2024 Seminar Series

Dr. Marcus Holmes

Date: October 22, 2024, Time: 4:00 – 5:00PM (PT)
Speaker: Marcus Holmes, PhD
Professor of Government
Chair, Department of Government
Director, Political Psychology and International Relations Lab (PPIR)
Co-Director, Social Science Research Methods Center (SSRMC)
William & Mary

Topic: The Social Neuroscience Behind Face-to-Face Diplomacy

Location: Herklotz Conference Room and also Telecast via Zoom, passcode: 764583

Debra Bangasser, PhD

Date: July 9, 2024, Time: 4:00 – 5:00PM (PT)
Speaker: Debra Bangasser, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Director, Center for Behavioral neuroscience
Georgia State University,

Topic: Early resource scarcity causes lasting changes in cognition and motivated behavior

Location: Plumwood House and also Telecast via Zoom, passcode: 764583

Cate Hartley

Date: June 18, 2024, Time: 4:00 – 5:00PM (PT)
Speaker: Cate Hartley, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychology and Neural Science
New York University

Topic: Interactive Development of Reinforcement Learning and Episodic Memory

Location: Herklotz Conference Room and also Telecast via Zoom, passcode: 764583

Mario Penzo

Date: May 21, 2024, Time: 4:00 – 5:00PM (PT)
Speaker: Mario Penzo, PhD
Senior Investigator
Unit on the Neurobiology of Affective Memory
National Institute of Mental Health

Topic: The Midline Thalamus and the Control of Goal-Oriented Behaviors

Location: Plumwood House (Across From Medical Education) and also Telecast via Zoom, passcode: 764583

Seth Pollak HEADSHOT

Date: February 27, 2024, Time: 4:00 – 5:00PM (PT)
Speaker: Seth Pollak, PhD
Vaughan-Bascom Distinguished University Professor
Departments of Psychology, Pediatrics, Anthropology
LaFollette School of Public Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Topic: Re-thinking Adversity: Early Life Stress from the Child's Perspective

Location: Plumwood House (Across From Medical Education) and also Telecast via Zoom, passcode: 764583

Dr. Pat Levitt

Date: January 16, 2024, Time: 4:00 – 5:00PM (PT)
Speaker: Pat Levitt, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Senior VP and Director, The Saban Research Institute
Simms/Mann Chair of Developmental Neurogenetics
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
WM Keck Provost Professor of Neurogenetics
Keck School of Medicine of USC

Topic: Functional Implications of Developmental Heterogeneity

Location: Plumwood House (Across From Medical Education) and also Telecast via Zoom, passcode: 764583