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Postdoctoral Board Certified
Behavior Analyst (BACB, Inc.Ò) Specialty Areas Experimental analysis
of behavior Courses Offered PSY 201 Principles of
Psychology PSY 310 Experimental
Methods PSY 311 Laboratory in
Experimental Methods PSY 424 Behavior
Modification Behavioral Economics
of Drug Abuse TBA Research Interests Broadly stated, my
research has focused on the environmental, pharmacological, and genetic
factors that affect behavior. Recently, my research has included studies on
the behavioral pharmacology of antipsychotic drugs, the behavioral genetics
of inbred mice, and the human behavioral pharmacology of substance abuse.
Over the past year, I have become increasingly interested in applying methods
derived from behavioral economics and behavioral ecology to better understand
choice and behavioral decision making, particularly in drug-dependent
populations. Service and Professional Interests I have reviewed many
articles for journals that publish work in behavior analysis, including The Behavior Analyst and The Psychological Record. I am an
active member of the Society for Quantitative Analyses of Behavior and the
Association for Behavior Analysis. Currently, I am co-chair of the psychology
department’s search committee and I serve on various other departmental
committees as well. Representative Publications and Presentations McKerchar, T. L., Heil, S. H., Johnson, M. W., & Higgins, S. T. (May
2007). Delay discounting of various
commodities by cocaine-dependent outpatients: Comparison of two equations and
associated measures of discounting. Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Society for Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, McKerchar,
T. L., Zarcone,
T. J., & Fowler, S. C. (2006). Use of a force-plate actometer
for detecting and quantifying vertical leaping induced by amphetamine in
BALB/cJ mice, but not in C57BL/6J, DBA/2J,
129X1/SvJ, C3H/HeJ, and CD-1 mice. Journal
of Neuroscience Methods, 153, 48-54. Fowler, S. C., McKerchar, T. L., & Zarcone, T. J. (2005). Response dynamics: Measurement of
the force and rhythm of motor responses in laboratory animals. In M. Ledoux (Ed.), Animal
models of movement disorders (pp. 73-100). Fowler, S. C., McKerchar, T. L., & Zarcone, T. J. (2005). Motor effects of typical and
atypical antipsychotic drugs in rodents. In M. Ledoux
(Ed.), Animal models of movement
disorders (pp. 735-744). McKerchar,
T. L., & Fowler, S. C.
(2005). Dissimilar effects of subchronic clozapine and haloperidol on operant lever pressing in
C57BL/6J, BALB/cJ, and LP/J Mice. Behavioural Pharmacology, 16, 585-589. McKerchar,
T. L., Zarcone,
T. J., & Fowler, S. C. (2005). Differential acquisition of lever pressing
in inbred and outbred mice: Comparison of a
one-lever and two-lever procedure and correlation with differences in locomotor activity. Journal
of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 84, 339-356. Zarcone, J. R., Lindauer, S.
E., Morse, P. S., Crosland, K. A., Valdovinos, M.
G., McKerchar, T. L., Reese, R.
M., Hellings, J. A., & Schroeder, S. R. (2004).
Effects of risperidone on destructive behavior of
persons with developmental disabilities: III. Functional analysis. American Journal on Mental Retardation,
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