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CURRICULUM VITAE

Joshua A. Burk

College of William & Mary

Department of Psychology

P.O. Box 8795

Williamsburg, VA 23187

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757-***-**** (FAX)

Last Updated: January 2013

Education:

1999 Ph.D., Experimental Psychology from the University of New Hampshire

Thesis: Effects of Prefrontal Cortical, Hippocampal, and Intralaminar

Thalamic Nuclei Lesions on a Seven Choice Serial Reaction Time Task

1999 M.S.T., College Teaching from the University of New Hampshire

1996 M.A., Experimental Psychology from the University of New Hampshire

Thesis: Excitotoxic Lesions of the Nonspecific Nuclei, but Not the Medial

Dorsal Nucleus Lead to Deficits on a Delayed Matching to Sample Task

1993 B. S., Psychology (Biological Emphasis) from the University of California, Davis

Current Academic Appointments:

2008-present Associate Professor of Psychology, College of William & Mary

2009-present Faculty Affiliate, Department of Applied Sciences, College of William &

Mary

2011-present Director, Neuroscience Program

Previous Academic Appointments and Research Positions:

2010-2011 Faculty Affiliate, Neuroscience Program, College of William & Mary

2002-2008 Assistant Professor of Psychology, College of William & Mary

2001-2002 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Ohio State

University

1999-2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University

1994- 1999 Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of New

Hampshire

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1993- 1994 Research Assistant for John Capitanio, California Regional Primate

Center

1993- 1994 Research Assistant for Chris Tromborg, University of California at Davis

Animal Facilities

Publications *=denotes W&M undergrad **=denotes W&M grad student

35. Hirsh AH**, Burk JA (2013) Repeated exposure to a visual distracter enhances new

discrimination learning and sustained attention task performance in rats.

Behavioural Processes, 92, 147-151.

34. Barnet RC, Hunt PS, Burk JA (2012) Cognitive consequences of adolescent and adult

nicotine exposure: utility of animal models. Nicotine Addiction: Prevention,

Health Effects and Treatment Options (ed. Di Giovanni G). Nova Science

Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, pp. 171-202.

33. Robinson AM**, Mangini DF*, Burk JA (2012) Task demands dissociate the effects

of muscarinic M1 receptor blockade and PKC inhibition on attentional

performance in rats. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26, 1153-1160.

32. Spaeth AM**, Barnet RC, Hunt PS, Burk JA (2010) Adolescent nicotine

exposure disrupts context conditioning in adulthood in rats. Pharmacology,

Biochemistry and Behavior, 96, 501-506.

31. Burk JA, Robinson AM** (2010) Muscarinic M1 receptors, protein kinase C and

attention: targets for treating Alzheimer s disease and schizophrenia. Handbook of

Drug Targeting and Monitoring (eds. Andreev B, Egorov V). Nova Science

Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, pp. 113-129.

30. Fadel J, Burk JA (2010) Orexin/hypocretin modulation of the basal forebrain

cholinergic system: role in attention. Brain Research, 1314, 112-123. (Special

issue on Neuropeptides in Stress and Addiction )

29. Boschen KE**, Fadel JR, Burk JA (2009) Systemic and intrabasalis administration of

the orexin-1 receptor antagonist, SB-334867, disrupts attentional performance in

rats. Psychopharmacology, 206, 205-213.

28. Burk JA, Lowder MW**, Altemose KE* (2008) Attentional demands for

demonstrating deficits following intrabasalis infusions of 192 IgG-saporin.

Behavioural Brain Research, 195, 231-238.

27. Burk JA (2008) Neuroscience. Encyclopedia for Educational Psychology (ed.

Salkind NJ). Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA, 724-729.

26. Howe WM**, Burk JA (2007) Dizocilpine-induced accuracy deficits in a

visual signal detection task are not present following D-cycloserine

administration. European Journal of Pharmacology, 577, 87-90.

25. Johnson RT**, Burk JA, Kirkpatrick LA (2007) Dominance and prestige as

differential predictors of aggression and testosterone levels in men. Evolution and

Human Behavior, 28, 345-351.

24. McQuail JA*, Burk JA (2006) Evaluation of muscarinic and nicotinic receptor

antagonists on attention and working memory. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and

Behavior, 85, 796-803.

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23. Johnson RT**, Burk JA (2006) Effects of gonadectomy and androgen

supplementation on attention in male rats. Neurobiology of Learning and

Memory, 85, 219-227.

22. Woolfrey KM**, Hunt PS, Burk JA (2005) Postnatal ethanol exposure disrupts signal

detection in adult rats. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 27, 815-823.

21. Newman LA*, Burk JA (2005) Effects of excitotoxic thalamic intralaminar nuclei

lesions on attention and working memory. Behavioural Brain Research, 162, 264-

271.

