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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
KENNETH JOSEPH SUFKA, PH.D.
ADDRESS
Department of Psychology
University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662.915.7728
FAX: 662.915.5398
E-mail: pysufka@olemiss.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1990, Physiological Psychology
M.S., Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1988, Physiological Psychology
B.S., Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1986, Psychology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current Appt.: Professor of Psychology and Pharmacology & Research Professor, National Center for Natural Products Research,
Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677
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July 2005, Promotion to Professor of Psychology and Pharmacology & Research Professor, NCNPR/RIPS
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Jan 2003, Joint appointment: Research Associate Professor, NCNPR/RIPS
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July 1998, Promotion to Associate Professor of Psychology and Pharmacology with tenure
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Sept 1993, Joint appointment: Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
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Aug 1992, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Nov 2007-current:
Visiting Research Scientist, Comparative Biology Centre, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle
upon Tyne, England, UK NE2 4HH
Aug, 2008
Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
Aug 1999-Dec 1999:
Senior Research Scholar (Sabbatical Leave), Department of Philosophy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
Aug 1991-May 1992:
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
Sep 1990-July 1991:
Instructor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and
Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA 50312
May 1990-May 1991:
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Neuropharmacology Laboratory, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences,
Drake University, Des Moines, IA 50311
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society for Neuroscience
American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science
Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Society for the Teaching of Psychology
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Ad Hoc Reviewer: Pain, Neuroscience Letters, Biological Psychology, Behavioural Brain Research, Behavioural Pharmacology,
Psychopharmacology, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology,
Stress, Journal of Phytotherapeutics, Planta Medica, Journal of Natural Products, Philosophical Psychology,
Animal: An International Journal of Animal Bioscience, Physiology and Behavior
Member, Executive Committee: Society for Philosophy and Psychology (2001-2003)
Chair or Co-Chair: Psychology Workshop Series, Project Kaleidoscope 2000, 2001 & 2002 Summer Institutes
Program Co-Chair: Society for Philosophy and Psychology 2000 Annual Meeting
Member: 1999 James Madison Partnership Conference, American Psychological Association
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Development & validation of animal models (Stress, anxiety and depression; Chronic pain models and analgesia)
Drug efficacy screening (anxiolytics, antidepressants, analgesics)
Philosophy of mind/consciousness; neuroethics
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COURSES OFFERED
Undergraduate
General Psychology
Biopsychology
Psychopharmacology Laboratory
Peer Teaching Internship
Graduate
Physiological Psychology
Teaching of Psychology
AWARDS AND HONORS
2011
2010
2007
2006
2005
2000
2000
1999
1997
1997
1996
1996
1992
1991
1990
1986
Inductee, Abraham Lincoln High School Alumni Hall of Fame, Des Moines, IA.
Distinguished Alumni Award (for exceptional contributions to teaching and service to the profession and to the community),
Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University.
Orientation Honor Award (for exemplary support for the orientation programs), Office of Orientation Programs, Department of
Admissions, University of Mississippi.
Thomas F. Frist Student Service Award (for extraordinary service to students), University of Mississippi
Faculty Achievement Award (for outstanding teaching and scholarship), University of Mississippi
Presidential Citation (for national efforts in psychology curricular reform), American Psychological Association
Scholar-in-Residence, Honors College, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (February, 2000)
Top 40 Under 40 Mississippian (for professional excellence and contributions to the community), Mississippi Business Journal
& Bank of Mississippi
Alpha Epsilon Delta Outstanding Teacher, Pre-Medicine Honor Society, University of Mississippi
University’s Outstanding Faculty, Higher Education Appreciation Day--Working for Academic Excellence, The State of
Mississippi Legislature
Elsie M. Hood University’s Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Mississippi
Honorary Member, Golden Key National Honor Society, University of Mississippi Chapter
Pre-Clinical Faculty Member of the Year, Physician Assistant Program, Des Moines University (formerly The University of
Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences)
Faculty Recognition Award, Order of Omega, National Greek Honorary, Iowa State University
ISU Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award, Iowa State University
Alvah Lauer Award, Outstanding Psychology Major, Iowa State University
PATENT PENDING
Animal Model of Anxiety and Depression (US patent no. 11/549,322, amended filing January 27, 2010).
PUBLICATIONS
Hymel KA, Sufka KJ (in press) Pharmacological reversal of cognitive bias in the chick anxiety depression model. Neuropharmacology.
Sufka KJ (2011) Translational challenges and analgesic screening assays (Invited Commentary). Pain, 152, 1942-1943.
Kim EH, Sufka KJ (2011) The effects of environmental enrichment in the chick anxiety depression model. Behavioural Brain Research,
221, 276-281.
Sufka KJ. (2011) The A Game: Nine Steps to Better Grades. The Nautilus Publishing Company; Taylor, MS.
Salmeto AL, Hymel KA, Carpenter EC, Brilot BO, Bateson M, Sufka KJ (2011) Cognitive bias in the chick anxiety-depression model. Brain
Research, 1373, 124-130.
Nielsen CH, Balachandran P, Christensen O, Pugh ND, Tamta H, Sufka KJ, Wu X, Walsted A, Schjørring-Thyssen M, Enevold C,
Pasco DS (2010) Enhancement of natural killer cell activity in healthy subjects by Immulina®, a Spirulina extract enriched for Braun
type lipoproteins. Planta Medica, 76, 1802-1808.
Sufka KJ (2010) Serving the university: Better mentors for young professors would help. Chronicle of Higher Education,
http://chronicle.com/article/Serving-the-University-Better/66293/ (July 18, 2010 issue).
Hymel KA, Salmeto AL, Kim EH, Sufka KJ (2010) Development and validation of the chick anxiety-depression continuum model. In JE
Warnick, AV Kalueff (Eds.), Translational Neuroscience and its Advancement of Animal Research: Advancement, Challenges, and
Research Ethics, Nova Science Publishers, pp. 83-110.
Sufka KJ (2009) How to make faculty senates more effective; lessons learned by a senate chair. Academe, Nov-Dec, 20-21.
Sufka KJ (2009) Preparing for a career at a research university. In SF Davis, P Giordano, CA Licht (Eds.), Your career in psychology:
Putting your graduate degree to work. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 103-116.
Rainey EP, Sufka KJ (2009) Pharmacological dissociation of anxiety state in the elevated star maze in chicks. In AV Kalueff, JL LaPorte
(Eds.), Experimental Animal Models in Neurobehavioral Research, Nova Science Publishers, pp. 67-77.
Sufka KJ, Weldon M, Allen C (2009) The case for animal emotions: Modeling neuropsychiatric disorders. In J Bickle (Ed.), Oxford
Handbook of Philosophy of Neuroscience, Oxford University Press, pp. 522-536.
Sufka KJ, Warnick JE, Pulaski CN, Slauson SR, Kim YB, Rimoldi JM (2009) Antidepressant efficacy screening of novel targets in the
chick anxiety-depression model. Behavioural Pharmacology, 20, 146-154.
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Warnick JE, Huang C-J, Acevedo EO, Sufka KJ (2009) Modeling the anxiety-depression continuum in chicks. Journal of
Psychopharmacology, 23, 143-156.
