Faculty and Staff

Neuroscience Program

With 11 full-time participating faculty, Bucknell has one of the largest Neuroscience programs among peer institutions.

Dr. Elizabeth Capaldi (2000)
Assistant professor of Biology & Animal Behavior
Ph.D. Michigan State University
Research: Neuroethology of social insects, animal behavior

Dr. Mitch Chernin (1985)
Herbert L. Spencer Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Clemson University
Research: Molecular biology

Dr. Donald Dearborn (2001)
Associate professor of Biology & Animal Behavior
Ph.D. University of Missouri
Research: Sexual selection, communication, ecological genetics of behavior

Dr. David W. Evans (1998)
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. Boston University
Research: Developmental psychopathology, brain-behavior links in compulsive-spectrum disorders using event-related potentials.

Dr. Owen Floody (1974)
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. The Rockefeller University
Research: Neural and neurochemical control of reproductive behavior and communication

Dr. Andrea Halpern (1982)
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. Stanford University
Research: Cognition and cognitive neuroscience of memory, music cognition, aging

Dr. Peter Judge (2001):
Associate Professor of Psychology and Animal Behavior
Ph.D. University of Georgia
Research: Primate cognition, reconciliation behaviors

Dr. Kathleen Page (1990)
Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
Research: Cell and sensory physiology

Dr. DeeAnn Reeder (2005)
Assistant professor of Biology
Ph.D. University of California at Davis
Research: Behavioral neuroendocrinology, mammalian behavior

Dr. Arthur Shapiro (1998)
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. Columbia University
Research: Sensation and perception, visual systems

Dr. T. Joel Wade (1987)
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of North Carolina
Research: Evolutionary psychology