20. Woolfrey KM**, Musisca NJ**, Hunt PS, Burk JA (2005) Early postnatal ethanol

administration does not affect prepulse inhibition. Physiology & Behavior, 84,

747-752.

19. Echevarria DJ, Brewer A, Burk JA, Brown SN, Manuzon H, Robinson JK (2005)

Construct validity of an operant signal detection task for rats. Behavioural Brain

Research, 157, 283-290.

18. Yttri EA*, Burk JA, Hunt PS (2004) Intermittent ethanol exposure in adolescent rats:

dose-dependent impairment in trace conditioning. Alcoholism: Clinical and

Experimental Research, 28, 1433-1436.

17. Burk JA (2004) Introduction of a retention interval in a sustained attention task in

rats: effects of presenting a visual distracter and increasing the inter-trial interval.

Behavioural Processes, 67, 521-531.

16. Kondrad RL*, Burk JA (2004) Transient disruption of attentional performance

following escalating amphetamine administration in rats. Psychopharmacology,

175, 436-442.

15. Mair RG, Burk JA, Porter MC (2003) Impairment of radial maze delayed

nonmatching after lesions of anterior thalamus and parahippocampal cortex.

Behavioral Neuroscience, 117, 596-605.

14. Burk JA, Herzog CD, Porter MC, Sarter M (2002) Interactions between aging and

cortical cholinergic deafferentation on attention. Neurobiology of Aging, 23, 467-

477.

13. Nelson CL, Burk JA, Sarter M, Bruno JP (2002) Effects of acute and repeated

systemic administration of ketamine on prefrontal acetylcholine release and

sustained attention performance in rats. Psychopharmacology, 161, 168-179.

12. Arnold HM, Burk JA, Sarter M, Bruno JP (2002) Differential cortical acetylcholine

release in rats performing a sustained attention task versus behavioral control

tasks that do not explicitly tax attention. Neuroscience, 114, 451-460.

11. Mair RG, Koch JK, Newman JB, Howard J, Burk JA (2002) A double dissociation

within striatum between serial reaction time and radial maze delayed

nonmatching performance in rats. The Journal of Neuroscience, 22, 6756-6765.

10. Burk JA, Mair RG (2001) Effects of dorsal and ventral striatal lesions on delayed

matching trained with retractable levers. Behavioural Brain Research, 122, 67-

78.

9. Burk JA, Mair RG (2001) Effects of intralaminar thalamic lesions on sensory attention

and motor intention in the rat: a comparison with lesions involving frontal cortex

and hippocampus. Behavioural Brain Research, 123, 49-63.

8. Burk JA, Sarter M (2001) Dissociation between the attentional functions mediated

via basal forebrain cholinergic and GABAergic neurons. Neuroscience, 105, 899-

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909.

7. Porter MC, Burk JA, Mair RG (2000) A comparison of the effects of hippocampal or

prefrontal cortical lesions on three versions of delayed non-matching-to-sample

based on positional or spatial cues. Behavioural Brain Research, 109, 69-81.

6. Burk JA, Mair RG (1999) Delayed matching-to-sample trained with retractable levers

is impaired by lesions of the intralaminar or ventromedial but not the laterodorsal

thalamic nuclei. Psychobiology, 27, 351-363.

5. Mair RG, Burk JA, Porter MC, Ley JE (1999) Thalamic amnesia and the

hippocampus: Unresolved questions and an alternative candidate. Behavioral

Brain Sciences, 22, 458-459.

4. Burk JA, Glode BM, Drugan RC, Mair RG (1999) Effects of chlordiazepoxide and FG

7142 on a rat model of diencephalic amnesia as measured by delayed-matching-

to-sample performance. Psychopharmacology, 142, 413-420.

3. Burk JA, Mair RG (1998) Thalamic amnesia reconsidered: excitotoxic lesions of the

intralaminar nuclei, but not the mediodorsal nucleus disrupt place delayed

matching-to-sample performance in rats (Rattus norvegicus). Behavioral

Neuroscience, 112, 54-67.

2. Zhang Y, Burk JA, Glode BM, Mair RG (1998) Effects of thalamic and olfactory

cortical lesions on continuous olfactory delayed nonmatching-to-sample and

olfactory discrimination in rats (Rattus norvegicus). Behavioral Neuroscience,

112, 39-53.

1. Mair RG, Burk JA, Porter MC (1998) Lesions of the frontal cortex, hippocampus, and

intralaminar thalamic nuclei have distinct effects on remembering in rats.

Behavioral Neuroscience, 112, 772-792.

Book Review

Burk JA (2006) A multidisciplinary approach for studying attention. A review of

Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention (Posner MI, ed.). Applied Cognitive

Psychology, 20, 419-420.