Kalueff AV, LaPorte JL, Murphy DL, Sufka KJ. (2008) Hybridizing behavioral models: a possible solution to some problems in
neurophenotyping research? Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 32, 1172-1178.
Feltenstein MW, Sufka KJ (2008) Development and validation of alternative models of anxiety and depression using domestic fowl. In AV
Kalueff, JL LaPorte (Eds.), Behavioral Models in Stress Research, Nova Science Publishers, pp. 23-54.
Warnick JE, Sufka KJ (2008) Animal models of anxiety: examining their validity, utility and ethical considerations. In AV Kalueff, JL
LaPorte (Eds.), Behavioral Models in Stress Research, Nova Science Publishers, pp. 55-71.
Kochanowska AJ, Rao KV, Childress S, El-Afy A, Matsumoto RR, Kelly M, Stewart GS, Sufka KJ, Hamann MT (2008) Secondary
metabolites from three Florida sponges with antidepressant activity. Journal of Natural Products, 71, 186-189.
Sufka KJ, Feltenstein MW, Warnick JE, Acevedo EO, Webb HE, Cartwright CM (2006) Modeling the anxiety-depression continuum
hypothesis in domestic fowl chicks. Behavioural Pharmacology, 17, 681-689.
Price DD, Sufka KJ (2006) Theories of pain. In J Mao (Ed.), Translational Pain Research, Vol. 1: Current Status and New Trends, Nova
Publishers, pp. 1-27.
McCurdy CR, Sufka KJ, Smith GH, Warnick JE, Nieto MJ (2006) Antinociceptive profile of Salvinorin A, a structurally unique kappa opioid
receptor agonist. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 83, 109-113.
Warnick JE, Wicks RT, Sufka KJ (2006) Modeling anxiety-like states: pharmacological characterization of the chick separation stress
paradigm. Behavioural Pharmacology, 17, 581-587.
Polger TW, Sufka KJ (2005) Closing the gap on pain. In M Aydede (Ed.), Pain: New Essays on the Nature of Pain and the Methodology of
its Study, MIT Press, pp. 325-350.
Feltenstein, MW, Sufka KJ (2005) Screening antidepressants in the chick separation-stress paradigm. Psychopharmacology, 181, 153159.
Sufka KJ, Turner DD (2005) An evolutionary account of chronic pain: integrating the natural method in evolutionary psychology.
Philosophical Psychology, 18, 243-257.
Warnick JE, McCurdy CR, Sufka KJ (2005) Opiate receptor function in social attachment in young domestic fowl. Behavioural Brain
Research, 160, 277-285.
Feltenstein MW, Schüly W, Warnick JE, Fischer NH, Sufka KJ (2004) Anti-inflammatory and anti-hyperalgesic effects of sesquiterpine
lactones from Magnolia and Bear’s Foot. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 79, 299-302.
Avula B, Ganzera M, Warnick JE, Feltenstein MW, Sufka KJ, Khan IA. (2004) High performance liquid chromatographic determination of
xanthohumol in rat plasma, urine and fecal samples. Journal of Chromatographic Science, 42, 378-382.
Feltenstein MW, Warnick JE, Guth AN, Sufka KJ (2004) The chick separation-stress paradigm: A validation study. Pharmacology
Biochemistry and Behavior, 77, 221-226.
Roach, JT & Sufka KJ (2003) Characterization of the chick carrageenan response. Brain Research, 994, 216-225.
Feltenstein MW, Lambdin LC, Webb HE, Warnick, JE, Khan SI, Khan IA, Acevedo EO, Sufka KJ (2003) Corticosterone response in the
chick separation-stress paradigm. Physiology and Behavior, 78, 489-493.
Feltenstein MW, Lambdin LC, Ganzera M, Dharmaratne HRW, Nanayakkara NPD, Khan IA, Sufka KJ (2003) Anxiolytic properties of Piper
methysticum extract samples and fractions in the chick social-separation-stress procedure. Phytotherapy Research, 17, 210-216.
Benore-Parsons M & Sufka KJ (2003) Teaching receptor theory to biochemistry undergraduates. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Education, 31, 85-92.
Sufka KJ, Price DD (2002) Gate control theory reconsidered. Brain and Mind, 3, 277-290.
Feltenstein MW, Ford NG, Freeman KB, Sufka KJ (2002) Dissociation of stress behaviors in the chick social-separation-stress procedure.
Physiology and Behavior, 75, 675-679.
Sufka KJ (2001) Pain and analgesia: understanding negative reinforcement. Psychology Teacher Network, 11, 6,9.
1Broom SL, Sufka KJ, ElSohly MA, Ross SR (2001) Analgesic and reinforcing properties of 9-THC-hemisuccinate in adjuvant-arthritic
rats. Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics, 1, 171-182.
Smith KK, Dharmaratne HRW, Feltenstein MW, Broom SL, Roach JT, Nanayakkara NPD, Khan IA, Sufka KJ (2001) Anxiolytic effects of
kava extract and kavalactones in the chick social separation-stress paradigm. Psychopharmacology, 155, 86-90.
Sufka KJ, Roach JT, Chambliss Jr WJ, Broom SL, Feltenstein MW, Wyandt CM, Zeng L (2001) Anxiolytic properties of botanical extracts
in the chick social separation-stress procedure. Psychopharmacology, 153, 219-224.
Sufka KJ (2000) Chronic pain explained. Brain and Mind, 1, 155-179.
Sufka KJ (2000) Searching for common ground: a commentary on Resnik’s folk psychology of pain. Brain and Mind,1, 229-231.
Sufka KJ, Lynch MP (2000) Sensations and pain processes. Philosophical Psychology, 13, 299-311.
Sufka KJ, George MD (2000) Setting clear & mutual expectations: affecting learning environments. Liberal Education, 86, 48-53.
Watson GS, Roach JT, Sufka KJ (1999) Benzodiazepine receptor function in the chick social-separation-stress procedure. Experimental
and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 7, 83-89.
Sufka KJ, Watson GS, Nothdurft RE, Mogil JS (1998) Scoring the mouse formalin test: validation study. European Journal of Pain, 2, 351358.
Watson GS, Sufka KJ, Coderre TJ (1997) Optimal scoring strategies and weights for the formalin test in rats. Pain, 70, 53-58.
1 This article was co-published in Cannabis Therapeutics in HIV/AIDS (2001), E Russo (Ed), Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
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Watson GS, Sufka KJ (1996) Chlordiazepoxide reverses social-separation-induced distress vocalizations and analgesia in young
domestic fowl. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 4, 347-353.
Sufka KJ, Roach JT (1996) Stimulus properties and antinociceptive effects of bradykinin B1 and B2 receptor antagonists in rats. Pain, 66,
99-103.
Sufka KJ, Brockel BJ, Liou J-R, Fowler SC (1996) Functional deficits following bilateral forelimb adjuvant inflammation assessed via
operant methodology: effects of indomethacin and morphine on recovery of functioning. Experimental and Clinical
Psychopharmacology, 4, 336-343.
Sufka KJ (1996) Novel approaches for analgesic drug assessment: new animal paradigms. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 5,
421-428.
Long SF, Wilson MC, Sufka KJ, Davis WM (1996) The effects of cocaine and nandrolone co-administration on aggression in male rats.
