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Teaching
Although I am broadly interested in all things Psychology and like to teach a variety of courses within the department, my specialized training is in the neurosciences. If you are interested in the biological basis of behavior and mental processes, I encourage you to consider enrolling in PSY 403 and I invite you to meet with me to discuss your interests.
What can you expect from my courses? Like other professors within the BU Psychology Department, I emphasize the scientific method as a foundational principle in the quest to understand behavioral processes. Typically, I expect students to exit my classes with an ability to engage the scientific literature, to gain proficiency with science writing style, and to become increasingly savvy consumers of scientific information. I also hope to orient students to the professional demands and opportunities of psychology, and to assist you in maximizing your post-graduate outcomes.
PSY 104 Principles of Psychology: Social Forces and Individual Behavior
Impact of social forces and institutions on individual behavior; interaction between individual and social environment.
PSY 306 Experimental Psychology
Basic principles of research design and interpretation; emphasis on experimental method. Laboratory work in human learning. ( Prerequisite: PSY 205 or consent of instructor.)
PSY 403 Physiological Psychology
Physiological bases of behavior; emphasis on the neural structure and functional concomitants of receptor and effector processes, motivation, emotion and learning. (Prerequisite: 6 hrs of psychology; 3 hrs of biology or consent of instructor.)
PSY 405 Issues in Applied Psychology: Psychology of Addiction
Addiction examined from psychological, biological, social and clinical perspectives. Emphasis on the mechanisms by which drugs evoke changes in behavioral, affective and cognitive functions. The factors that influence the development of drug policy are explored.
PSY 406 Issues in Theoretical Psych: Neuroscience of Mental Disorders
Discussion of functional anatomy of the central nervous system and cellular mechanisms of brain function. Exploration of methods and advances in behavioral and clinical neuroscience as they relate to the etiology, expression and treatment of major neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
PSY 439 History of Psychology
Conceptual origins, problems and controversies, and ideas that gave rise to modern psychology. (Prerequisite: 15 hrs of psychology or consent of instructor.)