Manuscripts Under Review or In Preparation

Hardcastle K, Smith GD, Burk JA (under review) A population activity model of cortico-

striatal circuitry underlying behavioral inhibition in rats.

Burk JA (in preparation) Dissociable contributions of nicotinic and muscarinic

cholinergic receptors in choice behavior assessed in an automated radial arm

maze.

Burk JA, Zajo KN (in preparation) Integrating the roles of cholinergic muscarinic and

nicotinic receptors in attention.

Yonezaki K, Burk JA (in preparation) Effects of nicotine cessation and re-exposure on

delay discounting in rats.

Honors

2011 Raymond L. Erickson Award, University of New Hampshire

Award given to one UNH doctoral program alum each year

2002 Young Investigator Award, The National Alliance for Research on

Schizophrenia & Depression (NARSAD)

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1999 NIMH Training Grant Award

1998 Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of New Hampshire

National/International Conference Presentations

62. Barnet RC, Hunt PS, Burk JA (2012) Dissociable effects of acute nicotine on learned

fear and unlearned anxiety in rats. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience

conference.

61. Hardcastle K*, Smith GD, Burk JA (2012) A population activity model of cortico-

striatal circuitry underlying behavioral inhibition in rats. Presented at the Society

for Neuroscience conference.

60. Burk JA, Agate FT*, Bataller H*, Haque S*, Wolfe E* (2012) Effects of acute

nicotine on delay discounting in rats. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience

conference.

59. Zajo KN**, Fadel JR, Burk JA (2012) Effects of orexin A administered into the basal

forebrain on attentional performance in rats. Presented at the Society for

Neuroscience conference.

58. Burk JA, Hirsh AH**, Jayasinghe S*, Keenan W*, Mian M*, Spinella MK*,

Bacharach S*, Coughenour P, Fadel J (2011) Central orexin A administration

enhances attentional performance in rats. Presented at the Society for

Neuroscience conference.

57. Hardcastle K*, Smith GD, Burk JA (2011) A population activity model of cortico-

striatal circuitry underlying behavioral inhibition in rats. Presented at the Society

for Neuroscience conference.

56. Haque SS*, Solano S*, Fujita A*, Moore RH*, Lim H*, Duckett C*, Spinella MK*,

Keenan W*, Burk JA (2011) Effects of nicotine on delay discounting with

multiple alternative choices in a radial arm maze. Presented at the Society for

Neuroscience conference.

55. Burk JA, Easterling KE*, Fadel J (2010) Centrally administered orexin A attenuates

visual distracter-related deficits in rats. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience

conference.

54. Roseman PL*, Burk JA (2010) Delay aversion in an automated radial arm maze:

evaluation of nicotinic receptor blockade. Presented at the Society for

Neuroscience conference.

53. Burk JA, Easterling KE*, Fadel J (2010) Effects of centrally administered orexin A

on attentional performance in rats. Presented at the Neurobiology of Cognition

Gordon Research Conference.

52. Robinson AM**, Burk JA (2009) M1 receptor blockade disrupts signal detection in

an attention-demanding visual discrimination task. Presented at the Society for

Neuroscience Conference.

51. Spaeth AM**, Easterling KE*, Barnet RC, Burk JA (2009) Adolescent nicotine

exposure disrupts radial arm maze performance tested in adulthood. Presented at

the Society for Neuroscience Conference.

50. Burk JA, Mangini DF* (2009) Protein kinase C inhibition decreases signal detection

in a sustained attention task in rats. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience

Conference.

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49. Kaplan CM*, Smith GD, Burk JA (2009) Computational modeling of attention task

performance decrements induced by muscarinic M1 receptor blockade or PKC

inhibition in rats. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference.

48. Barnet, R.C., Burk, J.A., & Hunt, P.S. (2009). Adolescent exposure to nicotine is

associated with changes in hippocampus-dependent memory that persist into

adulthood. Poster to be presented at the meeting of the Virginia Forum on Youth

Tobacco Use: Translating Research into Policy and Practice.

47. Spaeth AM**, Barnet RC, Hunt PS, Burk JA (2009) The long-term effects of

adolescent nicotine exposure on context conditioning, extinction learning and

latent inhibition. Presented at the Meeting of the Eastern Psychological

Association.

46. Robinson AM**, Burk JA (2008) Effects of M1/M4 receptor blockade on

performance in an attention-demanding visual discrimination task. Society for

Neuroscience Conference.

45. Boschen KE**, Fadel J, Burk JA (2008) Effects of systemic and intra-basalis

blockade of orexin-1 receptors on attentional performance in rats. Society for

Neuroscience Conference.

