BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

       
Name:  Susan J. Schumacher, Ph.D.
       
Office Address: 302G Gibbs Hall       
                          N C A & T State University         
                          Greensboro, N. C. 27411

Home Address:  6327 Liberty Rd.
                           Julian, N. C. 27283

Office Phone:  336-379-7976               Home Phone: 336-685-4613
       
Education:  B. A.   Roanoke College, Salem, VA (1966). Major: Psychology
                   M. A.   Hollins College, Hollins, VA  (1968). Specialization:  Experimental
                              Psychology
                   Ph.D.  University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC  (1977).

Specialization:  Physiological psychology with concentrations in comparative
                          animal behavior, electrophysiology, and experimental analysis of       
                          behavior
       
Recent Grants/Honors/Mentoring:
       
Development of a Program in Biomedical Sciences:  Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Differences in  Hypertensive and Normotensive Rats. Minority Biomedical Research Support Program,  NIGMS, 1991-1995  ($322,672).  (With  1 year extension)
       
Minority School Faculty Development Award:  Neuroendocrine and Behavioral Changes in Hypertension.  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 1987-1992 ($348,952).
       
Development of a Program in Biomedical Sciences.  Minority Biomedical Research Support Program,  1987-1991 ($305,116).
       
Request for Scientific Equipment for the Department of Psychology at N C A & T State University.  National Science Foundation Instructional Scientific Equipment Program, 1979-1981 ($12,395).
       
Roanoke College Sesquicentennial Distinguished Alumni recipient for outstanding professional and  personal achievements and contributions to the community, April 10, 1992.
       
Psi Chi National Honor Society Certificates of Appreciation, 1991, 1992, 1994.
       
Psi Chi National Honor Society (founder of A&T Chapter and Chapter Advisor since founding)
       
Psychology Department Outstanding Faculty Award for the College of Arts and Sciences, 1985-1986.
       
Mentor for NASA SHARP Plus Summer High School Research Apprenticeship Program, conducted by QEM Network, Summers of 94, 96-98

Research Instructor for NASA SHARP Plus Summer High School Research Apprenticeship Program,   Summer, 1999
   
Mentor for NIH-NCRR-Minority High School Student Research Apprentice Program, Summersof 94 & 98     
             
1988-97 Adjunct faculty researcher for Bennett College MARC Program

1998-now Mentor in NC A&T's mentoring program


OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

       
Reviewed grant proposals for NIMH-MIRDP and MARC
     
Licensed Practicing Psychologist in North Carolina #837
       
SELECTED REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
       
An alternative to the traditional physiological laboratory:  Identification of an unknown drug through behavioral testing. In M. E. W. Ware & D. E. Johnson (Eds.), Handbook of demonstrations and activities in the teaching of psychology:  Vol. 2. Physiological-comparative, perception, learning, cognitive, and developmental (pp. 22-24). 1996. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
       
A suggested plan of action for graduate school admission.  Psi Chi Newsletter, 1994, 20(4), 11-13.
       
Effects of restraint by tether jackets on behavior in spontaneously hypertensive rats.  Clinical and Experimental Hypertension:  Theory and Practice, 1991, A13(5), 875-884.  (With M. Morris, C.G. Watson**, & E.L. Riddick**)
       
Involvement of central vasopressin (V1) receptors in the control of blood pressure.  Neuroendocrinology, 1986, 43, 625-628.  (With M. Morris & L. E. Sain)
       
A reduction of central peptidergic responses in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.  Journal of Hypertension, 1986, 4(suppl 3), S177-178.  (With M. Morris & L. E. Sain)
       
An easily constructed equine neck brace.  Veterinary Medicine/Small Animal Clinician, 1985, 80, 72 & 77.
       
Innate Sidedness?  Equus, 1984, 78 (Ap.), 13-14.
       
A device for restraining rats while administering intraperitoneal injections. Lab Animal, 1983, 12, 51.
               
The behavioral and blood pressure effects of hypertonic saline on hypertensive and hyperactive rats.  Paper presented at the Carolina's Psychology Conference, Raleigh, NC, April 7-8, 1995.  (With S. Troublefield** & K. Woodruff*)
       
The behavioral and blood pressure effects of hypertonic saline on  hypertensive and hyperactive rats.  Paper presented at Carolina's Psychology Conference, Raleigh, NC, April 9-10, 1994.  (With D. T. Brandon*)
       
The influence of circadian cycles on the behavior of hypertensive rats and their controls.  Poster presented at Southeastern Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, March 30-Ap. 2, 1994. (With M. L. Moore* & C.Y. Taylor*)
       
The Untold Story:  Getting In and getting out of graduate school.  Panel discussion,  Southeastern Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, March 30-Ap. 2, 1994.
       
The behavioral effects of hypertonic saline on hypertensive and hyperactive rats.  Poster presented at NIH/NIGMS/Minority Programs Symposium, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 5, 1993.  (With D. T. Brandon*)
       
A recording and quantification program for frequencies and durations of multiple behaviors.  Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association Convention, Atlanta, GA, April, 1990.  (With B. Trott)