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2012 Volume 11 Issue 1
2012 Volume 11 Issue : 1 and Special Section: FUN Workshop Papers
Editorials
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
Articles
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
Special Section: 2011 FUN Workshop Papers
Articles
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
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
2012 Volume 10 Issue 2
2012 Volume 10 : Issue 2
Editorials
The State of JUNE
by W Grisham
Letter to the Editor
Quenchable Neuroscience: Why JUNE Needs to Focus on Getting Indexed in PubMed
by S Pulver
Articles
Assessing Development of an Interdisciplinary Perspective in an Undergraduate Neuroscience Course
by KM Crisp & GM Muir
Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior: A Graduate Student-run Comprehensive Course in Neuroscience
by LE Ullrich et al.
Supplementary Material 1 • Supplementary Material 2 • Supplementary Material 3
Using In Vivo Voltammetry to Demonstrate Drug Action: A Student Laboratory Experience in Neurochemistry
by BP Bergstrom
Bio-amplifier with Driven Shield Inputs to Reduce Electrical Noise and its Application to Laboratory Teaching of Electrophysiology
by Y Matsuzaka et al.
Using Equivalence-Based Instruction to Increase Efficiency in Teaching Neuroanatomy
by CL Pytte & DM Fienup
An Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise Examining the Psychomotor Stimulant Effects of Caffeine in Laboratory Rats
by K Pham & RD Romeo
2011 Volume 10 Issue 1
2011 Volume 10 : Issue 1
Editorials
Articles
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
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.
2011 Volume 9 Issue 2
2011 Volume 9 : Issue 2
Editorials
Articles
Volunteerism is Key to Offering Successful Neuroscience Outreach with Limited Resources
By AR Pearce and M Srivatsan
Undergraduate Neuroscience Education in the U.S.: An Analysis using Data from the National Center for Education Statistics
By RL Ramos, GJ Fokas, A Bhambri, PT Smith, BH Hallas & JC Brumberg
Table 1: Award Levels • Table 2: Programs • Table 3: Historical Graduates
An Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise to Study Weber’s Law
By JK Holden, EM Francisco, Z Zhang, C Baric & M Tommerdahl
SYNAPSE, Symposium for Young Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast: A One-day, Regional Neuroscience Meeting Focusing on Undergraduate Research
By MW Hurd, B Lom & WL Silver
Incorporating Scientific Publishing into an Undergraduate Neuroscience Course: A Case Study Using IMPULSE
By LS Jones et al.
Music and the Mind: A New Interdisciplinary Course on the Science of Musical Experience
By JR Prichard & V Cornett-Murtada
2010 Volume 9 Issue 1
2010 Volume 9 : Issue 1
Editorials
Articles
Benefits of a Professional Training Year for Undergraduates on a Neuroscience Degree Scheme
By RM Santer
Using Neurogenetics and the Warmth-Gated Ion Channel TRPA1 to Study the Neural Basis of Behavior in Drosophila
By J Berni, AM Muldal & SR Pulver
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A Visually-Induced Eyelid Droop Illusion as a Classroom Demonstration of Cross-Modality
By U Wolfe
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Teaching Basic Neurophysiology Using Intact Earthworms
By N Kladt, U Hanslik & HG Heinzel
Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Undergraduates for Careers in Cognitive Neuroscience