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 20, 839-856.
Sufka KJ, Hughes RA, McCormick TM, Borland JL (1994) Opiate effects on isolation stress in domestic fowl. Pharmacology Biochemistry
and Behavior, 49, 1011-1015.
Sufka KJ (1994) Conditioned place preference paradigm: a novel approach for analgesic drug assessment against chronic pain. Pain, 58,
355-366.
Sufka KJ, Weed NC (1994) Construct validation of behavioral indices of isolation stress and inflammatory nociception in young domestic
fowl. Physiology and Behavior, 55, 741-746.
Sufka KJ (1993) Novel approaches for the evaluation of analgesic drug efficacy against chronic pain. The Mississippi Psychologist, 18,
10-14.
Sufka KJ, Hoganson DA (1993) Effects of calcitonin on central nervous system monoamines following carrageenan-induced inflammation
in rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 45, 507-511.
Alexander JE, Sufka KJ (1993) Cerebral lateralization in homosexual males: a preliminary EEG investigation. International Journal of
Psychophysiology, 15, 269-274.
Sufka KJ, Schomburg FM, Giordano J (1992) Receptor mediation of 5-HT-induced inflammation and nociception in rats. Pharmacology
Biochemistry and Behavior, 41, 53-56.
Sufka KJ, Hoganson DA, Hughes RA (1992) Central monoaminergic changes induced by morphine in hypoalgesic and hyperalgesic
strains of domestic fowl. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 42, 781-785.
Sufka KJ, Hughes RA (1992) Time-dependent codeine hypoalgesia and hyperalgesia in domestic fowl. Pharmacology Biochemistry and
Behavior, 41, 349-353.
Hughes RA, Bowes M, Sufka KJ (1992) Morphine hyperalgesic effects on developmental changes in thermal nociception and respiration
in domestic fowl (Gallus gallus). Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 42, 535-537.
Sufka KJ, Giordano J (1991) Analgesic effects of S and R isomers of the novel 5-HT3 receptor antagonists ADR-851 and ADR-882 in rats.
European Journal of Pharmacology., 204, 117-119.
Sufka KJ, Hughes RA (1991) Differential effects of handling on isolation-induced vocalizations, hypoalgesia, and hyperthermia in domestic
fowl. Physiology and Behavior, 50, 129-133.
Hughes RA, Sufka KJ (1991) Morphine hyperalgesic effects on the formalin test in domestic fowl (Gallus gallus). Pharmacology
Biochemistry and Behavior, 38, 247-251.
Sufka KJ, Hughes RA, Giordano J (1991) Effects of selective opiate antagonists on morphine-induced hyperalgesia in domestic fowl.
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 38, 49-54.
Sufka KJ, Hughes RA (1990) Dose and temporal parameters of morphine-induced hyperalgesia in domestic fowl. Physiology and
Behavior, 47, 385-387.
Sufka KJ, Stratton DB, Giordano J (1990) Regional differences in serotonergic contractile sensitivity mediated by 5-HT2 receptors in rat
aorta. Artery, 18, 47-53.
Hughes RA, Sufka KJ (1990) The ontogeny of thermal nociception in domestic fowl: thermal stimulus intensity and isolation effects.
Developmental Psychobiology, 23, 129-140.
Peters RH, Koch PC, Blythe BL, Sufka KJ (1988) Ultrasonic vocalizations in male rats following acquisition of copulation-illness
associations. Physiology and Behavior, 44, 749-751.
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Collaborator: Assessing the welfare of mice in cancer research, UK Medical Research Council (PI J. Roughan, (01/01/10-12/31/12, Total
costs: £465,624)
PI: Anxiolytic/antidepressant efficacy screening of proprietary compounds, Novus International, Inc. St. Charles, MO (03/01/09-08/31/09,
Total costs: $35,000)
Collaborator: Neoplasia and pain in laboratory animals, UK NC3R United Kingdom (PIs P. Flecknell and J. Roughan, (01/01/05-06/30/08,
Total costs: £269,000)
PI: Identification of reinforcing constituents in botanical extracts. National Institute of Health (project in $11M NIH-COBRE to UM),
Washington, D.C. (08/01/06-07/31/11, Total costs $535,031)
PI: The effects of eszopiclone on nociceptive processing in the adjuvant model of arthritis in rats. Sepracor, Inc., Marlborough, MA.
(04/01/06-06/30/06, Total costs: $36,000)
Co-PI: Mammalian metabolism/kinetics of xanthohumol. Hop Research Council, Harrah, WA. (06/01/01-05/31/03, Total costs: $201,022)
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PI: Screening botanical extracts for analgesic and antiinflammatory properties in the adjuvant arthritic rat. Eurovita, Karlslunde, Denmark.
(06/01/01-08/15/01, Total costs: $12,500)
PI: Screening botanical extracts for anxiolytic/analgesic/sedative properties. NEXT Pharmaceuticals, Irvine, CA. (01/01/96-2-28-03,Total
costs: $45,000)
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS DIRECTED (EXCLUDING UNDERGRADUATE HONORS)
Stephen S. White, Department of Psychology, Experimental Psychology Program
Thesis: The role of glutamate receptors in depression in the chick anxiety-depression model (in progress).
Kristen A. Hymel, Department of Psychology, Experimental Psychology Program
Thesis: Effects of chlordiazepoxide and imipramine on cognitive biases in the chick anxiety-depression model (Nov. 2010).
Amy L. Salmeto, Department of Psychology, Experimental Psychology Program
Thesis: Exploration of the relationship of trait and state anxiety in the chick anxiety-depression model (Aug. 2010).
Eun Ha Kim, Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Program
Thesis: Effects of environmental enrichment on the onset of behavioral despair in the chick anxiety-depression model (May 2010).
Gina S. Stewart, Department of Psychology, Experimental Psychology Program
Thesis: Dissociation of pain affect and pain sensation in an adjuvant model of chronic pain (Dec. 2007).
Jason E. Warnick, Department of Psychology, Experimental Psychology Program
Thesis: Assessment of opioid-receptor specific effects on domestic fowl social attachment (Aug. 2004).
Dissertation: Pharmacological and neurobiological characterization of the Sufka chick anxiety-depression model (Aug. 2006).
Matthew W. Feltenstein, Department of Psychology, Experimental Psychology Program
Thesis: Dose and temporal characteristics of oral versus intraperitoneal administration of chlordiazepoxide in the chick social-separationstress paradigm (Sep. 2002).
Dissertation: Screening antidepressants in the chick separation stress paradigm (Aug. 2004).
Susan L. Broom, Department of Psychology, Experimental Psychology Program
Thesis
-9-THC hemisuccinate in rats (Aug. 1999).
Dissertation: T-maze performance as a predictor of chick social separation stress behavior (Aug. 2002).
J. Todd Roach, Department of Psychology, Experimental Psychology Program
Thesis: A validated scoring strategy of the domestic fowl formalin test (May 2000).
Dissertation: A new chick model of inflammatory nociception (Aug. 2002).
G. Stennis Watson, Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Program
Thesis: The chick social-separation stress model: Specification of dose-response functions for the benzodiazepine agonist chlordiazepoxide
and the benzodiazepine inverse agonist FG-7142 (n-methyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxamide)(Oct. 1996).
