Proceedings of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Workshops at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, July 30 – Aug 3, 2014
By JC Hardwick, BR Johnson, JJ Ramirez & EP Wiertelak

The 2014 FUN Achievement Award
By BS Beltz et al.

VideoHacking: Automated Tracking and Quantification of Locomotor Behavior with Open Source Software and Off-the-Shelf Video Equipment
By EE Conklin et al.

ERIN: A Portal to Resources for Higher Education in Neuroscience
By RF Olivo et al.

Documenting Laboratory Procedures with Video
By RA Wyttenbach

Retention of Underrepresented Minority Faculty: Strategic Initiatives for Institutional Value Proposition Based on Perspectives from a Range of Academic Institutions
By Joseph A. Whittaker et al.

Intentional Excellence in the Baldwin Wallace University Neuroscience Program
By JK Morris et al.

Best Practices: The Neuroscience Program at Central Michigan University
By GL Dunbar

Career Transitions for Faculty Members Committed to Undergraduate Neuroscience Education
By GL Dunbar

Techniques and Technology to Revise Content Delivery and Model Critical Thinking in the Neuroscience Classroom
By KR Illig

Light Activated Escape Circuits: A Behavior and Neurophysiology Lab Module using Drosophila Optogenetics
By JS Titlow et al.

Gel Scramble: An E-Tool for Teaching Molecular Neuroscience
By W Grisham et al.
Supplementary Material

Neuroscience and Global Learning
By MG Ruscio et al.

How to Successfully Incorporate Undergraduate Researchers Into a Complex Research Program at a Large Institution
By RB Weldon & VF Reyna

Mission-Driven, Manageable and Meaningful Assessment of an Undergraduate Neuroscience Program
By GM Muir

In Situ Teaching: Fusing Labs & Lectures in Undergraduate Science Courses to Enhance Immersion in Scientific Research
By J Round and B Lom

In Vivo Time-Lapse Imaging in the Zebrafish Lateral Line: A Flexible, Open-Ended Research Project for an Undergraduate Neurobiology Laboratory Course
By MH Marra et al.

Using the Humanities to Teach Neuroscience to Non-majors
By HG McFarlane and J Richeimer
Supplementary Material

Electrophysiology Meets Ecology: Investigating How Vision is Tuned to the Life Style of an Animal using Electroretinography
By A Stowasser et al.
Supplementary Material

Student Friendly Technique to Demonstrate Coordination between Postural (Involuntary) and Voluntary Muscle Contractions
By W Colgan III

The Reviews Are In: Resources For Undergraduate Neuroscience Education
by EP Wiertelak, Editor-in-Chief

Developing a New Experimental System for an Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise to Teach Theories of Visuomotor Learning
by S Kasuga & J Ushiba

K-12 Neuroscience Education Outreach Program: Interactive Activities for Educating Students about Neuroscience
by AL Deal et al.

Students Apply Research Methods to Consumer Decisions About Cognitive Enhancing Drinks
by CB Walters et al.

“Thinking like a Neuroscientist”: Using Scaffolded Grant Proposals to Foster Scientific Thinking in a Freshman Neuroscience Course
by H Köver, SE Wirt, MT Owens, & AJ Dosmann

A Proposal for Undergraduate Students’ Inclusion in Brain Awareness Week: Promoting Interest in Curricular Neuroscience Components
by A Martins & PB Mello-Carpes

Engaging Undergraduate Summer Research Students and Faculty in a Regional Neuroscience Network
by JR Yates & AJ Stavnezer

Recording Field Potentials From Zebrafish Larvae During Escape Responses
by BD Monesson-Olson et al.

