Frank M. Scalzo, PhD
Associate Professor in Psychology (Neuroscience)
Director of the Psychology Program
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Education and Training:
- B.A. St. Bonaventure University
- M.A. State University of New York at Binghamton
- Ph.D. State University of New York at Binghamton
Prior Faculty Position:
- University of Arkansas Medical School
The Bard Neuroscience Research Laboratory provides research opportunities in several areas of neuroscience. These include vertebrate and invertebrate behavior, immunohisotchemistry, behavioral pharmacology, neurobehavioral teratology, neuroanatomy and molecular biology. Laboratory research integrates the research interests of students and faculty and is focused on understanding the behavioral and neurobiological effects of exposure to chemical substances whose primary mechanism of action are through the nervous system. Research is conducted using adult and developing zebrafish (Danio rerio) as an animal model. Zebrafish provide an excellent model system in which to investigate a variety of behavioral and pharmacological effects because of their rapid growth and transparency during the embryonic stage that allows for the visualization of neuronal and other structures. Current research is focused on understanding the functional role of n-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor systems in zebrafish and how these systems can be perturbed by chemical insults. Behavioral, neuroanatomical, psychopharmacological and molecular techniques are used in these investigations.
Sarah Dunphy-Lelii, PhD
Assistant Professor in Psychology (Developmental Psychology)
Other Affiliations: Mind, Brain, & Behavior Program; Gender and Sexuality Studies
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Website: http://cdp.bard.edu/
Education and Training:
- B.A. Pennsylvania State University
- Ph.D. University of Michigan
Professor Dunphy-Lelii’s undergraduate education focused on child cognitive development, after which she became project coordinator for the Cognitive Evolution Group at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, studying cognition in chimpanzees. Professor Dunphy-Lelii pursued graduate work with a different population (human preschoolers) but very similar theoretical topics – for example, the ways that young individuals think about the minds of others, and how they reason about unseeable behaviors such as thoughts, beliefs, and desires. While in graduate school, she became intrigued by how the specific case of autism might shed some light on these same topics. In particular, an interest in how all different kinds of children learn to distinguish self from other (in terms of perspective-taking, memory, and imitation) emerged. At Bard, Professor Dunphy-Lelii has returned to her primary interest in the early cognitive development of typically developing preschoolers. Here, she uses her research experience with typical children, children with autism, and primates to influence her theoretical work.
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Richard Gordon, PhD
Research Professor and Professor Emeritus of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
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Education and Training:
- B.A. Harvard College
- M.A. Graduate Faculty of New School University
- Ph.D. Graduate Faculty of New School University
Professor Gordon has principal research interests in the etiology and treatment of psychological disorders and cultural influences on psychopathology.
Andrew Gallup, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor in Psychology
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Gallup CV_Bard.pdf
Website: http://evolution.binghamton.edu/evos/people/acgallup/
Kristin Lane, PhD
Assistant Professor in Psychology (Social Psychology)
Other Affiliations: Mind, Brain, & Behavior Progam; Gender and Sexuality Studies
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lane.vita.082112.pdf
Website: http://psychexp.bard.edu
Education and Training:
- B.A. University of Virginia
- M.S. Yale University
- Ph.D. Harvard University
- Post-Doctoral Fellow Harvard University
Professor Lane is interested in how social thought, feeling, and behavior operate in a social context. With robust empirical evidence from the last few decades demonstrating how much of mental life takes place outside our conscious awareness has come the realization that people may hold two sets of attitudes toward a given object. Professor Lane is interested in implicit attitudes and beliefs (those that exist outside the bounds of conscious awareness and cannot be verbally reported evidence). In particular, her research focuses on implicit attitudes toward and beliefs about members of different social groups (race, class, gender, etc.). She investigates the fundamental ways in which such attitudes, identities, and beliefs operate: How do they form, and how are they connected? At the same time, Professor Lane is interested in ways in which such cognitions operate in the real world, and how an understanding of them can be applied to domains outside of the lab.
http://psychexp.bard.edu
Stuart Levine, PhD
Professor in Psychology (Social Psychology)
Dean Emeritus of Bard College
Dean of Bard High School
Education and Training:
- B.A. New York University
- M.A. New School University
- Ph.D. SUNY Albany
Prior Faculty Position:
- Philadelphia State Hospital
Professor Levine’s research interests include social psychology, specifically obedience to authority, conformity, attitude measurement, and change; small-group dynamics; moral development; statistics; and experimental design.
Barbara Luka, PhD
Assistant Professor in Psychology; Director Mind, Brain, and Behavior Program
Other Affiliations: Linguistics; Mind, Brain, & Behavior
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BARBARA LUKA CV 2012.pdf
Website: http://inside.bard.edu/~luka
Education and Training:
- B.A. Lawrence University
- Ph.D. University of Chicago
- Post-Doctoral Fellow Institute for Mind and Biology (Universit of Chicago)
- Post-Doctoral Fellow University of Arizona Tucson
Prior Faculty Positions:
- DePaul University and Saint Xavier University
Professor Luka’s training, research, and teaching are driven by a fascination with the representation of knowledge, especially linguistic knowledge. As an undergraduate, her interest in language was the reason she chose to concentrate in multidisciplinary studies, developing a student-designed major in Linguistics. Her graduate and post-doctoral work pursued the cognitive and neural bases of linguistic representations. She brings an extensive background in linguistics, cognitive science, and psychology to investigate the question, “How does a physical organ like the brain allow us to experience meaning in language?” Prof. Luka’s research draws on theories of linguistics and human memory, but also demonstrates that our experiences of linguistic meaning are grounded in cognitive representations of our bodies, goals, emotions, and actions. She and her students use a variety of behavioral and psychophysiological methods to test theories of language comprehension. Some of their most recent studies examine figurative language. This is because in using expressions such as metaphors, speakers are able to evoke meanings that are much greater than that expressed in words alone. Current investigations in her lab show that natural language and colloquial expressions offer surprising exceptions to even the most well-established linguistic theories.
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