1988 Janet L. Neisewander, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: "Behavioral and neurochemical effects of chronic opiate antagonist treatment in senescent rats."
Present Position: Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
1992 Shana L. Pack (formerly Bowling), Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: "The effects of environmental enrichment on responsiveness to amphetamine in rats: Neurochemistry and behavior."
Present Position: Core Faculty in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN
1992 Cynthia A. Crawford, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: "Age‑related behavioral and neurochemical differences in the effect of irreversible antagonism of dopamine receptors in the rat."
Present Position: Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, San Bernardino, CA.
1993 James K. Rowlett, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: "Locomotor and rewarding effects of the opioid mixed agonist‑antagonist buprenorphine assessed with conditioned place preference."
Present Position: Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
2002 Thomas A. Green, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: “Environmental enrichment and incentive salience factors affecting operant responding for drug and non-drug reinforcers."
Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.
2004 Brenda J. Gehrke, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: “Effects of environmental enrichment on methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity.”
Present Position: Pharmacologist, Division of Drug Oncology Products, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD
2005 Emily Klein, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: “Cocaine and sucrose cross-sensitization.”
Present Position: Special Education Coordinator, Autism Programs, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Suwanne, GA.
2007 Dustin J. Stairs, Ph.D
Dissertation Title: Enrichment-induced differences in corticosterone: differential response to amphetamine and glucocorticoid receptor blockade in low dose amphetamine self-administration.
Present Position: Professor, Department of Psychology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
2007 Nichole Neugebauer, Ph.D
Dissertation Title: The effects of lobeline on methamphetamine-indcued conditioned place preference and dopaminergic alterations in the nucleus accumbens.
Present Position: Medical Science Liason, Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals, Rockville, MD
2011 Thomas E.Wooters, Ph.D
Dissertation Title: The Effects of Oral Methylphenidate on Cocaine-induced Hyperactivity and Cocaine Self-administration.
Present Position: Senior Medical Writer, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, CA
2011 Cassandra Gipson, Ph.D
Dissertation Title: A translational model of mood-based rash action.
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, KY
2012 Andrew C Meyer, Ph.D
Dissertation Title: Differential rearing environments affect response to novelty, amphetamine self-administration and neurochemical effect of amphetamine in Lewis and Fischer inbred rat strains: a gene x environment interaction.
Present Position: Director, US Medical Affairs, Digital Therapeutics, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc., Lexington, KY area
2014Justin Yates, Ph.D
Dissertation Title: Differential rearing environments affect response to novelty, amphetamine self-administration and neurochemical effect of amphetamine in Lewis and Fischer inbred rat strains: a gene-environment interaction.
Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
2018Virginia Weiss, Ph.D
Dissertation Title: Effects of social interaction on morphine conditined place preference in adolescent male rats.
Present Position: Senior Medical Writer, Merz Aesthetics, Monroeville, PA.
2019Sarah Maggio, Ph.D
Dissertation Title: Development of a translational model of co-use of alcohol and nicotine for testing potential pharmacotherapies.
Present Position: Program Officer, Medications Development Branch, Division of Treatment and Recovery, NIAAA, Bethesda, MD.
1993-1996 Rick A. Bevins, Ph.D. from University of Massachusetts
Present Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
1999-2002 Anthony Rauhut, Ph.D. from University of Massachusetts
Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA.
1999-2003 Steven B. Harrod, Ph.D. from Kent State University
Present Position: Professor, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2002-2004 Mary E. Cain, Ph. D. from University of Vermont
Present Position: Professor, Department of Psychology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2005-2007 Shafiqur Rahman, Ph. D. from Memorial University of Newfoundland (CANADA)
Present Position: Professor, College of Pharmacy, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
2006-2007 Jennifer L Perry, Ph. D. from University of Minnesota
Present Position: Visiting Assitant Professor, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
2008-2010 Julie A Marusich, Ph. D. from University of Florida
Present Position: Research Pharmacologist, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC
2010-2013 Carrie Wilmouth, Ph. D. from Binghampton University
Present Position: Professor, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
2008-2014 Joshua S Beckmann, Ph. D. from Southern Illinois University: Brain and Cognitive Science Program
Present Position: Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
2014-2016 Dolores Vasquez-Sanroman, Ph. D. from Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Oklahoma State University Center
for Health Sciences, Stillwater, Oklahoma
2014-2016 Arlington G Wilson, Ph. D. from Indiana University Bloomington
Present Position: Data Science Contractor, Defense Health Agency, Washington DC
2012-2017 Rebecca Hofford, Ph. D. from Texas A&M University
Present Position: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of
Medicine, Winston Salem, NC
2017-2020 Lindsey Hammerslag, Ph. D. from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Present Position: Assistant Research Professor, Division of Biomedical Informatics, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY
2018-2022 Cassie Chandler, Ph. D. from University of Mississippi Medical Center