44. Burk JA, Hunt PS, Barnet RC, Feghali AC*, Besho JM*, Kempsell AA*, Moore JD*

(2008) Acute nicotine administration disrupts fear conditioning measured by

potentiated startle but not by freezing. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

43. Spaeth AM**, Smyth JC, Hunt PS, Burk JA, Barnet RC (2008) Adolescent nicotine

exposure disrupts context conditioning in adulthood. Society for Neuroscience

Conference.

42. Barnet RC, Burk JA, Hunt PS, Smyth JC (2008) Long-term effects of adolescent

nicotine exposure on context conditioning and the character of fear expression.

Society for Neuroscience Conference.

41. Burk JA, Altemose KE*, Lowder MW** (2008) Effects of cueing on visual

discrimination performance of rats following loss of corticopetal cholinergic

neurons. Presented at Neural Circuits and Decision Making in Rodents at

Janelia Farms.

40. Boschen K**, Fadel J, Burk JA (2008) Systemic administration of the orexin-1

receptor antagonist, SB-334867, disrupts attentional performance in rats.

Presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association.

39. Hunt PS, Barnet RC, Burk JA, Smyth JC (2008) Effects of acute nicotine

administration on Pavlovian fear conditioning in rats as measured by freezing and

potentiated startle. Presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological

Association.

38. Boschen K**, Fadel J, Burk JA (2007) Systemic administration of the orexin-1

receptor antagonist, SB-334867, disrupts attentional performance in rats. Society

for Neuroscience Conference.

37. Burk JA, Altemose KE*, Lowder MW** (2007) Effects of spatial cueing on visual

discrimination performance of rats following loss of basal forebrain corticopetal

cholinergic neurons. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

36. Burk JA, Ball CT, Shean GD (2006) Relationships between attention, working

memory, and schizotypal-like characteristics in humans. Society for Neuroscience

Conference.

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35. Howe WM**, Burk JA (2006) Effects of cholinotoxic and excitotoxic posterior

parietal cortical lesions on attention in rats. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

34. Burk JA, Hunt PS, Barnet RC (2006). Effects of adolescent administration of nicotine

or alcohol on trace and delay fear conditioning. Paper presented at a conference

for the Virginia Youth Tobacco Project.

33. Howe WM**, Harrington MD*, Burk JA (2005) Dizocilpine-induced attentional

deficits are reversed by D-cycloserine in rats. Society for Neuroscience

Conference.

32. Kondrad RL*, Burk JA (2005) Lesions of the prefrontal cortex, but not the thalamic

mediodorsal nucleus, disrupt attentional performance in rats. Society for

Neuroscience Conference.

31. Johnson RT**, Cameron AP*, Burk JA (2005) Effects of gonadectomy and androgen

supplementation on attention in male rats. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

30. Burk JA, Musisca NJ**, Barnet RC, Hunt PS (2005) Effects of acute alcohol

administration on long delay and trace conditioning in adolescent and adult rats.

Society for Neuroscience Conference.

29. Newman LA*, Burk JA (2004) Effects of thalamic intralaminar lesions on attention

and working memory in rats. Meeting of the International Behavioral

Neuroscience Society.

28. Burk JA, Woolfrey KM**, Musisca NJ**, Hunt PS (2004) Early postnatal ethanol

administration does not affect prepulse inhibition in rats. Society for Neuroscience

Conference.

27. Woolfrey KM**, Hunt PS, Burk JA (2004) Postnatal ethanol administration disrupts

sustained attention performance in rats. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

26. McQuail JA*, Burk JA (2004) Effects of muscarinic and nicotinic receptor

antagonists on sustained attention in rats. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

25. Newman LA*, Burk JA (2004) Effects of thalamic intralaminar nuclei lesions on

attention and working memory in rats. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

24. Kondrad RL*, Burk JA (2004) Escalating amphetamine transiently increases false

alarms in a sustained attention task in rats. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

23. Johnson RT**, Yttri E*, Mason D*, Carron C*, Dieckmann R*, Barnet RC, Hunt PS,

Burk JA (2004) Effects of adolescent administration of alcohol and nicotine on

trace and delay fear conditioning in rats. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

22. Woolfrey K**, Hunt PS, Burk JA (2003) Effects of postnatal alcohol administration

on sustained attention performance in rats. Presented at the meeting of the

International Society for Developmental Psychobiology.

21. Martinez V, Burk JA, Sarter M, Bruno JP (2003) Effects of repeated amphetamine

administration on attentional performance in rats. Society for Neuroscience

Conference.

20. Burk JA, Arnold HM, Breitfeller K, Lanker M, Bruno JP, Sarter M (2002) Nicotine-

induced enhancement of attentional performance in rats: necessity of chronic and

intermittent exposure. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

19. Herzog CD, Burk JA, Sarter M, Bruno JP (2002) Cortical acetylcholine release in

aged rats performing a sustained attention task. Society for Neuroscience

Conference.

