Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology
Dr. Gerald S. Hecht
Associate Professor of Psychology
12757 Coursey Blvd.
Apt 2160
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/gerald-hecht-ph-d/96/253/752
Adjunct Professor of Psychology | |
Associate Professor of Psychology |
1986-1989: Research Assistant and undergraduate student in Psychology/Biology Rowan University , Glassboro, NJ | |
1989-1990: Graduate student in Experimental Psychology West Chester University, West Chester, PA. | |
1991-1997: Doctoral student in Psychobiology Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY. | |
1997-1999: Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS. |
•Hecht, G.S. (1990). Influences of amiloride hydrochloride on taste detection performance: a signal detection analysis. Masters Thesis, West Chester University, Dr. Louis Porter Committee Chair.
•Hecht, G.S., Brosvic, G.M. and Porter, L.H. (1993). Influences of amiloride hydrochloride on the taste detection performance of rats. Physiology and Behavior.
•Nadel, L. et al. Hippocampus. (1995). In E. Alleva et al. (eds.), Behavioural Brain Research in Naturalistic and Semi-Naturalistic settings, pp 353-355. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Netherlands.
•Hecht, G.S., Riccio, L., Spear, L.P. and Spear, N.E. (1996). Intravenous self-administration of cocaine in pregnant and lactating rats.Developmental Psychobiology, 29(3):36.
•Pre-quit depression level and smoking expectancies for mood management predict the nature of smoking withdrawal symptoms in college women smokers. Copeland AL, Kulesza M, Hecht GS. Addict Behav. 2009 May;34(5):481-3. Epub 2008 Dec 24.
•Hecht, G.S. (in preparation). Current pharmacological trends in treating individuals with intellectual disabilities. Invitation by editor to submit paper to Research on Developmental Disabilities.
•Hecht, G.S., Copeland, A.L., Kendzor, D.E. (in preparation). Prediction of smoking topography patterns among women smokers: A pilot study.
•Copeland, A.L., Hecht, G.S., & Perantie, D. Cigarette smoking, smoking expectancies and suicidal ideation among college student smokers.
•Copeland, A.L., Hecht, G.S., & Laurent, N.L. Validity of the Profile of Mood States (POMS) for assessing mood-related nicotine withdrawal symptoms in college female smokers.
•2006: Copeland, A.L., Hecht, G.S., & Perantie, D.C. (August 2006). The relationship between cigarette smoking, depression, and suicidal ideation among college students. Paper submitted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. New Orleans, Louisiana.
•2000: Harrison, M. Hecht, G., & Carreiro, P. Predictors of substance use in African American youths. Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association 46th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2000.
•1996a: Snyder, K.J., Hecht, G.S., and Spear, L.P. The effects of maternal separation on basal heart rates and habituation in preweanling rat pups. Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington, D.C.
•1996b: Di Lorenzo, P.M., Hecht, G.S. Temporal coding of sensory stimuli: mimicking gustatory stimuli with electrical stimulation of the brain. Dynamical Neuroscience Satellite Symposium Washington, D.C.
•1995a: Hecht, G.S., Spear, L.P., and Spear, N.E. Effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on reward sensitivity in the rat. Society for Neuroscience 25th annual meeting, San Diego, California.
•1995b: Hecht, G.S., Riccio, L., Spear, L.P. And Spear, N.E. Intravenous self-administration of cocaine in pregnant and lactating rats. International Society for Developmental Psychobiology. San Diego, California.
•1994: Hecht, G.S., Athalie, F., Spear, N.E., and Spear, L.P. Effects of prenatal cocaine exposure and maternal deprivation on heartrate and nonassociative learning in infant rats. Society for Neuroscience, Miami Beach Florida.
•1993: Hecht, G.S., Di Lorenzo, P.M. Generalization of a conditioned aversion to electrical stimulation in the nucleus of the solitary tract in the rat. AChems, Sarasota, Florida.
•1993: Hecht, G.S., Di Lorenzo, P.M. And Monroe, S. Time course of discrimination of taste stimuli in the parabrachial pons of the rat. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
•1992a: Di Lorenzo, P.M. And Hecht, G.S. Conditioned aversion to lick-paired stimulation of the nucleus of the solitary tract in the rat. AChems, Sarasota, Florida.
•1992b: Di Lorenzo, P.M., Hecht, G.S. And Monroe, S. Taste responses to perithreshold stimuli in the parabrachial pons of the rat. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana.
•1989: Hecht, G.S. And Brosvic, G.M. Procedure Specific effects of amiloride hydrochloride on taste detection performance. Psychonomic Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
•1987: Hecht, G.S. And Brosvic, G.M. Effects of copper deprivation on taste sensitivity. Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
Single-unit electrophysiological recording in rat CNS; electrophysiological recording and stimulation in awake, behaving rats; behavioral pharmacological techniques including intravenous self-administration, conditioned place preference, drug state discrimination and conditioned taste aversion using both rodent and primate models; operant psychophysics; application of signal detection theory to animal models of chemosensory perception; developmental/prenatal psychopharmacology; stereotaxic surgery; vascular microsurgery; perfusion; histology; microelectrode construction; microiontophoresis; HPLC techniques.
