Faculty | Biology
Sara Freeman

behavioral neuroendocrinology, social neuroscience, comparative neuroanatomy, autism, nonapeptides
Assistant Professor - Biology Department
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: BNR 239
DialPhone: 435 797-0670
SendEmail: sara.freeman@usu.edu
Educational Background
PhD, Neuroscience, Emory University, 2013 Dissertation
Characterization of oxytocin receptors in the nonhuman primate brain
Teaching Scholar Certificate, USU Office of Empowering Teaching Excellence, 2021
Certificate in Effective College Instruction, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) and the American Council on Education (ACE), 2021
Biography
I was born in Atlanta, GA, and I received my BS in Biology from the University of Virginia in 2006. I completed my PhD in Neuroscience 2013 from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. From 2013-2019, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California Davis before moving to Utah State to start my faculty position.
Teaching Interests
neuroscience, neurobiology, animal behavior, scientific method, endocrinology, biology, sex & gender, psychobiology, hormones & behavior, evolution
Research Interests
social behavior, autism, attachment, neuroscience, receptor pharmacology, oxytocin, vasopressin, hormones, comparative neuroanatomy, animal models of psychiatric disease, nonhuman primates
Awards
Open Access Funding Initiative Award, 2022
USU LibrariesPeak Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year, 2022
USU College of ScienceBest Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting, 2021
Society for Social NeuroscienceScholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, 2020
USU Office of Empowering Teaching ExcellenceBook Chapters
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Scheduled Teaching
BIOL, PSY 6020 - Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Fall 2021
BIOL 4750, 6750 - Topics in Biology (Neuroendocrinology: Hormones & Behavior), Fall 2020
BIOL 6750, 4750 - Topics in Biology (Behavioral Neurobiology), Fall 2019
Graduate Students Mentored
Ariel Snowden, Psychology, June 2021
Caroline Long, Biology, January 2021
Janna Hart, Biology, August 2020
Sage Frehner, Biology, January 2020 - December 2021
Noa Reuveni, Psychology, July 2020 - May 2021