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Nov 23, 2021 • Connor Fogel
On the second floor of Arcadia University’s Boyer Hall, Katelin Decker ‘22 and Michelle Frank ‘23 pull on rubber gloves and huddle at the biosafety hood in the compact Tissue Culture Lab. The Biology majors are growing cancer cells to test a promising compound—an early step on the road to...
Jul 27, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
By Katherine Haines '21, '22 Assistant Professors of Psychology Dr. Juan Duque and Dr. Logan Fields, Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Katherine Moore, and Professor of Psychology Dr. Steve Robbins are collaborating this summer with students to conduct in-person laboratory research...
Jul 7, 2021 • Caitlin Burns
By Katherine Haines '21, '22 “We made a huge change in our lives, and now we are expected to snap our fingers and go back to the way things were,” said Psychology Instructor Dr. Alison Clabaugh. “I just don't think that's going to be the way that it works for a lot of people.” As...
I graduated from University of Maryland with a BS in Psychology and received my Masters/PhD from University of Nebraska in Psychology (Neuroscience and Behavior). My interests and experience have always been multi-disciplinary with many toes in biology as well as psychology. I teach primarily Intro Psych (PY111), Learning and Cognition (PY221), and Behavioral Neuroscience (PY222). In addition to teacing, I manage Arcadia's Rat Lab and have an active research agenda.
Why do some humans behave generously (holding door open for strangers, anonymously donating to charity), while other humans behave more selfishly (don’t share food/belongings with others)? How do we balance self-interest with altruistic desires?
My research interests are in understanding the when/how/why of generosity. For example, which factors most influence “how generous” you are likely to be toward a particular individual? If asked to share your meal: You’re likely to treat an absolute stranger differently than your own spouse, parent, child, or even close friend. Likewise, nonhuman animals often make decisions that either positively or negatively impact others and show considerable variation in the degree of their generosity. By using a variety of behavioral and physiological techniques, basic animal research can identify simple processes also found in humans and begin to explain the when/how/why of our own generosity... (or lackthereof!). I look forward to sharing my research and collaborating with students in the years to come!
PsychoPharmocology, altruism/generosity, behavioral effects of CBD
Hometown
Northern New Jersey
Languages
Spanish, English
University of Nebraska 2019
PhD, Major in Psychology
Minor in Neuroscience and Behavior