The University of St. Thomas

Prichard, Roxanne

Assistant Professor

jrprichard@stthomas.edu
Phone: (651) 962-5043
Toll Free: (800) 328-6819, Ext. 2-5043
Fax: 651-962-5051

JRC LL56
2115 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN  55105

Office Location: JRC LL05
Courses taught in Spring 2012
PSYC 401-01
20518		 Physiological Psychology 1055-1200 M W F JRC LL01

4 Credit Hours

This laboratory course includes study of the brain, its function and its control of behavior. Neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, and biochemical substrates of behaviors associated with feeding, drinking, sex, sleep, arousal, emotion, learning and memory are examined. Prerequisites: PSYC 212; PSYC 206 or PSYC 322; and BIOL 101 or equivalent
PSYC 401-51
20519		 Physiological Psychology/Lab 0830-1130 T JRC LL45

0 Credit Hours

This laboratory course includes study of the brain, its function and its control of behavior. Neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, and biochemical substrates of behaviors associated with feeding, drinking, sex, sleep, arousal, emotion, learning and memory are examined. Prerequisites: PSYC 212; PSYC 206 or PSYC 322; and BIOL 101 or equivalent
PSYC 401-52
21537		 Physiological Psychology Lab 0830-1130 R JRC LL45

0 Credit Hours

This laboratory course includes study of the brain, its function and its control of behavior. Neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, and biochemical substrates of behaviors associated with feeding, drinking, sex, sleep, arousal, emotion, learning and memory are examined. Prerequisites: PSYC 212; PSYC 206 or PSYC 322; and BIOL 101 or equivalent

J. Roxanne Prichard
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Academic History
Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, 2004
B.A., Biopsychology, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1998

Expertise
Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
Neuroanatomy

Selected Publications
Prichard JR, Armacanqui HS, Benca RM and Behan M. (2007)  Light-dependent retinal intervation
  or the rat superior colliculus.  Anatomical Record.  (in press)

Prichard JR.  "Writing to Learn:  An Evaluation of the Calibrated Peer Review (TM) Program in Two
  Neuroscience Courses."  Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education.  Fall 2005.

Prichard JR, Fahy J, Obermeyer WH, Behan M, and Benca RM.  (2004) Sleep-wakefulness
  responses to light are shaped by early experience.  Behavioral Neuroscience, 118:  1262-73.

Prichard JR, Stoffel RT, Quimby DL, Obermeyer WH, Benca RM and Behan M.  (2002) Fos
  immunoreactivity in rat subcortical visual shell in response to illuminance changes.
  Neuroscience, 114: 781-794.

Brueckner JK, AShby LP, Prichard JR and Porter JD.  (1999)  Vestibulo-ocular pathways
  modulate extraocular muscle myosin expression patterns.  Cell and Tissue Research, 295: 477-484 .

Professional Memberships
Society for Neuroscience
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience
Sleep Research Society