Textbook Review
Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience
by Matt Carter and Jennifer Shieh
reviewed by JC Strickland

Book Review
MATLAB for Neuroscientists: An Introduction to Scientific Computing in MATLAB (second edition)
by Pascal Wallisch et al.
reviewed by W Grisham

Book Review
Neuroscience: A Historical Introduction
by Mitchell Glickstein
reviewed by AL Cecala

Book Review
Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century
by Carl Schoonover
reviewed by B Lom

Book Review
Joy, Guilt, Anger, Love
By Giovanni Frazzetto
reviewed by JW Kalat

Book Review
Identification of Neural Markers Accompanying Memory
Edited by Alfredo Meneses
reviewed by P Krishnan

Opinion: A Win for Science: The Benefits of Mentoring High School Students in the Lab
by CM Harley

Opinion: Science Communication to the General Public: Why We Need to Teach Undergraduate and Graduate Students this Skill as Part of Their Formal Scientific Training
by SE Brownell, JV Price and L Steinman

Editorial by EP Wiertelak, Editor-in-Chief: Training Tomorrow’s Neuroscientists Today

Three Colossal Neurons: A New Approach to an Old Classroom Demonstration
by SR Holloway

Engaging the Audience: Developing Presentation Skills in Science Students
by AE Stuart

MetaNeuron: A Free Neuron Simulation Program for Teaching Cellular Neurophysiology
by MH Newman and EA Newman

Using Case Studies as a Semester-Long Tool to Teach Neuroanatomy and Structure-Function Relationships to Undergraduates
by S Kennedy

Can You Change a Student’s Mind in a Course about the Brain? Belief Change Following an Introductory Course in Biological Psychology
by IA Harrington

Pleasure and Pain: Teaching Neuroscientific Principles of Hedonism in a Large General Education Undergraduate Course
by RJ Bodnar et al.

The Use of Haiku to Convey Complex Concepts in Neuroscience
by AE Pollack and DL Korol

Basic Neuron Model Electrical Equivalent Circuit: An Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise
by KM Dabrowski et al.

Community-Based Experiential Learning for Second Year Neuroscience Undergraduates
by HJ Yu et al.
Supplementary Material #1  •  Supplementary Material #2 •  Supplementary Material #3

Studying Temporal Properties of Stimulus-Evoked Responses in the Ventral Nerve Cord of Insects
by MJ Ferragamo

Using Crickets to Introduce Neurophysiology to Early Undergraduate Students
by RK Dagda et al.

The Use of Mock NSF-type Grant Proposals and Blind Peer Review as the Capstone Assignment in Upper-Level Neurobiology and Cell Biology Courses
by H Itagaki

Engaging Undergraduates in a Unique Neuroscience Research Opportunity: A Collaborative Research Experience Between a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) and a Major Research Institution
by MA Kreitzer & RP Malchow

Book Review
Beyond The Brain: How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds
by Louise Barrett
reviewed by AL Cecala

Introduction to Volume 11, Issue 1 and Proceedings of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Workshops at Pomona College, Claremont, CA, July 28 to July 31, 2011
by BR Johnson, EP Wiertelak, JJ Ramirez, & K Parfitt

Wikipedia Neuroscience Stub Editing in an Introductory Undergraduate Neuroscience Course
by JR Burdo

Elevating Student Potential: Creating Digital Video to Teach Neurotransmission
by MK Jarvinen & LZ Jarvinen

Developing at Team-taught Capstone Course in Neuroscience
by S Kennedy & F Hassebrock

An Undergraduate taught Course on Consciousness and Mind
by SI Kronemer & Jennifer Yates

Oh What FUN We’ve Had! Reflections on the Past and Look to the Future
by SD Dickinson

Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action
Presentation to Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, July 2011
by MLS Ledbetter

Identifying and Using ‘Core Competencies’ to Help Design and Assess Undergraduate Neuroscience Curricula
by M Kerchner, JC Hardwick & JE Thornton
Supplementary Material

Working with your Administration to Garner Support for Neuroscience Programs
by CG Reiness

External Reviews, Internal Influences: Consultations and the Undergraduate Neuroscience Curriculum
by EP Wiertelak

Cultivating Diversity and Competency in STEM: Challenges and Remedies for Removing Virtual Barriers to Constructing Diverse Higher Education Communities of Success
by JA Whittaker & BL Montgomery