Dissertation: The role of 5HT1a and adrenergic systems in buspirone-induced paradoxical effects in the chick social-separation stress
model (Aug. 1999).
DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY, COMMUNITY & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
In my 18 yrs at the University of Mississippi, I have participated in a wide range of service activities. I recently finished serving a
second term as Chair of our Faculty Senate (and as Senator 3 separate times) and, in that capacity, on numerous additional university
committees ranging from Strategic Planning Council to the Counsel of Academic Administrators. Over the years, I have also served on
numerous searches as either a chair or member including departmental faculty, chair, dean, vice chancellor and provost. I have served or
am currently serving on a number of university standing committees as either chair or member including Institutional Animal Care and Use
Cmte, Academic Suspension and Appeals Cmte, University Outstanding Teacher Selection Cmte, Frist Student Service Award Cmte,
Student Life Cmte, Sensitivity and Respect Cmte, among others. At the departmental level, I have served as Director of the Graduate
Program in Experimental Psychology, served on the Chair’s Advisory Cmte and revised our Promotion and Tenure Guideline document. I
have served or am currently serving as Faculty Advisor to Mortar Board, Habitat for Humanity, Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Club and
Hapkido Club. Other activities associated with the university or community include being a regular invited speaker at Freshman Summer
Orientation Sessions, developing the initial Honors College Curriculum, serving on the Departmental Chair’s Advisory Cmte and serving
on the Board of Directors for Oxford/Lafayette Co. Habitat for Humanity. Outside the university I have worked with a number of
professional organizations in varying capacities. These include being a member of the Executive Committee for the Society for
Philosophy and Psychology, Chair (2001) and Co-chair (2000) of Project Kaleidoscope’s Psychology Curriculum Workshop Summer
Institutes, Program Co-Chair for the Society for Philosophy and Psychology 2000 Annual Meeting and Session Chair of Content of Bodily
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Awareness and Pain Perception at the 2001 Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness Annual Meeting. While I am certain to
have omitted other service activities, I believe these service responsibilities offer a representative sample of my involvement in this
important aspect of university and community life.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS
Sufka KJ, Kim EU (November 2011). The effects of environmental enrichment on the chick anxiety-depression model. Society for
Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
Hymel KA, Sufka KJ (November 2011). Pharmacological Reversal of Cognitive Bias in the Chick Anxiety-Depression Model. Society for
Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
Kim EU, Sufka KJ (April 2011). The effects of environmental enrichment on the chick anxiety-depression model. Graduate Student Council
Research Day, University of Mississippi.
Salmeto A, Hymel K, Carpenter E, Sufka KJ (October 2009). Cognitive bias in the chick anxiety-depression model. Society for
Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.
Sufka KJ, Roughan JV, Flecknell PA, Coulter CA (October 2009). Pain and analgesia in a murine model of cancer pain assessed by
conditioned place preference. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.
Kochanowska AJ, Ivey K, El-Alfy A, Sufka KJ, Hamann MT (June 2009). Marine organisms as a source of new antidepressant drug leads.
American Society of Pharmacognosy, Honolulu, HI.
Roughan J, Sufka K, Flecknell P, Coulter C (March 2009). The conditioned place preference paradigm for investigating cancer pain in
mice. NC3Rs Parliamentary Event, House of Lords, London, England, UK.
Kochanowska AJ, El-Alfy A, Sufka KJ, Hamann MT (December 2008). Antidepressant and sedative indole alkaloids isolated from marine
sponges. Neuroscience and Behavior Research Day 2008, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
Bowling JJ, Salmeto AL, Hymel KA, Sufka KJ, Hamann MT (December 2008). In vivo functional studies of the anxiolytic marine natural
product aaptamine in domestic fowl chicks. Neuroscience and Behavior Research Day 2008, The University of Mississippi Medical
Center, Jackson, MS
Warnick JE, Pulaski C, Slauson SR, Kim YB, Rimoldi JM, Sufka KJ (November 2008). Antidepressant efficacy screening of novel targets
in the chick anxiety-depression model. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
Bowling JJ, Karamyan VT, Speth RC, Sufka KJ, Hamann MT (April 2008). Advanced studies of the neuropharmacological effects of the
marine natural product aaptamine and aaptamine analogs. 7th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals
& American Society of Pharmacognosy 4th Interim Meeting. University of Mississippi
Rainey EP, Sufka KJ (November 2007). Pharmacological dissociation of anxiety state in the chick elevated star maze. Society for
Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Stewart GS, Louviere LL, Sufka KJ (November 2007). Effects of habituation on distress vocalizations in the chick anxiety-depression
continuum model. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Stewart GS, Sufka KJ, Pugh ND, Pasco D (October 2006). Vehicle selection for natural products possessing psychostimulant properties.
Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA.
Warnick JE, Sufka KJ (October 2006). The pharmacological characterization of the chick anxiety/depression continuum model. Society for
Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA.
Sufka KJ (Apr 2006) Comments on Anthony Landreth’s goal commensurability and the reward theory of desire. Southern Society for
Philosophy and Psychology, Charleston, SC.
Ledbetter AJ, Smith GH, McCurdy CR, Sufka KJ, Warnick JE, Nieto MJ (Apr 2006) Antinociceptive profile of salvinorin A, a structurally
unique kappa opioid receptor agonist. Sigma Xi Symposium, The Scientific Research Society, University of Mississippi.
Warnick JE, Sufka KJ, Feltenstein MW, Acevedo EO, Webb HE, Cartwright CC (Apr 2006) Modeling the anxiety depression continuum
hypothesis in domestic fowl chicks. Sigma Xi Symposium, The Scientific Research Society, University of Mississippi.
Sufka KJ, Warnick JE, Cartwright CM, Acevedo EO, Webb HE, Johnson LD. (Nov 2005) Characterization of a novel, high-utility, highthroughput anxiolytic/antidepressant screening assay. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
McCurdy CM, Sufka KJ, Warnick JE, Nieto MJ. (November 2005). Salvinorin A, a kappa opioid receptor agonist, is an ultrashort acting
analgesic. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
Warnick JE, Wicks RT, Sufka KJ (Nov 2005) Pharmacological dissociation of anxiety models in the chick separation stress paradigm.
Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
Ledbetter AJ, Smith GH, McCurdy CM, Sufka KJ, Warnick JE, Nieto MJ. (Sep 2005). Antinociceptive profile of salvinorin A, a structurally
unique kappa opioid receptor agonist. The Thad Cochran Symposium, University, MS.
McCurdy CM, Sufka KJ, Warnick JE, Nieto MJ. (July 2005). Salvinorin A, a kappa opioid receptor agonist, is an ultrashort acting
analgesic. International Narcotic Research Council, Annapolis, MD.
Warnick JE, Feltenstein MW, McCurdy CR, Sufka KJ (Oct 2004) The role of opiate receptor subtypes in social attachment in young
domestic fowl. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Feltenstein MW, Warnick JE, Sufka KJ (Oct 2004) Screening antidepressants in the chick-separation stress procedure. Society for
Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
McCurdy CR, Sufka KJ, Warnick JE, Marcelo JN (Sep 2004) Salvinorin A, a kappa opioid receptor agonist, is a fast acting, potent
analgesic. AAPS - NIDA Frontiers in Science Symposium: Drug Addiction- From Basic Research to Therapies, Washngton, DC.