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18. Burk JA, Herzog CD, Porter MC, Mahoney J, Bruno JP, Sarter M (2001) Interactions

between partial cortical cholinergic deafferentation and aging on sustained

attention performance in rats. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

17. Nelson CL, Burk JA, Sarter M, Bruno JP (2001) Effects of acute and repeated

ketamine on cortical acetylcholine and sustained attention. Society for

Neuroscience Conference.

16. Sarter M, Burk JA, Graf A, Russell J, Bruno JP (2001) Basal forebrain cholinergic

and GABAergic neurons mediate different aspects of sustained attention

performance in rats. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

15. Arnold HM, Burk JA, Hodgson EM, Sarter M, Bruno JP (2001) Cortical

acetylcholine release in rats performing an operant sustained attention task or

operant control procedures. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

14. Burk JA, Russell J, Graf A, Bruno JP, Sarter M (2000) Effects of basal forebrain

ibotenic acid lesions on sustained attention performance in rats. Society for

Neuroscience Conference.

13. Mair RG, Koch J, Bapp J, Howard J, Burk JA, Toupin M (2000) A double

dissociation of habit and working memory in striatum of rats. Society for

Neuroscience Conference.

12. Burk JA, Koch J, Mair RG (1999) Effects of intralaminar thalamic, prefrontal

cortical, or hippocampal lesions on a seven choice serial reaction time task.

Society for Neuroscience Conference.

11. Mair RG, Burk JA, Porter MC, Koch J (1999) Only combined lesions of perirhinal

cortex and anterior thalamus produce similar effects to hippocampal lesions in

radial maze DNMS. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

10. Porter MC, Burk JA, Koch J, Mair RG (1999) The effects of permanent striatal

lesions or reversible inactivation of ventral striatum or intralaminar nuclei on

DMS using position cues. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

9. Burk JA, Ley J, Toupin M, Coy E, Koch J, Mair RG (1998) Lesions of the intralaminar

(IL) but not ventromedial (VM) or anterior thalamic (AT) nuclei disrupt olfactory

continuous DNMS. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

8. Burk JA, Porter MC, Seidel LF (1998) Preparing graduate students for academia: The

preparing future faculty (PFF) program at the University of New Hampshire.

Society for Neuroscience Conference.

7. Mair RG, Burk JA, Porter MC, Koch J (1998) Both hippocampal (H) and frontal

cortical (FC) lesions impair DNMS trained with retractable levers in a delay-

independent fashion. Society for Neuroscience Conference.

6. Porter MC, Burk JA, Koch J, Mair RG (1998) Effects of hippocampal (H) and frontal

cortical (FC) lesions on radial arm maze DNMS depend on training procedures.

Society for Neuroscience Conference.

5. Burk JA, Glode BM, Porter MC, Pelletier JR, Mair RG (1997) Place DMTS

performance is impaired by discrete lesions of the intralaminar (IL) or

ventromedial (VM) but not the laterodorsal (LD) thalamic nuclei. Society for

Neuroscience Conference.

4. Mair RG, Burk JA, Koch J, Porter MC, Glode BM, Pelletier JR (1997) A comparison

of the effects of frontal cortical (FC), hippocampal (HP), and intralaminar (IL)

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thalamic lesions on two delayed conditional discrimination tasks. Society for

Neuroscience Conference.

3. Porter MC, Glode BM, Burk JA, Pelletier JR, Mair RG (1997) Differential patterns of

impairment on tasks trained in the radial arm maze (RAM) following lesions of

frontal cortical (FC), hippocampus (HP), or the intralaminar thalamic nuclei (IL).

Society for Neuroscience Conference.

2. Burk JA, Glode BM, Pelletier JR, Mair RG (1996) Thalamic amnesia reconsidered:

Excitotoxic lesions of the intralaminar nuclei (ILn), but not the mediodorsal

nucleus (MDn) disrupt place DMTS performance. Society for Neuroscience

Conference.

1. Mair RG, Zhang YP, Burk JA, Glode BM, Foye M, Pelletier JR (1996) Thalamic

amnesia reconsidered: Excitotoxic lesions of the intralaminar nuclei (ILn), but

not the mediodorsal nucleus (MDn) disrupt olfactory continuous DNMTS.

Society for Neuroscience Conference.

Local Graduate/Undergraduate Conference Presentations

35. Zajo KN**, Yanev P*, Fujita A*, Burk JA (2012) Effects of intrabasalis orexin A on

attentional performance. Presented at the Central Virginia Chapter of the Society

for Neuroscience Symposium.