By KR Mickley-Steinmetz & RK Ataputtu
Dissection of the Hippocampus Proper and the Associated Structures in Preserved Horse Brains
By LA Cope
Exploring the Complexities of Experimental Design: Using an On-line Reaction Time Program
By AE Pollack
Design and Construction of a Two-Temperature Preference Behavioral Assay
By RL Daniels & DD McKemy
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Neural Networks: Making Connections about the Brain and about College
By Kristina S. Mead
{Supplementary Material #1} {Supplementary Material #2} {Supplementary Material #3}
2010 Volume 8 Issue 2
2010 Volume 8 : Issue 2
Interview
Articles
Laboratory Class Project: Using a Cichlid Fish display Tank to Teach Students about Complex Behavioral Systems
By Brian C. Nolan
Narratives and Neurons: Stories of Damaged Brains
By G. Andrew Mickley and Daniel A. Hoyt
Undergraduate Neuroscience Faculty: Results from a Survey of Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Members
By Jean C. Hardwick and Jeffrey S. Smith
Supplemental material FUN Survey 2009
Exploration of Gerontogenes in the Nervous System: A Multi-Level Neurogenomics Laboratory Module for an Intermediate Neuroscience and Behavior Course
By Kathleen M. Raley-Susman and Janet M. Gray
Demonstrations of Neural Network Computations Involving Students
By Christopher J. May
Social Neuroscience at the College of Saint Rose: The Art of Team Teaching in Emerging Areas of Psychological Science
By Robert W. Flint, Jr. and Nancy Dorr
2009 Volume 8 : Issue 1
2009 Volume 8 : Issue 1 (Special Issue)
Special Issue
Introduction to Papers from the FUN 2008 Macalester Workshops
Proceedings of the 2008 Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Workshops at
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, July 17 to July 20, 2008
By Bruce R. Johnson, Mary E. Harrington, and Eric P. Wiertelak
Jeanne Narum: A Lifetime of Achievement
By Julio J. Ramirez and Eric P. Wiertelak
Sex, Gender, and the Brain: A Non-Majors Course Linking Neuroscience and Women’s Studies
By Kristina S. Mead
Vision and Art: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Neuroscience Education
By Rosa Lafer-Sousa and Bevil R. Conway
Building Neural Networks Within the Academy: Connecting Neuroscience to Other Disciplines
By Lawrence J. Wichlinski
A Self-Study Tutorial using the Allen Brain Explorer and Brain Atlas to Teach Concepts of Mammalian Neuroanatomy and Brain Function
By Bruce G. Jenks
Modular Digital Course in Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (MDCUNE): A Website Offering Free Digital Tools for Neuroscience Educators
By William Grisham
Teaching Neurophysiology to Undergraduates using Neurons in Action
By Ann E. Stuart
Developing a Project-Oriented Introduction to Neuroscience Lab at Hope College
By Leah A. Chase and Christopher C. Barney
Teaching Laboratory Neuroscience at Bowdoin: The Laboratory Instructor Perspective
By Stephen Hauptman and Nancy Curtis
g-PRIME: A Free, Windows Based Data Acquisition and Event Analysis Software Package for Physiology in Classrooms and Research Labs
By Gus K. Lott III, Bruce R. Johnson, Robert H. Bonow, Bruce R. Land, and Ronald R. Hoy
Teaching Undergraduate Neuroscience in the Digital Age
By Christopher A. Korey
Higher Education and the Society for Neuroscience: a website proposal that helped catalyze a change in policy.