Warnick JE, Feltenstein MW, McCudy CR, Sufka KJ (Apr 2004) The role of opiate receptor subtypes in social attachment in young
domestic fowl. Sigma Xi Symposium, The Scientific Research Society, University, MS
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Zrull M, Sufka K, Baker S (Feb 2004) Teaching and researching: Best practices for student-faculty research as a teaching opportunity.
Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Marietta, GA.
Sufka KJ, Roach JT, Feltenstein MW (Nov 2003) Characterization of the chick carrageenan response. Society for Neuroscience, New
Orleans, LA.
Feltenstein MW, Schuehly W, Warnick JE, Fischer NH, Sufka KJ (Nov 2003) In vivo anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of
sesquiterpene lactones: parthenolide and enhydrin. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.
Warnick JE, Feltenstein MW, Sufka KJ (Nov 2003) Validation of the chick separation stress procedure. Society for Neuroscience, New
Orleans, LA.
Avula B, Ganzera M, Warnick JE, Feltenstein MW, Sufka KJ, Khan IA (Oct 2003) Pharmacokinetics of xanthohumol in rats. The Thad
Cochran Symposium, University, MS.
Avula B, Warnick JE, Feltenstein MW, Sufka KJ, Khan IA (July 2003) Pharmacokinetics of xanthohumol in rats. American Society of
Pharmacognosy, Chapel Hill, NC.
Polger T, Sufka KJ (June 2003) Closing the gap on pain. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. Memphis, TN.
Feltenstein MW, Schuehly W, Warnick JE, Fischer NH, Sufka KJ (Apr 2003) In vivo anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of
sesquiterpene lactones: parthenolide and enhydrin. Sigma Xi Symposium, The Scientific Research Society, University, MS
Warnick JE, Feltenstein MW, Sufka KJ (Apr 2003) Validation of the chick social-separation procedure. Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research
Society, University, MS
Feltenstein MW, Lambdin, LC, Webb HE, Acevedo EO, Sufka KJ (Nov 2002). Corticosterone response in the chick separation-stress
paradigm. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL.
Lambdin LC, Guth AN, Feltenstein MW, Sufka KJ (Nov 2002) Validation of the chick social-separation stress procedure as a screen for
anxiolytic compounds. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL.
Warnick JE, Lambdin, LC, Feltenstein MW, Webb HE, Khan SI, Khan IA, Acevedo EO, Sufka KJ (Oct 2002). Corticosterone response in
the chick separation-stress paradigm. The Thad Cochran Symposium, University, MS
Feltenstein MW, Lambdin LC, Guth AN, Sufka KJ (Oct 2002) Validation of the chick social-separation stress procedure as a screen for
anxiolytic compounds. The Thad Cochran Symposium, University, MS
Sufka KJ (Sep 2002) Novel animal paradigms for analgesic screening. A Cross-Species Approach to Pain and Analgesia, Warrenton, VA.
Ganzera M, Avula B, Broom SL, Willet KL, Sufka KJ, Khan IA (July 2002) Pharmacokinetics of xanthohumol. Society for Pharmacognosy,
New Brunswick NJ.
Sufka KJ (July 2002) The three C's of content courses: conceptual models, common threads, and constraints. Psychology Workshop:
Undergraduate Psychology Programs: Current Best Practices & The Future, Project Kaleidoscope 2002 Summer Institute,
Williamsburg, VA.
Sufka KJ (June 2002) Darwin’s headache: An evolutionary perspective on chronic pain (Invited Symposium: The Nature of Pain). Society
for Philosophy and Psychology, Edmonton, Alberta, CA
Guth AN, Lambdin LC, Feltenstein MW, Sufka KJ (April 2002) Validation of the chick social-separation procedure as a screen for
anxiolytic compounds. Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Oxford, MS
Beins, BC, Burton B, Sufka KJ, Phelps R (Jan. 2002) Expanding disciplinary boundaries through partnerships: Psychology as a case
study (panel presentation). American Association of Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC.
Lambdin LC, Feltenstein MW, Ganzara M, Dharmaratne HRW, Nanayakkara NPD, Sufka KJ, Khan IA (Nov. 2001) Anxiolytic effects of
Piper methysticum extracts in the chick social separation-stress procedure. The Cochran Center Symposium, University, MS.
Ford NG, Freeman KB, Feltenstein MW, Sufka KJ (Nov. 2001) Dissociation of distress vocalizations and stress-induced analgesia in the
chick social-separation stress paradigm. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Lambdin LC, Feltenstein MW, Ganzara M, Dharmaratne HRW, Nanayakkara NPD, Sufka KJ, Khan IA (Nov. 2001) Anxiolytic effects of
Piper methysticum extracts in the chick social separation-stress procedure. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Sufka KJ, Khan IA, Feltenstein MW, Lambdin C, Ganzera, M, Dharmaratne HRW, Nanayakkara NPD (Nov. 2001) Screening anxiolytic
activity of kava extracts. Second Interim Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy and The Council for Responsible
Nutrition, Asilomar, CA.
Sufka KJ (Aug. 2001) Project Kaleidoscope on the scholarship of undergraduate education. Invited Symposium: Preparing future faculty
for scholarship in teaching, research, and service. American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Sufka KJ (Aug. 2001) APA’s Psychology Partnership Project (P3): The psy trunk. Invited Symposium: Psychology reaches out:
Introducing Psychological science to local schools. American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Ford NG, Freeman KB, Feltenstein MW, Sufka KJ (April 2001) Dissociation of distress vocalizations and stress-induced analgesia in the
chick social-separation stress procedure. Sigma Xi Research Symposium, University, MS.
Sufka KJ (July 2001) Psychology Workshop: Quality Undergraduate Psychology Programs. Project Kaleidoscope 2001 Snowbird Park,
UT.
Broom SL, Smith, KK, Dharmaratne HRW, Feltenstein MW, Roach JT, Nanayakkara NPD, Khan IA, Sufka KJ (April 2001) Anxiolytic
effects of Piper methysticum and its principle constituents in the chick social separation-stress paradigm. Sigma Xi Research
Symposium, University, MS.
Sufka KJ, Güzeldere G (April 2001) Can the explanatory gap for conscious experience be closed. Pain: A case study. Southern Society
for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA. (Invited Session).
Perry EL, Feltenstein MW, Roach JT, Broom SL, Sufka KJ (Nov. 2000) The effects of the 5HT3 antagonist LY-278,584 on socialseparation-induced distress vocalizations and analgesia in young domestic fowl. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.
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Payne EA, Sufka KJ, Chambless H, Ma J, Campbell W, Piletz J, Jenkins J (Oct. 2000) Honors research from student and faculty
perspectives. National Collegiate Honors Council, Washington, D.C.
Feltenstein MW, Dharmaratne HRW, Smith KK, Broom SL, Roach JT, Nanayakkara NPD, Khan IA, Sufka KJ (Oct. 2000) Screening Piper
methysticum and its compounds for anxiolytic activity. The Cochran Center Symposium, University, MS.