34. Haque S*, Agate FT*, Bataller H*, Wolfe E*, Burk JA (2012) Effects of acute

nicotine on delay discounting in rats. Presented at the Central Virginia Chapter

of the Society for Neuroscience Symposium.

33. Hardcastle K*, Smith GD, Burk JA (2012) A population-activity model of cortico-

striatal circuitry underlying impulsive action selection. Presented at the Central

Virginia Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Symposium.

32. Zajo KN**, Burk JA (2012) Effects of intrabasalis orexin-A administration on

attentional performance in rats. Presented at the William & Mary Graduate

Research Symposium.

31. Hardcastle, K*, Smith G, Burk JA (2012) A population-activity model of cortico-

striatal circuitry underlying impulsive action selection. Presented at the William

& Mary Undergraduate Science Conference.

30. Fujita A*, Yanev P*, Zajo K**, Burk JA (2012) Effects of intrabasalis orexin A on

attentional performance. Presented at the William & Mary Undergraduate

Science Conference.

29. Haque S*, Agate T*, Bataller H, Wolfe E, Burk JA (2012) Effects of acute nicotine

on delay discounting. Presented at the William & Mary Undergraduate Science

Conference.

28. Fujita A*, Mian M*, Solano S*, Coughenour P, Moore RH*, Jayasinghe S*, Duckett

C*, Roseman P*, Hirsh A**, Burk JA (2011) Validation of a delay discounting

task that uses water reward. Presented at the William & Mary Undergraduate

Science Conference.

27. Hirsh AH**, Burk JA (2011) Orexins and attention. College of William & Mary

Graduate Research Symposium.

26. Jayasinghe S*, Yoo E*, Montgomery M*, Easterling K*, Clifford L*, Minor B*,

Hirsh A**, Burk JA (2010) Effects of long-term exposure to distracters on

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sustained attention task performance and concurrent new discrimination learning.

Meeting of the Society for Young Neuroscientists and Professors in the Southeast.

25. Roseman PL*, Liu G*, Younkin J*, Montgomery M*, Yoo E*, Moore RH*,

McGarry L*, Burk JA (2010) Development of a novel delay discounting task:

evaluation of nicotinic receptor blockade. Meeting of the Society for Young

Neuroscientists and Professors in the Southeast.

24. Hirsh AH**, Burk JA (2010) Effects of long-term exposure to distracters on

sustained attention task performance and concurrent new discrimination learning.

College of William & Mary Graduate Research Symposium.

23. Robinson AM**, Burk JA (2009) Effects of M1 receptor blockade on performance in

an attention-demanding task. College of William & Mary Graduate Research

Symposium.

22. Boschen K**, Mangini D*, Parekh P*, Burk JA (2007) Systemic administration of

the orexin-1 receptor antagonist, SB-334867, disrupts attentional performance in

rats. William & Mary Undergraduate Neuroscience Symposium.

21. Marzuk J*, Lowder MW**, Burk JA (2006) Effects of loss of basal forebrain

corticopetal cholinergic neurons on visual attentional performance. William &

Mary Undergraduate Neuroscience Symposium.

20. Perazza GD*, Burk JA (2006) Effects of excitotoxic posterior parietal cortical lesions

on automated radial arm maze performance in rats: a pilot study. William & Mary

Undergraduate Neuroscience Symposium.

19. Howe WM**, Burk JA (2006) Effects of posterior parietal cortical lesions on

sustained attention performance in the rat. College of William & Mary Graduate

Research Symposium.

18. Aiken JR*, Johnson RT**, Burk JA (2006) Effects of gonadectomy and androgen

supplementation on attention in male rats. Verizon Undergraduate Science

Symposium.

17. Altemose KE*, Howe WM**, Burk JA (2006) Effects of posterior parietal cortical

lesions on sustained attention performance in the rat. Verizon Undergraduate

Science Symposium.

16. Aiken JR*, Johnson RT**, Burk JA (2005) Effects of gonadectomy and androgen

supplementation on attention in male rats. William & Mary Undergraduate

Neuroscience Symposium.

15. Burk JA (2005) NMDA receptors and attention. Presentation at the undergraduate

neuroscience symposium.

14. Burk JA (2005) Acetylcholine, attention, and aging. Presentation to the Center for

Excellence in Aging and Geriatric Health.

13. Howe WM**, Burk JA (2005) The effects of D-cycloserine on MK-801-induced

attentional deficits in rats. College of William & Mary Graduate Research

Symposium.

12. Johnson RT**, Burk JA (2005) Androgen-cholinergic interactions: the effects of

androgen deprivation and supplementation on attention in adult male rats. College

of William & Mary Graduate Research Symposium.

