Psychology, Sociology and Criminal Justice News
Students in Phillip Zoladz, Ph.D.’s, laboratory recently published a manuscript based on work that was completed over the past couple of years at ONU. The research was funded by an undergraduate research grant from Psi Chi that was awarded to Hanna Burke, BS ’11.Other members of the research team are Cristina Robinson, BS ’13, Bethany Wentz, BS ’12, Jerel McKay, BS ’12, Kyle Dexter, a junior in...
Phillip Zoladz, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, and David Diamond from the University of South Florida are authors of a major review article, “Current status on behavioral and biological markers of PTSD: A search for clarity in a conflicting literature.”The article in the journal Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews deals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The article...
Ohio Northern University will present a panel discussion on “Human Trafficking: The Invisible Problem” in the Dicke Forum on Tuesday, March 12, at 11 a.m. The event is free and open to the public.The panel will discuss the issue of human trafficking, exploring the criminal aspects of the trade in human beings and the impact of trafficking on victims. The panel also will look to raise awareness of...
ADA — Two members of the Department of Psychology, Sociology, and Criminal Justice at Ohio Northern University have been honored for their contribution to a highly-respected reference publication. Keith Durkin, professor of sociology, and Ron DeLong, lecturer in psychology and criminal justice, have contributed an article for the Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior that has been nominated for an...
Philip Zoladz, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, is coauthor of an article titled "Differential effectiveness of tianeptine, clonidine and amitriptyline in blocking traumatic memory expression, anxiety and hypertension in an animal model of PTSD" published in the journal "Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry."Zoladz authored the paper with Monika Fleshner,...
“The Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior” has been nominated for the Outstanding Reference Sources Award by the American Library Association. The publication includes a chapter, “Internet Crimes Against Children (pages 799-806) written by Keith F. Durkin, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology, and Ronald L. DeLong, MidWest Ohio Forensic Services and lecturer in in the Psychology and Sociology...
“Pre-learning stress that is temporally removed from acquisition exerts sex-specific effects on long-term memory,” a journal article based on research conducted at ONU by Dr. Phillip Zoladz, Dr. Jeffery Talbot and several of their research assistants, has been published in the journal Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.The research was an attempt to test a recently proposed theory about how...
Dr. Philip Zoladz, assistant professor of psychology, and 10 past and present research assistants, attended the 2012 annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, held Oct. 13-17 in New Orleans, La., to present posters based on research conducted at ONU.Participants included Ashlee Warnecke, BA ’11, from Kalida, Ohio; Sarah Woelke, BA’12 from Bowling Green, Ohio; Hanna Burke, BA’11, from...
Erica Neely, assistant professor of philosophy, presented a paper, “Machines and the Moral Community,” at the AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012, held July 2-6 in Birmingham, England.The conference is a joint meeting of The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour and The International Association for Computing and Philosophy.Neely’s presentation was...

















