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Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow (1985-1987), Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Brain Research Institute, Department of Anatomy, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Ph.D. Experimental Psychology (1985), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
  • B.S. Psychology (1981), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

Professional Experience

  • 2023- present Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence
  • 2019- 2023 Department Head of Earth Sciences
  • 2019- present Chair of the MSU IACUC
  • 2018- 2019 Presidential Faculty Leadership Fellow
  • 2017-present Chair of Conflict of Interest Committee
  • 2017-2018 Chair of Faculty Senate (second term)
  • 2016-2017 Chair of Faculty Senate
  • 2015- 2016 Chair Elect MSU Faculty Senate
  • 2013- 2019 Chair of MSU Institutional Biosafety Committee
  • 2003-present: Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Montana State University,
  • Bozeman, MT.
  • 2007- 2019. Affiliate Faculty, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience.
  • 2004-present. Affiliate Faculty Division of Health Sciences.
  • 2004- 2007. Graduate Program Director, Department of Psychology Master’s Program in Applied Psychology.
  • 2007-2013. Chair of MSU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).
  • 2003-2007. Vice-Chair of MSU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
  • (IACUC).
  • 2004: Visiting ResearchProfessor (sabbatical), Department of Psychology, University of Otago, New Zealand.
  • 2002-present: Faculty Affiliate, Complex Biological Systems program, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience, Montana State University. Bozeman MT.
  • 1998-2003: Department Chair, Department of Psychology, Montana State University,
  • 1995-2003: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Montana State University,
  • 1991-1995: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Montana State University,
  • 1987-1991: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
  • 1986-1987: Instructor, Department of Psychology, Santa Monica Community College, Santa Monica, CA.
  • 1985-1987: Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Brain Research Institute, Department of Anatomy, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.

Awards and Honors

  • MSU President's Teaching Innovation Award (2017)
  • College of Letters & Science Outstanding Teaching Award (2013).
  • MSU President's Excellence in Teaching Award Nominee (2012).
  • MSU Provost Mentoring Award (2011).
  • MSU Provost Mentoring Award Nominee (2010).
  • William Battig Memorial Lecturer. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Annual Meeting (2008).
  • Alumni Associate/Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Award of Excellence, Montana State University (2003).
  • MSU Alumni Association/Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Award of Excellence (1996, 2003).
  • Idaho/Montana American Heart Association Research Committee Member (1996-99).
  • External Reviewer for Merit Proposals, Department of Veterans Affairs (1997).
  • NIH/NIGM Review Panel (1996).
  • National American Heart Association Affiliate Study Group Member (1995-98).
  • Montana State University Mortar Board Professor of the Month (1995).

Representative Publications

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