." Brain and Cognition. In press.
Support Staff
Nancy Osberg-Otrembiak
Administrative Assistant
Tisch Learning Center 306
518-580-5021
nosberg@skidmore.edu
†Neuroscience Steering Committee
