Patricia Schiml, Ph.D.
I received my Ph.D. in Psychology in 1996 from the University of California at Davis, having worked with Drs. Sally Mendoza and Bill Mason. The title of my dissertation was Social influences on endocrine regulation and responsiveness in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). I did a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Emilie Rissman at the University of Virginia and came to Wright State in 1999.
My research interests are broadly within the field of behavioral neuroendocrinology and concern the interaction between physiological factors, social behavior, and environmental influences, with emphases on sociobiological considerations.
Education History
University of California, Davis, Ph.D., Psychology. March, 1996.
University of California, Davis, M.A. Psychology. December, 1991.
Wright State University. B.S. Psychology. June 1989.
Teaching
Course preparations:
Human Sexuality (PSY 2110)
Hormones & Behavior (PSY 2920)
Behavioral Neuroscience (PSY 3910)
Behavioral Neuroscience Methods (PSY 3930)
Sexuality & Endocrinology Capstone (PSY 4950)
Honors Introductory Psychology (PSY 1010-honors)
Graduate courses in psychobiology, neuroscience of disabilities
Students Advised
Alexander Bertke (M.S.). Social buffering by unfamiliar adult males in periadolescent guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus): The effects on HPA axis acidity and Fos induction in the medial prelimbic cortex, 2019. Member.
Emily Chriswell (B.S. Undergraduate Honors Thesis). Characteristics and behaviors of heterosexual men who have sex with men, 2019. Co-chair.
Jennifer N. Baumgartner (Ph.D.). Exploring the influence of meditation experience on stress responses and empathy: The mediating role of self-expansion, 2018. Member .
Ryan G. Rose (Psy.D,). Why I left: Experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer experience of disaffiliation within Christian congregations, 2017. Member.
H. R. Downey (M.A.). Removing homosexuality from Sodom: Contexualizing Genesis 19 with other Biblical rape narratives, 2017. Member.
Emily Buerschen. (M.S.). The elevated prevalence of polycystic ovarian syndrome in homosexual women and its clinical implications, 2017. Member.
Amanda Schreibeis (M.S.). Cross sensitization of depressive-like behavior between two depression-related paradigms: Maternal separation and its effect on the force swim test in the guinea pig, 2016, Co-chair.
Withayapon Watanasriyakul (M.S.). Social buffering by unfamiliar adult males in preweaning guinea pigs: The effects on HPA activity and Fos induction in the medial prefrontal cortex, 2016. Co-chair
Judson Palmer (Psy.D.). Gender role conflict and offense type, 2015. Member.
Regina Willan (M.S.). Factors determining the effects of human interaction on the cortisol levels of shelter dogs, 2015. Co-chair.
Evan Xanthos (M.S.). Angiotensin receptor blocker and its effects on depressive-like behavior during maternal separation, 2015. Co-chair.
Alexis Garybush (B.S. Undergraduate Honors Thesis). Role of the medial amygdala during maternal separation in guinea pig pups, 2014. Chair.
Withayapon Watanasriyakul (B.S. Undergraduate Honors Thesis). C-fos immunoreactivity in medial amygdala during maternal separation and social buffering in guinea pig pups, 2013. Co-chair.
Jennifer Dazey Caudill (M.S.). Influence of daily electrical stimulation of periaqueductal grey on vocalization and depressive-like behavior during separation in guinea pigs, 2012. Co-chair.
Vincent Alexander (M.S.). The role of corticotropin-releasing factor in the behavior and proinflammatory activity of separated guinea pig pups, 2012. Co-chair.
Nadia Kardegar (M.S.). Electrical brain stimulation and depressive-like behavior in guinea pigs, 2012. Co-chair.
Randi L. Schneider (M.S.). Persisting sensitization of depressive-like behavior and thermogenic response during maternal separation in pre-and post-weaning guinea pigs, 2011. Co-chair.
Jessie D. Caraway (M.S.), Sensitization of the behavioral response to maternal separation: persistence of the effect and role of proinflammatory activity, 2010. Co-chair.
Deborah Maken (Ph.D.), Central mechanisms regulating pituitary-adrenal activity in infant guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) during exposure to psychological stressors: Independent and combined effects of maternal separation and novelty, 2009. Co-chair.
Kristopher D. Paik (M.S.), Inhibition of proinflammatory processes reduces sensitization of the behavioral response to maternal separation, 2009. Co-chair.
Keely O’Connell (M.S.), Stress-reducing effects of oxytocin in a maternal separation paradigm, 2008. Co-chair.
