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Constance Smith Ph.D., Professor
National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellow (Neuroendocrinology), Department
of Cell Biology and Anatomy,Texas Tech University Health Sciences School of
Medicine, 1985-7.
Ph.D., Experimental/Physiological Psychology, Department of Psychology, minors
in Neuroendocrinology and Neuroanatomy, Texas Tech University,1985.
B.S., Kearney State College (now the University of Nebraska at Kearney), 1979.
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 premed 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.
Undergraduate/Graduate Classes

PSY350: Physiological Psychology
PSY370: Motivation and Emotion
PSY432: Psychophysiology of Drugs and Behavior
Graduate
PSY599: Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
PSY650: Physiological Psychology
PSY670: Psychopharmacology
 


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