HPLC computer interface development; extensive use of Brainwaves, Statistica, Systat, Sigma Stat, Sigma Plot and MED-PC computer software packages for electrophysiological and behavioral data collection and statistical analysis; extensive experience with microcomputer and PC platforms/ operating environments including Solaris, OS/2, DOS-Windows (3.11 and 95,98), Windows NT 3.5, 4.0, 2000, and XP/2k3 Server/Professional; LAN and remote access (WAN) design and administration on a variety of NOS platforms including Linux, Solaris, Windows NT 4.0/2000 and 2000/2003 server; extensive experience with NT/2000/XP Domain security model including planning and implementation of active directory integrated one and two-way Domain trust relationships across a multi-site WAN; chief systems architect of neurophysiological laboratory IT operations (data collection/analysis software installation and network protocol integration—TCP/IP, IPX, and multiprotocol routing across Ethernet, fast Ethernet, and most recently gigabit switched Ethernet); extensive experience with editors, word processing and Presentation Graphics software packages (MS Word, WordPerfect, MS Publisher, Powerpoint); programming and application development skills in C Quick Basic, Pascal, JAVA and C++ languages as well as scripting skills in PERL, PHP, and Python; Web Site authoring development using HTML 3.x standards, Java, and XML. Currently Network Administrator and Systems Architect for the Department of Psychology at SUBR- Designed, implemented and actively maintain s a mixed platform LAN (Linux/Windows using LDAP/DNS/SAMBA authentication), as well as all Internet Services (Apache Webserver, Squid Proxy Servers); Also responsible for design and content of the Psychology Course Website at: http://psiwebsubr.org.
•14 years of teaching experience at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
•Present: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Southern University and A&M College. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology, Louisiana State University.
•Courses Currently teaching: PSYC-210 General Psychology, PSYC 377 Physiological Psychology, PSYC 488 History & Systems in Psychology, and PSYC 492 seminar- Information Technology in the teaching of Psychology and Psychological research, PSYC 330- Substance Abuse and Human Behavior, PSYC 381 – Sensation and Perception, and PSYC 277 -Advanced Statistics
•1998-Present: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology, Louisiana State University: PSYC-2000 General Psychology, PSYC 4008 History of Psychology, PSYC 4035- Drugs and Behavior, PSYC 4038 Learning Theories in Psychology.
•1997-1998: Post-Doctoral Fellow and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Mississippi School of Medicine: CNS Pharmacology, Behavioral Neuropharmacology, learning theory.
•1991-1997: Doctoral Student and Adjunct Instructor, State University of New York, Binghamton: 10 semesters plus two summer courses total. Learning Laboratory (basic animal and human learning research). A weekly section of approximately 20 undergraduate enrolled in a core course on learning theory. Instructed methods of shaping behavior in rats, progressing to more advanced controlled learning experiments in both rats and humans; experimental design and statistical analyses of data from these experiments and writing publication quality research papers in APA format. Drugs and Behavior (methods and current research findings in behavioral neuropharmacology). A bi-weekly course of approximately 200 undergraduates with diverse majors. An examination of various phenomena associated with psychoactive drugs integrating basic principles of Pharmacology, Neurophysiology, and Psychology. I supplement the required readings with relevant data from my own experimental studies in drug self-administration, conditioned place/odor preference and exposure to drugs of abuse in utero.
•1989-1991: Adjunct Instructor, West Chester University: 4 semesters plus one summer course total. History and Systems in Psychology. An undergraduate core course for Psychology majors. A critical survey of the philosophical antecedents and schools of Psychology as well as contributions from other fields ranging from Clinical Neurology/Neurosurgery to Sociology and Cultural Anthropology.
•Psi Chi (American Psychological Association Honor Society) Vice President, 1989.
•Clyde Davis Award for outstanding undergraduate research project, 1989.
•Graduated West Chester University (M.A. In Experimental Psychology) with 4.0 GPA, 1990.
•Graduate Student Organization Senator (Psychology Department Representative); Binghamton University, 1992.
•Selected as one of 8 American Scientists for participation in 1994 NATO-ASI meeting; Behavioral Brain Research in Naturalistic and Seminaturalistic Settings: Possibilities and Perspectives, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy. NSF travel award for same (ASI Travel Award Program Grant [National Science Foundation], 1994, ASI #930511, $1000).
•New York Academy of Sciences James McKeen Cattell Award for best doctoral dissertation in Psychology/Neuroscience, 1998.
•Society for Neuroscience
•International Society for Developmental Psychobiology
•Present: Role of Information Technology in teaching effectiveness, academic achievement and research productivity in psychology; Hormonal influences on smoking topography and concomitant nicotine dose titration.
•1996-1999: Dopaminergic mechanisms in stimulant abuse. Determinants of drug choice. Discriminative stimulus effects of abused drugs.
•1993-1996: Effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on autonomic nervous system functioning. Behavioral measures of responsiveness to environmental stress and behavioral measures of learning and memory following prenatal cocaine exposure. Effects of intravenous self-administration of cocaine in pregnant rats and their offspring.
•1991-1993: Electrical stimulation of and electrophysiological recording from the brainstem of awake, behaving rats in relation to gustation. Electrophysiological, Psychophysical and Conditioning/Learning investigations of taste and feeding; mathematical models of the neural code underlying taste perception.
•1989-1990: Neurophysiological investigations of cutaneous temperature perception in rats.
•1987-1989: Operant Psychophysical investigations of gustatory function in rats; application of signal detection theory to examine pharmacological and surgical manipulations on chemosensory perception in rats.