11. Dow LA*, Harrington MD*, Palmer KA*, Henwood K*, Burk JA (2004) NMDA

receptor antagonists impair attention in rats. William & Mary Undergraduate

Neuroscience Symposium.

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10. Kondrad RL*, Burk JA (2004) Escalating amphetamine transiently increases false

alarms in a sustained attention task in rats. William & Mary Undergraduate

Neuroscience Symposium.

9. Johnson RT**, Yttri E*, Mason D*, Carron C*, Dieckmann R*, Barnet RC, Hunt PS,

Burk JA (2004) Effects of adolescent administration of alcohol and nicotine on

trace and delay fear conditioning in rats. William & Mary Undergraduate

Neuroscience Symposium.

8. Woolfrey K**, Burk JA (2004) Effects of postnatal ethanol administration on

sustained attention performance in rats. College of William & Mary Graduate

Research Symposium.

7. McQuail J*, Burk JA (2004) Effects of cholinergic receptor antagonists on sustained

attention performance in the rat. Undergraduate Research Conference of the

Colonial Academic Alliance.

6. Johnson R**, Burk JA, Kirkpatrick L (2004) Salivary testosterone and domain-specific

self-esteem. College of William & Mary Graduate Research Symposium.

5. Kondrad R*, Burk JA (2003) Effects of repeated amphetamine treatment on sustained

attention performance in rats. Meeting of the Society for Young Neuroscientists

and Professors in the Southeast.

4. McQuail J*, Newman L*, Burk JA (2003) Effects of introducing a retention interval in

a measure of sustained attention in the rat. Meeting of the Society for Young

Neuroscientists and Professors in the Southeast.

3. Newman L*, Burk JA (2003) The effects of thalamic intralaminar nuclei lesions on

sustained attention. Verizon William & Mary Undergraduate Science Research

Symposium.

2. McQuail J*, Burk JA (2003) Effects of cholinergic receptor antagonists on sustained

attention performance in rats. Verizon William & Mary Undergraduate Science

Research Symposium.

1. Burk JA (2002) Role of cortical acetylcholine in attention: implications for aging.

Presentation to Monroe Scholar s Program.

Current Grants

R01, National Institute on Aging [NIA], Aging, Acetylcholine and the Hypothalamus,

2008-2012 (no cost extension until 2013), Role: co-I (subcontract to W&M); PI: Dr. Jim

Fadel (University of South Carolina School of Medicine).

Previous Grants

2011 Faculty Interdisciplinary Research Grant (co-PI with Dr. Greg Smith in

the W&M Department of Applied Science)

2006-2009 Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation, Long-term impact of

adolescent nicotine on cognitive function, Role: Co-PI; PI: Dr. Robert

Barnet.

2005-2008 Jeffress Memorial Trust, Posterior parietal cortical acetylcholine and

attention ; 2005-2008, Role: PI.

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2003-2006 Virginia Youth Tobacco Project (Role: PI), Adolescent Nicotine and

Alcohol Administration and Cognition

2002-2005 Young Investigator Award (Role: PI), The National Alliance for Research

on Schizophrenia & Depression, Cortical acetylcholine and attention in a

repeated amphetamine model of schizophrenia

1999-2001 NIMH Training Grant Award, Ohio State University

1998-1999 Dissertation Year Fellowship from the University of New Hampshire

1996-1998 Summer Fellowship from the University of New Hampshire (Awarded

three times)

1997 Graduate Fellowship from Teaching Excellence Program for Lilly

Conference on University and College Teaching

1996-1998 Travel Award from the University of New Hampshire ($200/each;

Awarded three times)

Editorial Boards and Manuscript Reviewing Activities

2012-present Associate Editor, BMC Neuroscience

2012-present Editorial Board Member, Dataset Papers in Pharmacology

2011-present Editorial Board Member, World Journal of Pharmacology

Ad hoc reviewer for the following journals (total of 23 different journals):

European Journal of Neuroscience; Journal of Psychopharmacology; Neuroscience

Letters; Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior; Behavioural Brain Research;

Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine; International Journal of

Neuropsychopharmacology; Life Sciences; European Journal of Pharmacology; Journal

of Neuroscience Methods; Biological Psychiatry; Neurobiology of Learning and

Memory; Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education; Psychopharmacology;

Brain and Cognition; Brain Research; Synapse; Hippocampus; Physiology & Behavior;

Neuropsychopharmacology; Neuropharmacology; Behavioural Pharmacology; Journal of

Neural Transmission

Other Professional Service

2012 Grant Reviewer, Canada Foundation for Innovation

2012 Member, Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation Small Grants Program

Review Panel

2011 Grant Reviewer, APF/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship Program

2009-2010 Mentor, Society for Neuroscience conference

2007-2008 Chair, Membership Committee, International Behavioral

Neuroscience Society

2007 Grant Reviewer, South Carolina Research Authority

2006 Grant Referee, Neurological Foundation of New Zealand

2005-2007 Co-chair, Membership Committee, International Behavioral Neuroscience

Society

2005 Co-facilitator, session at the Virginia Youth Tobacco Project Conference

Aging/Developmental Stage of Nicotine Dependence

Invited Talks

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2011 The cortical cholinergic system and cognition: implications for neuropsychiatric

disorders, University of New Hampshire

2010 Cholinergic system regulation and attention ; Presentation at the undergraduate

neuroscience symposium, College of William & Mary

2009 The cortical cholinergic system and attention ; Department of Applied Science,

College of William & Mary.

