Constance Smith, PhD  

Professor
National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellow (Neuroendocrinology), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy,Texas Tech University Health Sciences School of Medicine, 1985-7
PhD Experimental/Physiological Psychology, Department of Psychology
Minors in Neuroendocrinology and Neuroanatomy, Texas Tech University,1985
BS Kearney State College (now the University of Nebraska at Kearney), 1979
E-mail: constance.smith@nau.edu

Professional interests

Dr. Smith enjoys the challenge of teaching and conducting research in the areas of graduate and undergraduate physiological psychology, psychopharmacology, and neuroendocrinology.

Over the years, her research has focused on the neuroendocrine correlates of stress-induced alterations in behavior associated with gender differences in depression, impaired reproductive function, coronary artery disease, and eating disorders in humans and animals.

Dr. Smith also enjoys her advising duties and remains the principle advisor for pre-med students in the College of Social and Behavioral Science. She is most proud of the many accomplishments of her students. For her, it is their fervor for the acquisition of knowledge, growth, and professional development that motivates her teaching and research efforts.  

Courses

Undergraduate
PSY350: Physiological Psychology
PSY370: Motivation and Emotion
PSY432: Psychophysiology of Drugs and Behavior

Graduate
PSY599: Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
PSY650: Physiological Psychology
PSY670: Psychopharmacology