The University of St. Thomas

Prichard, Roxanne

Associate 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 Fall 2013
PSYC 206-01
40340		 Brain & Human Behavior 1055-1200 M W F JRC LL62

4 Credit Hours

An examination of brain systems that subserve human behavior. Topics include: human development, consciousness, social behavior, cognition, emotion and abnormal behavior. Prerequisite: PSYC 111
PSYC 489-01
42162		 Topics: Health Psychology 0935-1040 M W F JRC LL62

4 Credit Hours

This class will explore the behavioral and psychological factors that can impact overall physical well-being. By understanding how biological, psychological, behavioral and social factors influence health, we can better understand illness and work to prevent and treat diseases.

J. Roxanne Prichard
Associate 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 and Cornett-Murtada.  Music and the mind:  A new interdisciplinary course on the
  science of musical experience. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education: Spring 2011.
       
Lund HG, Reider BL, Whiting AB, Prichard JR.  (2010).  Sleep Patterns and Predictors of Disturbed
  Sleep in a Large Population of College Students.  Journal of Adolescent Health, 46: 124-32.

Prichard JR, Armacanqui HS, Benca RM, Behan M. (2007). Light-dependent retinal innervation of
  the rat superior colliculus. Anatomical Record, 290 (3), 341-348.

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