Dr. Stephen Fountain (Emeritus) - Animal Cognition research dealing with animal models of complex learning and memory processes. Neurobehavioral teratology research dealing with animal models of adult cognitive impairments caused by exposure to drugs such as nicotine during adolescence. Behavioral neuroscience research dealing with brain correlates of complex cognition in animals, especially the role of cholinergic and glutamatergic neurotransmitter systems in cognition. Cognitive science research dealing with computational modeling of complex cognitive behavior.
Dr. David Riccio (Emeritus) - Animal models to study amnesia with a focus on role retrieval cues in alleviating deficits. Research also on loss of precision of memory for stimulus features over time.
Dr. F. Robert Treichler (Emeritus) studies animal models of learning and memory as instruments for assessing neurological function, with an emphasis on nonhuman primate tests of multiple problem integration.
Representative Behavioral Neuroscience Graduates and Current Positions
Vahram Haroutunian, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Rick Richardson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Charles Mactutus, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and former Chair of the Department, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Stephen Ahlers, Ph.D., Director, Operational and Undersea Medicine Directorate at Naval Medical Research Center, Washington, DC
James D. Rowan III, Ph.D., 1993, Professor of Psychology & Director of the Neuroscience Program, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA
Robert Flint, Ph.D., 1997, Professor, St. Rose College, Albany, NY
Mitchell Metzger, Ph.D., 1997, Professor and Chair, Ashland University, Ashland, OH
Angela Burch-Vernon, Ph.D., 1998, Associate Professor, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Steven Harrod, Ph.D., 1999, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Douglas G. Wallace, Ph.D., 2000, Associate Professor of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
- Winner of the 2003 APA Publication Award for the article resulting from his Master's Thesis at Kent State.
Gretchen Hanson Gotthard, Ph.D., 2002, Associate Professor, Muhlenberg College
Paula Millin, Ph.D., 2003, Associate Professor, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Matthew Anderson, Ph.D., 2004, Associate Professor, St. Josephs College, Philadelphia, PA
Elizabeth Caldwell, Ph.D., 2004, Assistant Professor, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Eve Sledjeski, Ph.D., 2005, Instructor, Rowan University
Melissa D. Muller, Ph.D., 2006, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH
James Briggs, Ph.D., 2006, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
Beth Fischer, Ph.D., 2007, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nicole Nugent, Ph.D., 2007, Assistant Professor (Research), Alpert Brown Medical School
Jessica Boarts, Ph.D., 2008, Research Associate, Western Psychiatric Clinic Pittsburgh
Shannon M. A. Kundey, Ph.D., 2008, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Hood College, Frederick, MD
Sarah Ostrowski, Ph.D., 2008, Research Program Director, Akron Children's Hospital
Ihori Kobayashi, Ph.D., 2009, Postdoctoral Fellow, Howard University
Aaron Armelie, Ph.D., 2010, Private Practice, New Orleans
Amber Chenoweth, Ph.D., 2010, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Hiram College, Hiram, OH
Leah Irish, Ph.D., 2011, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Keri Pinna, Ph.D., 2011, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota
Laura R. G. Pickens, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Thiel College, Greenville, PA
Patrick Cullen, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow at U Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2012).
In addition, before beginning academic careers, earlier Ph.D. students have taken postdoctoral positions at institutions such as Princeton, Cornell, U of VT (UVM), Tufts, and Case-Western Reserve.