Brewer C, Sufka KJ (July 2000) St. Mary’s Recommendations: Obstacle, alternatives, and solutions. Psychology Workshop A, Project
Kaleidoscope 2000 Summer Institute, Keystone, CO.
Chambless HL, Kinzey SJ, Sufka KJ (Oct. 1999) Characterization of the motor response during the rat formalin test using spectral
qualities of postural sway. Society for Neuroscience, Miami, FL.
Watson, G. S., Sufka, K. J., & Barr, G. A. (Oct. 1999). The behavioral response of the preweaning rat in the formalin test. Society for
Neuroscience, Miami, FL.
Sufka KJ (Oct. 1999) Quantifying pain-related disability in arthritic rats. East Carolina University Neuroscience Symposium, Greenville,
NC.
Watson GS, Roach JT, Sufka KJ (Nov. 1998) Benzodiazepine receptor function in the chick social-separation-stress procedure. Society
for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, CA.
Zrull MC, Sufka KJ (Sep. 1998) Active behavioral neuroscience research programs in two settings. Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the
21st Century National Assembly, Chicago, IL.
Winkle JW, Sufka KJ (July 1998) Enhancing student success through an innovative advising system. Eleventh International Conference
on the First Year Experience, Dublin, Ireland.
Nothdurft RE, Watson GS, Sufka KJ, Mogil JS (April 1998) Optimal scoring strategies for the mouse formalin test. Sigma Xi Society, The
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.
Roach TJ, Watson GS, Sufka KJ (April 1998) Optimal scoring strategies of the domestic fowl chick formalin test. Sigma Xi Society, The
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.
Nothdurft RE, Watson GS, Sufka KJ, Mogil JS (Oct. 1997) Optimal scoring strategies for the mouse formalin test. Society for
Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.
Watson GS, Roach TJ, Sufka KJ (Oct. 1997) The role of 5HT1a and NE receptors in the anxiogenic effects of buspirone in the chick
social separation stress procedure. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.
Roach TJ, Watson GS, Sufka KJ (Oct. 1997) Optimal scoring strategies of the domestic fowl chick formalin test. Society for Neuroscience,
New Orleans, LA.
Broom SL, Roach JT, Graham SM, ElSohly MA, Jones AB, Ross SA, Sufka KJ (April 1997) Behavioral pharmacology of low-potency
cannabinoids in rats. Sigma Xi Society, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.
Sufka KJ (Feb. 1997) Teaching with multimedia technology. Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century Midsouth Regional
Assembly, Murfreesboro, TN.
Sufka KJ, Watson GS, Coderre TJ (Nov. 1996) Optimal weightings of pain behaviors in the formalin test in rats. Society for Neuroscience,
Washington, D. C.
Roach JT, Broom SL, Graham SM, ElSohly MA, Jones AB, Ross SA, Sufka KJ (Nov. 1996) Stimulus properties and antinociceptive
effects of cannabinoids in models of inflammatory nociception in rats. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D. C.
Watson GS, Sufka KJ (Nov. 1996) Mirrors reverse distress vocalizations but not stress-induced analgesia in the chick social-separation
procedure. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D. C.
Sufka KJ, Winkle JW (Oct. 1996) Making a difference in academic advising. Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century National
Assembly, Kansas City, MO.
Graham SM, Broom SL, Roach JT, ElSohly MA, Jones AB, Ross SA, Sufka KJ (Sep. 1996) Effects of low-potency cannabinoids on place
preference and formalin tests in rats. Southeastern Pharmacology Society and South Central Chapter-Society of Toxicology,
University, MS.
Roach JT, Sufka KJ (April 1996) Behavioral pharmacology of selective bradykinin B1 and B2 antagonists in models of inflammatory
nociception in rats. Sigma Xi Society, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.
Watson GS, Sufka KJ (Nov. 1995) Effects of chlordiazepoxide on social separation stress in chicks; A novel model for screening anxiolytic
drug efficacy. Sigma Xi Society, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.
Roach JT, Sufka KJ (Nov. 1995) Differential analgesic and stimulus properties of selective bradykinin B1 and B2 antagonists in models of
inflammatory nociception in rats. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Watson GS, Mark MJ, Carlson ES, Sufka KJ (Nov. 1995) Effects of chlordiazepoxide on social separation stress in young domestic fowl;
A novel model for screening anxiolytic drug efficacy. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Sufka KJ, Fowler SC, Liou J-R, Brockel BJ (Nov. 1994) Functional deficits following bilateral forelimb adjuvant inflammation assessed via
operant methodology: Effects of indomethacin and morphine on recovery of functioning. Society for Neuroscience, Miami, FL.
Sufka KJ (March 1994) Analgesic drug negative reinforcement assessed via place preference conditioning in rats with chronic
inflammatory pain. Advances in Therapeutic Development for Chronic Pain, San Diego, CA.
Sufka KJ, Fowler SC, Liou J-R, Brockel BJ (March 1994) Functional deficits of chronic inflammatory pain assessed via operant
methodology: Effects of indomethacin and morphine on recovery of functioning. Advances in Therapeutic Development for Chronic
Pain, San Diego, CA.
Sufka KJ (Nov. 1993) Dose-dependent diminished sensitivity to morphine place preference in rats with persistent inflammatory pain.
Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
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Hughes RA, Sufka KJ, Weed NC (Nov. 1993) Behavioral indices of isolation stress and inflammatory nociception in domestic fowl. Society
for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
Alexander JE, Sufka KJ (June 1993) Cerebral lateralization in homosexual males: A preliminary investigation. American Psychological
Society, Chicago, IL.
Sufka KJ (April 1992) Behavioral indices of stress induced by social isolation in domestic fowl. Physiology Council Mini-Symposium:
Stress and the Endocrine System, Ames, IA.
Sufka KJ, McCormick TM, Borland JL, Hughes RA (April 1992) Opiate effects on isolation stress in domestic fowl. Physiology Council
Mini-Symposium: Stress and the Endocrine System, Ames, IA.
Hughes RA, Bowes M, Sufka KJ (Nov. 1991) Morphine hyperalgesia and developmental changes in nociception in domestic fowl.
Psychonomic Society, San Francisco, CA.
Sufka KJ, Schomburg F, Giordano J (Nov. 1991) Receptor mediation of 5-HT-induced inflammatory nociception in rats. Society for
Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.
Giordano J, Sufka KJ (Nov. 1991) Patterns of analgesia produced by S and R isomers of the novel 5-HT3 receptor antagonists ADR-851
and ADR-882 in rats. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.
Hughes RA, Sufka KJ, Giordano J, Hoganson DA (Nov. 1991) Monoaminergic changes induced by morphine in hypoalgesic and
hyperalgesic domestic fowl. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.
Hoganson D, Sufka KJ, Finnerty EP, Giordano J (Nov. 1991) Effects of repeated administration of azapirones on CNS monoamines in
rats. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.
Sufka KJ, Giordano J (May 1991) Effects of acute gepirone on patterns of analgesia in morphine tolerant rats. Midwestern Psychological
Association, Chicago, IL.
Sufka KJ, Gross M, Giordano J (April 1991) Stimulus-specific, dose, and temporal characteristics of calcitonin-induced analgesia in rats.
Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biologists, Atlanta, GA.
Hughes RA, Sufka KJ (Nov. 1990) Time-dependent codeine analgesic and hyperalgesic effects in domestic fowl. Psychonomic Society,
New Orleans, LA.
Hughes RA, Sufka KJ (Nov. 1990) Morphine hyperalgesic effects against chemo-inflammatory pain in leghorn cockerels. Society for
Neuroscience, St. Louis, MO.
Sufka KJ, Hughes RA, Giordano J (Nov. 1990) Opioid-receptor mediation of morphine-induced hyperalgesia in domestic fowl. Society for
Neuroscience, St. Louis, MO.
Sufka KJ, Hughes RA (May 1990) Differential effects of handling on isolation-induced distress vocalizations, hypoalgesia and
hyperthermia in domestic fowl. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Hughes RA, Sufka KJ (May 1990) Morphine hyperalgesia on the formalin test in domestic fowl. Midwestern Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL.
Sufka KJ, Hughes RA (May 1989) Social isolation and the ontogeny of distress vocalizations, nociception and thermoregulation in
domestic fowl. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Sufka KJ, Hughes RA (May 1988) Dose and temporal parameters of morphine-induced hyperalgesia in domestic fowl. Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Hughes RA, Sufka KJ (May 1988) Thermal nociception and isolation effects in domestic fowl. Midwestern Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL.
Hughes RA, Sufka KJ (April 1988) Strain-dependent morphine-induced hypo- and hyperalgesia in domestic fowl. Midwest Neurobiologists,
Ames, IA.
Sufka KJ, Hughes RA (April 1988) Dose and temporal parameters of morphine-induced hyperalgesia in domestic fowl. Midwest
Neurobiologists, Ames, IA.
Sufka KJ, Hughes RA (May 1987) Strain-dependent morphine-induced analgesia and hyperalgesia in domestic fowl. Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
INVITED LECTURES AND COLLOQUIA
Lessons (Never) Learned: The 7 9 Deadly Sins of the College Drop-Out. Provost Scholars Orientation, Office of the Provost, University of
Mississippi (8-19-11)
The A-Game: Guiding Student Success. Instructor Workshop, Center for Writing and Rhetoric, University of Mississippi (8-17-11)
Lessons Learned: Guiding Student Success. Graduate Teaching Assistant Workshop, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning,
University of Mississippi (8-15-11)
Development, validation and utilization of the chick anxiety-depression model. Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
(10-28-10)
Losing my free-will; my life as a neuroscientist. Neuroscience Program, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (10-8-10)
Development, validation and utilization of the chick anxiety-depression model. Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tulane
University, New Orleans, LA (10-8-10)
How to learn more better: Getting your students to bring their A-game into the classroom. Graduate Instructors Workshop, Office of the
Graduate School, University of Mississippi (8-16-10)
What conditioned place preference may tell us about analgesia in chronic pain models. Amgen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Thousand Oaks, CA
(2-26-10)
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Analgesic assessment in cancer pain models. ElSohly Laboratories. Oxford, MS (12-9-09)
Leading a culture of change for university faculty. Academic Leadership Development Program. Southeastern Conference Academic
Consortium (SECAC). Oxford, MS (10-7 -09)
Neuroethics and the neuroscience of animal pain and suffering. Neuroethics Pre-Conference Workshop. Society for Philosophy and
Psychology. Bloomington, IN (6-11-09)
Modeling anxiety-depression in chicks. Department of Physiology and Biophysics. Georgetown University, Washington, DC (2-23-09)
On the FASTrack: Tips for academic success. Department of Admissions. University of Mississippi (8-22-08)
Modeling the anxiety-depression continuum in chicks. Institute of Neuroscience. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, UK (8-808)
How to Increase the Probability of Admission to Graduate School, UM Psi Chi Honor Society, University of Mississippi (3-24-08)
Don’t make me shoot your momma; A wise guy’s guide to student academic success. Student-Athlete Academic Support Center,
University of Mississippi (2-24-08)
Losing my free-will; my life as a neuroscientist. Department of Behavioral Sciences. Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR (12-3-07)
Neuroscience and the Elder Law Attorney. National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Conference. Memphis, TN (11-2-07)
Don’t make me shoot your momma; A wise guy’s guide to student academic success. Center for Teaching and Learning, University of
Mississippi (with Dr. Kelly Wilson 10-16-07)
Neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and law at the crossroads. College Camp for High Schoolers. University of Mississippi (6-7-07)
Neuroscience in the news. 55+ Luncheon Seminar, St. Peters Episcopal Church, Oxford, MS (11-16-06)
Keynote Address; Freshman Convocation, University of Mississippi, Taylor, MS (8-24-06)
Brain science for kindergartners. Pierz Pioneer Elementary School, Pierz, MN (2-24-06)
Animal modeling of the anxiety-depression continuum hypothesis. Departments of Biology and Psychology, St. John’s University,
Collegeville, MN (2-23-06)
Chronic pain and gate control: a new look at on old theory. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Grand Rounds Lecture,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS (12-9-05)
Metacognition: making the most out of college learning. START Program, University of Mississippi, Taylor, MS (6-29-2005)
Psychopharmacology and the modeling of anxiety in domestic fowl chicks. Department of Psychology, Northeast Mississippi Community
College, Booneville, MS (3-2-05)
Neuroscience and plasticity: understanding chronic pain. Ole Miss Luncheon Series, University of Mississippi Alumni Association,
Jackson, MS (12-14-04)
Brain science and the free will debate. University of Mississippi Scholar’s Conference, University of Mississippi (11-18-04)
Pain and plasticity: A new neuroscience of pain. Gustafsonfest: A celebration of the contribution of Donald Gustafson to Philosophy and
Psychology, University of Cincinnati (10-9-04).
Unraveling the mysteries of consciousness. Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, University of Mississippi (3-22-04)
Development of a novel in-vivo high-throughput anxiolytic screen. Department of Pharmacology, University of Mississippi, (1-29-04)
Teaching large classes. Office of the Provost, Faculty Luncheon, University of Mississippi, (10-28-03)
Closing the gap on the mind body problem. Philosophy Forum, University of Mississippi, (9-18-03)
Novel gating mechanism in pain and analgesia; central sensitization and depotentiation. Department of Psychology, University of Georgia,
Athens, GA (4-18-03)
The promises and pitfalls of a maturing neuroscience. Mississippi Humanities Council Symposium: Rediscovering consciousness: focus
of humanities and sciences on the brain, Northeast Mississippi Community College, Booneville, MS (3-18-03)
What neuroscience has to say about consciousness. Mississippi Humanities Council Symposium: Rediscovering consciousness: focus of
humanities and sciences on the brain, Northeast Mississippi Community College, Booneville, MS (3-18-03)
Novel gating mechanism in pain and analgesia; central sensitization and depotentiation. Department of Neuroanatomy, University Medical
Center, Jackson MS (1-22-03)
God, dice and chronic pain. Department of Physics, University of Mississippi (2-12-02).
Implications of a maturing neuroscience. Depts. of Psychology and Philosophy, Connecticut College (12-18-01).
Substance abuse revisited: Contributions from two titans of learning. Department of Psychology, St. Olaf College (12-18-01).
