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Degrees:
Ph.D., Emory Univ.
M.Sc., Oxford Univ.
B.S., Univ. of Massachusetts Boston
Dr. Seraphin is a Haitian-American, primate behavioral neuroscientist who studies the evolutionary developmental (Evo-Devo) neurobiology and ecology of stress. As an undergraduate concentrating in biobehavioral studies at UMass-Boston, she researched parental care in rats and endangered sea birds (Sterna dougallii dougallii). While completing an M.Sc. in human biology at Oxford University, she set-up the first field-endocrinology laboratory in Budongo Forest, Uganda, for her thesis on the psychoneuroimmunology of stress in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes). She joined the founding cohort of graduate students in the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience at Emory University, where her anthropology dissertation examined the effects of differential rearing on brain dopamine and behavior, in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. Subsequently, she completed three years of post-doctoral fellowship training in cellular and molecular neurobiology as well as developmental psychobiology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital. Since arriving at Trinity College, Dr. Seraphin has pioneered research on the developmental neurobiology of early stress in niche shifting red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) and glass frogs (Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni).
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Behavioral neuroscience (neuroendocrinology, pharmacology, neuroethology)
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Social and cultural determinants of brain and behavior
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Comparative and functional neuroanatomy
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Gene-environment interactions in brain and behavioral development or evolution
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Principles of neuroscience (theory, research methods, and applications)
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Psychoneuroimmunology
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The intersection of law and neuroscience
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Evolutionary developmental (Evo-Devo) neurobiology and ecology of stress
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Neurobiology of early deprivation in humans, non-human primates, and other vertebrates
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Behavioral neuroendocrinology of dopamine
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Neuroethology of stress
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Psychoneuroimmunology
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Evolutionary medicine, urban ecology and environmental justice
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NeuroLaw
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Neuroanthropology
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Inclusive STEM pedagogy; Non-disposable assignments
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- 2024. Seraphin, S. B. Putting Science in Black and White: Intensive technical writing through non-disposable assignments as a path for Decolonizing STEM. In Falconer, H., & McLary, L. (Eds), Inclusive STEM: Transforming Disciplinary Writing Instruction for a Socially Just Future. University Press of Colorado/The WAC Clearinghouse. Denver, CO. https://doi.org/10.37514/ATD-B.2024.2364.2.13
- 2022. Seraphin, S.B., Sanchez, M.M., Whitten, P.L., Winslow, J.T. 2022. The behavioral neuroendocrinology of dopamine systems in differently reared juvenile male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Hormones and Behavior. Volume 137. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105078.
- 2021. Seraphin, S.B. Fluctuating brain asymmetry: A tool for studying the evolutionary developmental ecology (Evo-Devo) of early trauma, maltreatment, and neglect. Society for Neuroscience, 50th Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois (Virtual). November 8-11, 2021.
- 2021. Harwell, J.P., Jensen, M., Parker, S.O., Seraphin, S.B. Righteous Indignation: Prosecutorial Misconduct, Brady, and the Cognitive Limits of Self-Policing. The Tennessee Law Review. Volume 87, Issue 3.
- 2020. Seraphin, S., Stock, S. Non-disposable assignments for remote neuroscience laboratory teaching using analysis of human data. The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (JUNE). Fall 2020, 19(1): A105-A112.
- 2020. Seraphin, S., Stock, S. Non-Disposable Assignments for Teaching Neuroscience through Data Analysis. Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN) Summer Virtual Meeting: Teaching, Learning, and Mentoring Across Distances (July 30th-August 1st, 2020).
- 2020. Seraphin, S. The Furtive Killing of Blacks: How Structural Inequalities Negatively Impact the Body and Mind. A “View-On-Demand Webinar” for the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Special Virtual Meeting: Raising Our Voices 2020. November 5-14, 2020.
- 2019. Seraphin, S. B., Grizzell, J.A., Kerr-German, A., Perkins, M.A., Grzanka, P.R., Hardin, E. A Conceptual Framework for Non-Disposable Assignments: Inspiring Implementation, Innovation, and Research. Journal of Psychology Learning and Teaching (Re-Released). Volume 18 Issue 1, March 5 2019: pp. 84-97.
- 2008. Seraphin, S. B., Whitten, P. L., and Reynolds, V. The influence of age on fecal steroid hormone levels in male Budongo Forest chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). American Journal of Primatology, 70(7), 661-669.
- 2010. Seraphin, S. B., Teicher, M. H., Rabi, K., Sheu, Y.-S., Andersen, S. L., Anderson, C. M. Ontogenetic perspectives on the neurobiological basis of psychopathology following abuse and neglect. In C. M. Worthman, P. M. Plotsky, D. S. Schechter and C. A. Cummings (Eds.), Formative experiences: the interaction of caregiving, culture, and developmental psychobiology (pp. 308-330). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- 2010. Teicher, M. H., Rabi, K., Sheu, Y.-S., Seraphin, S. B., Andersen, S. L., Anderson, C. M. Neurobiology of childhood trauma and adversity. In R. A. Lanius, E. Vermetten and C. Pain (Eds.), The Impact of Early Life Trauma on Health and Disease: The Hidden Epidemic (pp. 112-122). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- 2006. Seraphin, S. B., Whitten, P.L., Reynolds, V. The Interaction of Hormones with Ecological Factors in Male Budongo Forest Chimpanzees. In N. E. Newton-Fisher, Notman, H., Reynolds, V., Paterson J.D. (Ed.), Primates of Western Uganda. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. (pp. 93-104). Springer, New York, NY.
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