David A. Townsend, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology and Counseling

208A Whitesitt Hall | 235-4524 | dtownsen@pittstate.edu

Responsibilities

• Teaches courses in the Department of Psychology and Counseling, including General Psychology, Research Methods, and History and Systems of Psychology

Course Links

• PSYCH 155 General Psychology
• PSYCH 392 Research Methods in Psychology II
• PSYCH 761 History and Systems of Psychology
• PSYCH 759 Advanced Developmental Psychology

Current Research Interests

• Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
• Developmental Psychobiology
• Neurobiology of Developmental Disorders
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Deferred Imitation, Associate Learning, Transitivity, and Long-Term Memory in Preverbal Infants
• Stress effects on Neurogenesis

Education

• Ph.D., Rutgers University
• M.S., Rutgers University
• B.A., Rutgers University