OPINION: Diversity in Neuroscience. We Know the Problem. Are We Really Still Debating the Solutions?
by NY Weekes

The Intentional Mentor: Effective Mentorship of Undergraduate Science Students
by JJ Ramirez

Classroom Activities: Simple Strategies to Incorporate Student-Centered Activities within Undergraduate Science Lectures
by B Lom

Creating Cross-disciplinary Courses
by ER Reynolds

Accelerated Integrated Science Sequence: An Interdisciplinary Introductory Course for Science Majors
by NH Copp, K Black & S Gould

Collaborative Online Writing Assignments to Foster Active Learning
by RF Olivo

Service Learning in Neuroscience Courses
by KS Mead & S Kennedy

The Value of Partnerships in Science Education: A Win-Win Situation
by S de Lacalla & A Petruso

Neuroscience Study Abroad: Developing a Short-Term Summer Course
by MG Ruscio & C Korey

Shared Innovations in Education: Writing and Reviewing for the Undergraduate Neuroscience Community
by EP Wiertelak & GL Dunbar

Planning and Designing Spaces for the Sciences
by DA Weldon

Teaching Neuroinformatics with an Emphasis on Quantitative Locus Analysis
by W Grisham, CA Korey, NA Schottler, LB McCauley & J Beatty

Exploring Sensory Neuroscience Through Experience and Experiment
by RA Wyttenbach

A Structured-Inquiry Approach to Teaching Neurophysiology Using Computer Simulation
by KM Crisp

The Fundamentals of Flying: Simple and Inexpensive Strategies for Employing Drosophila Genetics in Neuroscience Teaching Laboratories
by SR Pulver & J Berni

Electroretinograms in Drosophila: A Robust and Genetically Accessible Electrophysiological System for the Undergraduate Laboratory
by I Vilinsky & KG Johnson

Classic Clinical Technique Adapted to Demonstrate Autonomic Nervous System Physiology in an Undergraduate Laboratory Course
by W Colgan III

The Homemade Alternative: Teaching Human Neurophysiology with Instrumentation Made (Almost) from Scratch
by S Hauptman, K Du Bois & BR Johnson

Unquenchable Neuroscience
By W Grisham

Commentary
Input-output: The Role of Undergraduate Curriculum in Successful Graduate Training in the Neurosciences
By S Mennerick
Supplementary Material

Strategies For Fostering Synergy between Neuroscience Programs and Chemistry Departments
By DJ Ulness & JR Mach

A Mechanism for Multidisciplinary Dialogue: The Memory & … Series
By KS Multhaup et al.

The Use of “Non-Fiction Novels” in a Sensation and Perception Course
By KL Gunther

Human Brains Engaged in Rat Brains: Student-driven Neuroanatomy Research in an Introductory Biology Lab Course
By SM Gardner et al.

Decreasing Neuroscience Anxiety in an Introductory Neuroscience Course: An Analysis Using Data from a Modified Science Anxiety Scale
By M Birkett & K Shelton

Integrating Community Outreach into the Undergraduate Neuroscience Classroom
By C Stevens
Supplementary Material, Examples 1-3

“Writing in Neuroscience”: A Course Designed for Neuroscience Undergraduate Students
By J Adams

Practical Experience with Age-related Dementia: Implementation and Outcomes of a Semester-long Service Learning Project in Neuropsychology
By M Olson

Use of Personal EEG Monitors in a Behavioral Neuroscience Course to Investigate Natural Setting Sleep Patterns and the Factors Affecting Them in College Students
By JC Marshall et al.

A Conceptual Framework for Interdisciplinary Curriculum Design: A Case Study in Neuroscience
By M Modo & I Kinchin

Design Plans for an Inexpensive Tail Flick Analgesia Meter
By A Otto et al.
Supplementary Material

A Modified Golgi-Cox Procedure for use in Undergraduate Courses
By KA Wright et al.