Department of Psychology hosts Nathaniel Stafford for their Distinguished Alumni Colloquium

Alumnus Nathaniel Stafford returned to Wright State on February 15th to give a research talk and to meet with students for a "Q & A" session.  He is a PhD candidate in the University of New Hampshire's Department of Psychology. Stafford is studying the neurobiology of stress and resilience. His talk was titled "Ultrasonic vocalizations and stress resilience: Behavioral and neurobiological correlates".

The ability to cope plays a large role in how an organism responds to a stressor. Stafford's research interests pertain to the ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) in adult lab rats during