Anxiolytic screening and the chick social-separation-stress procedure. Department of Psychology, St. Olaf College (12-17-01).
Anxiolytic screening and the chick social-separation-stress procedure. Department of Exercise Science, University of Mississippi (11-3001).
Unraveling the mysteries of chronic pain. Liberal Arts Faculty Forum, University of Mississippi (9-18-01).
Philosophical, legal and societal implications of a maturing neuroscience. Psi Chi Keynote Address, Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR (6-8-01).
Development of the chick social-separation-stress-procedure as a model to screen anxiolytics. Cognitive Neuropsychology Class, Western
Oregon University, Monmouth, OR (6-7-01).
Science and ethics. Fall 2000 Lott Leadership Conference, University of Mississippi, (11-17-00).
Neuroplasticity and chronic pain. Alliance Healthcare System, Holly Springs, MS (9-19-00).
The maturing neurosciences and the demise of free will. Psi Chi/Philosophy Club, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR (9-15-00).
The maturing neurosciences and the demise of free will. University Convocation, Drury College, Springfield, MO (8-31-00).
Old paradigms, new uses: modeling disability, drug negative reinforcement and sensorimotor integration in pain research. AstraZeneca
R&D Montreal, Montreal, Quebec Canada (5-15-00).
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A new look at chronic pain: neuroscience answers an evolutionary psychological question. Department of Biology, Mississippi State
University, Starkville, MS (4-14-00).
The maturing neurosciences and determinism: how free is your free will. Philosophy Forum, Department of Philosophy and Religion, The
University of Mississippi (3-23-00).
Understanding chronic pain: perspectives from neurochemistry to evolutionary psychology. Neuroscience Program and Department of
Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (3-2-00).
Expectations in the classroom-but whose expectations matter? The 2000 Scholars in Residence, The Honors College, University of
Missouri, Columbia, MO (2-21-00).
How learners learn-and how should teachers teach? The 2000 Scholars in Residence, The Honors College, University of Missouri,
Columbia, MO (2-21-00).
Biological determinism and the maturing neurosciences-or how free is your free will? The 2000 Scholars in Residence, The Honors
College, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (2-22-00).
Taking a new look at chronic pain: neuroscience answers evolutionary psychology’s question. Cognitive Sciences Group Meeting, East
Carolina University, Greenville, NC (2-4-00).
Developing a novel anxiolytic screening model: the chick social separation stress procedure. Neuroscience Colloquium, East Carolina
University, Greenville, NC (2-2-00).
The neurobiology of pain and analgesia. Neuroscience 5001, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (2-1 and 3-00).
A new theory of chronic pain. Consciousness Reading Group, Duke University, Durham, NC (11-17-99).
Developing a novel animal paradigm to screen anxiolytic drugs. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco,
TX (11-3-99).
The neurobiology of pain experiences. ECU Philosophy Club, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (10-13-99).
Navigating the academic waters: what to expect from your college professors; 1999 Summer Orientation Program, Division of Student,
University of Mississippi (3 sessions, Summer 1999).
Psychoneural reduction and pain: Riding the new wave; UM Symposium on Psychoneural Reduction, University of Mississippi (2-29-99).
Consciousness and split brain patients. 1998 Scholars Conference, University of Mississippi (10-29-98).
Enhancing student success through an innovative advising system. Liberal Arts Faculty Forum, University of Mississippi (9-22-98).
The pains of being a pain researcher: Overcoming obstacles to create meaningful undergraduate research experiences. Project
Kaleidoscope National Assembly, Chicago, IL (9-19-98).
Reality and existence in the neural world. Philosophy Forum, Department of Philosophy and Religion, The University of Mississippi (4-3098).
What place and operant response paradigms can tell us about chronic pain and analgesic drug effects. Department of Psychology,
Connecticut College, New London, CT (2-12-98).
Principles of psychopharmacotherapeutics. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group, North Mississippi Regional Center, Oxford, MS (9-20-97).
The domestic fowl chick as a model in psychopharmacology. Neuroscience Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (4-18-97).
Multiple sclerosis: a breakdown in communication in the nervous system, Multiple Sclerosis Support Group, North Mississippi Regional
Center , Oxford, MS (2-15-97).
Incorporating multimedia technology into biopsychology lectures, Department of Behavioral Science and Leadership, United States Air
Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO (1-13-97).
A cantaloupe, a prune, a chicken, and oatmeal. These and other sundry observations about our brain; 1996 Scholars Conference,
University of Mississippi (11-14-96).
Keynote Speaker, Golden Key National Honor Society, University of Mississippi Chapter (11-6-96).
Behavioral indexes for judging the operational success of psychology for the optimization of social processes during times of helium based
transportation failures. The Great Balloon Debate, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Mississippi (4-26-96).
Who are you; where are you; the neural mechanisms of self. Philosophy Forum, Department of Philosophy and Religion, The University of
Mississippi (2-15-96).
The use of avian models in psychopharmacology. Department of Pharmacology, University of Mississippi (1-17-96).
Pain, opioids, and analgesia. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS (117-95).
Analgesic drug negative reinforcement. Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (4-12-95).
The Nature of Reality. Psi Chi Initiation Banquet, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (4-12-95).
Negatively reinforcing effects of analgesic drugs assessed by the place preference paradigm. Department of Pharmacology, University of
Mississippi (3-29-94).
The use of place preference and operant conditioning paradigms in pain research. Department of Psychology, St. Olaf College, Northfield,
MN (3-7-94).
Analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug efficacy derived from place preference and operant responding paradigms. Department of
Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (6-4-93).
Novel approaches to analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug assessment in persistent inflammatory pain in rats. Department of
Anesthesiology, Pain Control Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN (4-11-93).
Avian models of pain research. Department of Psychology, Drake University, Des Moines, IA (9-13-91).
Biological basis of cocaine addiction. Bernie Lorenz Recovery House For Women, Des Moines, IA (3-25-91).
Mechanisms of atypical morphine hyperalgesia in domestic fowl. Department of Biology, Drake University, Des Moines, IA (2-8-91).
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MEDIA APPEARANCES
Stem Cells, Therapeutic Cloning and State and Federal Policy; U92 Rebel Faction Radio Show (Mar 4, 2006).
The Science and Ethics of Stem Cell Research, Mississippi Public Broadcasting Radio (Mar 11, 2009)
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REFERENCES
Michael T. Allen, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor of Psychology
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
662-915-7383
mta1@olemiss.edu
Alan M. Gross, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
662-915-5186
pygross@olemiss.edu
Morris Stocks, Ph.D.
Provost and Professor of Accountancy
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
662-915-1198
acstocks@olemiss.edu
John V. Roughan, Ph.D.
Institute of Neuroscience
Newcastle University
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
NE2 4HH
44-191-222-6715
j.v.roughan@newcastle.ac.uk
William Lawhead, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor of Philosophy
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
662-915-7345
wlawhead@olemiss.edu
Paul Flecknell, D.V.M.
Comparative Biology Centre
Medical School, Framlington Place
Newcastle University
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
NE2 4HH
44-191-222-6715
p.a.flecknell@ncl.ac.uk
Robert Khayat, J.D.
Chancellor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus of Law
University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS 38677
662-234-4842