Neil Greenberg

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narrative biographyPROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES and EXPERIENCE:

Presently: Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleConcurrant and Former: Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, Knoxville, TNAdjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, UT Medical Center, Knoxville, TNChair, University Studies ProgramDirector, Howard Hughes Medical InstituteUT Division of BiologyThreshold Honors Program in Biology(1995-2001)Faculty and Chair, University Studies Transdisciplinary Program.Deputy Chair University Focus Area for Intellectual and Cultural Expression(1999-2003)Research Associate, The Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida; Research Associate, The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Research Ethologist, National Institute of Mental Health, Laboratory of Brain Evolution and BehaviorPh.D., Rutgers University, Institute of Animal BehaviorBA, Drew University (abqct8@r.postjobfree.com)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 02275082Member,Animal Behavior SocietyMember, Society for Neuroscience, (local (Sequoyah) Chapter) 000007022International Brain Research OrganizationMember, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology14699Member,Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society 790580273Member, Human Behavior and Evolution SocietyMember, International Society for the Study of History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of BiologyMember, New York Academy of Science00124741

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS(complete bibliography):Greenberg, N. 2004.THE BEAST at PLAY: the Neuroethology of Creativityin The Child’s Right to Play: A Global Approach,Rhonda Clements & Leah Fiorentino, editors, Praeger Press, Westport CT 309-327.Greenberg, N. 2004.Truth in the Brain: The Neuroethology of Belief. (abstract) ANNOTATED Greenberg, N. 2003. Sociality, Stress, and the Corpus Striatum of the Green Anolis Lizard.Physiology & Behavior. 79(3):429-440. Greenberg, N. 2003. Review of Up from Dragons: the Evolution of Human Intelligence by John Skoyles and Dorian Sagan. In: Human Nature Review 3:142-148.Greenberg, N 2002. Ethological Aspects of Stress in a Model Lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Journal of Integrative and Comparative Biology (American Zoologist) 42(3): 526-540.Greenberg, N. 2002. Adaptive Functions of the Corpus Striatum: The Past and Future of the R-Complex in The Neuroethology of Paul MacLean: Frontiers and Convergences (Gerald Cory and Russell Gardner, editors) Praeger, London. pp 45-81. Greenberg, N. James A. Carr, & Cliff Summers 2002."Ethological Causes and Consequences of the Stress Response"Journal of Integrative and Comparative Biology (American Zoologist) 42(3):508-516.Summers, Cliff H. . . . . and Neil Greenberg. 1998. Regional and temporal separation of serotonergic activity mediating social stress. Neuroscience 87(2):489-496.Summers, Cliff H. and Neil Greenberg. 1995. Activation of central biogenic amines following aggressive interactions in male lizards, Anolis carolinensis. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 45:339-349Greenberg, N. 1994. Ethologically informed design in reptile research. In: Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles, C. Warwick, F.L. Frye, J.B. Murphy, editors. Chapman & Hall, London. pp. 239-262.Summers, Cliff H. and Neil Greenberg. 1994. Somatic correlates of adrenergic activity during aggression in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Hormones and Behavior 28:29-40.Greenberg, N. 1993. Endocrine and central aspects of tongue-flicking and exploratory behavior in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution 41:210-218.Greenberg, N. 1990. The behavioral endocrinology of physiological stress in a lizard. Journal of Experimental Zoology, Supplement 4:170-173.Greenberg, N. and D. Crews1990. Endocrine and behavioral responses to aggression and social dominance in the green anole lizard, Anolis carolinensis. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 77:1-10.Greenberg, N. 1988. Art, Science, Aret . Teaching/Learning Issues, Number 63, Summer. 14 pp.Greenberg, N., E. Font, and R. Switzer. 1988. The reptilian striatum revisited. In: The Forebrain in Reptiles: Current Concepts of Structure and Function, W. K. Schwerdtfeger and W. J. Smeets, editors. Basel, Karger-verlag. pp. 162-177.Greenberg, N. 1986. Science and technology as human endeavors. LiberalEducation 72(1):35-41.Greenberg, N. 1985. Exploratory behavior and stress in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Zeitschriftfur Tierpsychologie 70:89-102.Greenberg, N., T. Chen, and D. Crews. 1984. Social status, gonadal state, and the adrenal stress response in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Hormones andBehavior. 18:1-11.Greenberg, N. 1983. Central and autonomic aspects of aggression and dominance in reptiles. In: Advances in Vertebrate Neuroethology, J.-P. Ewert, R.R. Capranica, and D.J. Ingle, editors. NY, Plenum Press. pp. 1135-1144.Greenberg, N. 1982. A forebrain atlas and stereotaxic technique for the lizard Anolis carolinensisJournalofMorphology 174(2):217-236.

HONORS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION and SUPPORT:1997-2010: Chair, University Studies Program.The University's faculty development program, supporting faculty colloquies, interdisciplinary conferences, integrative and experimental undergraduate course offerings, and other activities to foster scholarly and creative growth.1994-2000: Project Director, "Threshold Program in Biomedical Science." Hughes Biomedical Research Institute, HHMI# 711**-****** ($1,400,000). Undergraduate curriculum revision to integrate basic research with teaching and prepare students for creative graduate research.1994: Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Citation reads, in part, ". . . for exemplary ethological research on the causes and consequences of social behavior and for innovative efforts to illuminate the relations between biology and the humanities."1992: Recipient, University Studies Scholar's Award, acknowledging excellence in transdisciplinary research and teaching.1992-1993: Principal Investigator, "Neuroendocrinology of Reptilian Social Dominance." UT Professional Development Award ($5,000). Basic research.1983-1990: Stokely Institute Lecturer, J.R. Stokely Institute for Liberal Arts Education.

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