2005 NMDA receptors and attention ; Presentation at the undergraduate

neuroscience symposium, College of William & Mary.

2005 Acetylcholine, attention, and aging ; Presentation to the Center for

Excellence in Aging and Geriatric Health, College of William & Mary.

2002 Role of cortical acetylcholine in attention: implications for aging ;

Presentation to Monroe Scholar s Program, College of William & Mary.

2000 The effects of basal forebrain lesions and distracters on attention ; The Ohio

State University

1998 The role of the thalamic intralaminar nuclei and mediodorsal nucleus in

diencephalic amnesia ; The Ohio State University

Teaching Experience (full responsibility for all courses)

2002-present Psychopharmacology, Research in Physiological Psychology, Cognitive

Neuroscience, Introduction to Psychology as a Natural Science, Graduate

Proseminar in Behavioral Neuroscience, Elementary Statistics,

Physiological Psychology, Graduate Professional Development Seminar,

College of William & Mary

1996- 1998 Introductory Psychology, Statistics, Biopsychology, University of New

Hampshire

Current and Previous William & Mary Graduate Students (graduation year in

parentheses)

Kevin Woolfrey (2004)

Ryan Johnson (2005)

Matt Howe (2006)

Karen Boschen (2008)

Andrea Robinson (2009)

Andrea Spaeth (2009; co-advised with Dr. Robert Barnet)

Adam Hirsh (2011)

Kristin Zajo (Graduation expected 2013)

Current and Previous William & Mary Undergraduate Honors Students

(graduation year in parentheses)

Joseph McQuail (2004)

Lori Newman (2004)

Robyn Kondrad (2005)

Kathleen Altemose (2007)

David Mangini (2009)

Paige Roseman (2010)

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Katy Easterling (2011)

Qualifying Exam Committees

2012 Member, Krishanthi Wergalaarachchi, Department of Applied Science

2010 Member, Xueying Wang, Department of Applied Science

Professional Associations

American Psychological Association

Division 6, American Psychological Association

Society for Neuroscience

Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience

College Committees (all at W&M)

2012-present Member, Merit Review Steering Committee

2012-present Member, Academic Calendar Advisory Committee

2011-present Member, Committee of Chairs and Program Directors (formerly

Dean s Advisory Council)

2011-present Member, Integrated Science Center III Building Committee

2009-2012 Member, Committee on Graduate Studies

2003-2006 Member, Research on Animal Subjects Committee (IACUC)

Departmental Committees

2012-present Member, Psychology Department Public Relations Committee

2011-present Member, Planning Committee, Department of Psychology

2009-2012 Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Psychology,

College of William & Mary (Director of Graduate Studies)

2009 Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Psychology,

College of William & Mary

2006-2008 Chair, Research Committee, Department of Psychology, College of

William & Mary

2005-2006 Chair, Search Committee for Tenure-Eligible Faculty Position in

Perception

2004-2006 Member, Research Committee, Department of Psychology,

College of William & Mary

2003-2004 Member, Search Committee for Tenure-Eligible Faculty Position

in Cognitive Neuroscience

2002-2003 Member, Colloquium Committee, Department of Psychology,

College of William & Mary

Additional Service Activities

2012-present Member, W&M Neurodiversity Working Group

2009-present Member, Aging and Health Services Research Advisory Council to

the College of William & Mary Center for Excellence in Aging

2006-2008 Secretary, Board of Directors, Williamsburg Child Care Center

2005 Participated in a May seminar at the College of William & Mary to

evaluate the undergraduate neuroscience curriculum

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2003-2006 Member, Virginia Youth Tobacco Project Research Coalition

2003-2009 Research Partner, The Center for Excellence in Aging and

Geriatric Health

2003-2005 Member, Steering Committee, Society for Young Neuroscientists

and Professors in the SouthEast (SYNAPSE)

1998 Student member of Preparing Future Faculty Committee Visiting

Howard University

1995-1996 Student member of Colloquium Committee at the University of

New Hampshire

1995 Student member of Faculty Search Committee at the

University of New Hampshire

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