EDUCATION

Degree/Date Awarded                                Institution                                Major Area of study

             Ph.D./ 1988                 University of Massachusetts-Amherst          Psychology (Experimental)

                           Dissertation- "An investigation of polysaccharide taste and appetite in the rat"

              M.S. / 1982             University of Massachusetts -Amherst         Psychology  (Experimental)

                              Thesis - " The effect of  naloxone on conditioned suppression in  rats"

               B.S. /1979                       Brooklyn College - CUNY                                      Psychology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor                                                                Seton Hall University                              1995-present

Assistant Professor                                                                Seton Hall University                               1989-1995

Postdoctoral Research Associate                                           Rutgers University                                1988-1989

Assistant Research Scientist                                              Brooklyn College - CUNY                         1985-1988

Adjunct Lecturer                                                                 College of Staten Island-CUNY                 1986-1988

OTHER ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Director of Graduate Studies, MS program in Experimental Psychology 2004 - 2008

Chair of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)1999 - 2008

Academic Advisor (students with last names beginning with N - Z)

Coordinator of the Undergraduate Psychology Honor's Program  1997 - present

Psychology Club Advisor  1989 - 1998