By Richard F. Olivo
Brain Awareness Week and Beyond: Encouraging the Next Generation
By Colleen D. McNerney, Eun-Joo Chang, and Nicholas C. Spitzer
New(er) Kids on the Block – Voices of Junior FUN Faculty
By Shelly D. Dickinson
SOMAS-URM: The Evolution of a Mentoring and Summer Research Program
By Julio J. Ramirez and Scott Tonidandel
Facilities Planning for the Neuroscience Curriculum at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution: St. Olaf College’s Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
By Gary M. Muir and David G.L. Van Wylen
The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education: History, Challenges, and Future Developments
By Gary L. Dunbar, Barbara Lom, William Grisham, and Julio J. Ramirez
Establishing a New Paradigm for Diversity: A Case for Restructuring the Academic Training Environment
By Joseph A. Whittaker and Timothy A. Akers
2009 Volume 7 Issue 2
2009 Volume 7 : Issue 2
Editorials
A Special Time for JUNE
By Gary L. Dunbar
Interview: Donald G. Stein: Pioneer in the Areas of Neuroplasticity and Recovery of Function
By Gary L. Dunbar
Commentary: Developing New Courses and Exploring New Teaching Approaches: The Role of “Unexpected Feedback”
By Cynthia Gibson
Articles
The Flatworm Planaria as a Toxicology and Behavioral Pharmacology Animal Model in Undergraduate Research Experiences
By Oné R. Pagán, Tamara Coudron, and Tanvi Kaneria
Every Cell Counts: An Inquiry-Based Approach to Address a Novel Research Question in an Undergraduate Neuroscience Lab
By Melissa A. Birkett
Northeast Under/graduate Research Organization for Neuroscience (NEURON): Our Thirteenth Conference for Neuroscience Trainees and Educators
By Jay P. McLaughlin, Stacey Gomes, Angela Seliga, Sharon Ramos Goyette, Amy Morrison, Christian G. Reich, Cheryl A. Frye
Successful Integration of Interactive Neuroscience Simulations into a Non-Laboratory Sensation & Perception Course
By Uta Wolfe
Interactive Methods for Teaching Action Potentials, an Example of Teaching Innovation from Neuroscience Postdoctoral Fellows in the Fellowships in Research and Science Teaching (FIRST) Program
By E. Keen-Rhinehart, A. Eisen, D. Eaton, and K. McCormack
The Student Surgeon: A Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Laboratory Exercise in Rats
By Meg E. Kirkpatrick
2008 Volume 7 Issue 1
2008 Volume 7 : Issue 1
Articles
SWIMMY: Free Software for Teaching Neurophysiology of Neuronal Circuits
by William Grisham, Natalie A. Schottler, and Franklin B. Krasne
The Digital Microscope: A Tool for Teaching Laboratory Skills in Distance Learning Courses
by Eleanor J. Dommett and Katherine S. Leys
Experiencing Visuo-Motor Plasticity by Prism Adaptation in a Classroom Setting
by Andrea Li
Virtual EEG: A Software-Based Electroencephalogram Designed for Undergraduate Neuroscience-Related Courses
by Benjamin R. Miller, Melissa Troyer, and Thomas Busey
A Laboratory Exercise for a College-Level, Introductory Neuroscience Course Demonstrating Effects of Housing Environment on Anxiety and Psychostimulant Sensitivity
by Laurel M. Pritchard, Tracey A. Van Kempen, Heather Williams, and Betty Zimmerberg
TECHNICAL NOTE
Constructing Inexpensive, Flexible, and Versatile Microdialysis Probes in an Undergraduate Microdialysis Research Lab
by Sally Steffes and Michael Sandstrom
2008 Volume 6 Issue 2
2008 Volume 6 : Issue 2
Articles
Undergraduate Neuroscience Education: Blueprints for the 21st Century
by Eric P. Wiertelak and Julio J. Ramirez
Using a Paradigm Shift to Teach Neurobiology and the Nature of Science—a C.R.E.A.T.E.-based Approach
by Sally G. Hoskins
Demonstrating Cerebral Vascular Networks: A Comparison of Methods for the Teaching Laboratory
by Raddy L. Ramos, Phoebe T. Smith, Susan D. Croll, and Joshua C. Brumberg
Crayfish Aggression and the Androgenic Gland in a Behavior Lab for Non-Majors
by Kristina S. Mead
Effective Use of Computer Simulations in an Introductory Neuroscience Laboratory
by Joel P. Bish and Stephanie Schleidt
Online Multimedia Teaching Tool for Parkinson’s Disease
by Greg Misiaszek, Michelle Riconscente, Maria Henke, and John P. Walsh
Adapting the Learning-Cycle to Enrich Undergraduate Neuroscience Education for All Students
by Mark Stewart and Stasinos Stavrianeas
Media Reviews
TEXTBOOK REVIEW
Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology, 6th Edition
by Bryan Kolb and Ian Q. Whishaw
reviewed by Gina A. Mollet