William Schreiber
Associate Professor of Psychology
Department: Psychology
Email: wschreiber@elon.edu
Phone number: (336) 278-6685
Professional Expertise
News & Notes
Education
Ph.D., University of Delaware
B.S., College of William & Mary
Employment History
2023 - Present, Associate Professor of Psychology, Elon University
2019 - 2023, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Elon University
2015 - 2019, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Washington and Lee University
Courses Taught
My course offerings at Elon typically include Behavioral Neuroscience (PSY2400) and Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (PSY3700).
Research
My research focuses on learning, memory, and stress.
My lab examines invertebrate learning and stress in harvester ants. We study simple forms of learning (habituation, sensitization, associative learning) with the aim of characterizing and understanding how relatively simple nervous systems can learn and remember information. We are also interested in how invertebrates respond to short- and long-term stressors, and how this might interact with learning and memory processes.
We also conduct research using humans, and we are interested in examining the interactions of stress, attention, and memory. This work is measured and applied in both laboratory and classroom settings.
Students who are interested in conducting research may contact me directly via e-mail.
Publications
Schreiber, W. B., & Waagen, L. (in press). Generative AI and mentorship: Guidelines, challenges, and recommendations. Perspectives on Undergraduate Research & Mentoring.
Schreiber, W. B., & Robinson-Drummer, P. A. (2022). Opportunities to discuss diversity-related topics in neuroscience courses. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 20(3), A359-A372.
Schreiber, W. B. (2022). Teaching in a pandemic: Adapting preparations for asynchronous remote learning using three evidence-based practices. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology.
Schreiber, W. B. (2021). Using ants as a novel approach for student training in research methods. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology.
Jablonski, S. A., Robinson-Drummer, P. A., Schreiber, W. B., Asok, A., Rosen, J. B., & Stanton, M. E. (2018). Impairment of the context pre-exposure facilitation effect in juvenile rats by neonatal alcohol exposure is associated with decreased Egr-1 mRNA expression in the prefrontal cortex. Behavioral Neuroscience, 132(6), 497-511.
Keller, S. M., Schreiber, W. B., Stanfield, B. R., & Knox, D. (2015). Inhibiting corticosterone synthesis during fear memory formation exacerbates cued fear extinction memory deficits within the single prolonged stress model. Behavioural Brain Research 287 (2015): 182-186.
Keller, S. M., Schreiber, W. B., Staib, J. M., & Knox, D. (2015). Sex differences in the single prolonged stress model. Behavioural Brain Research, 286, 29-32.
Schreiber, W. B., Asok, A., Jablonski, S. A., Rosen, J. B., & Stanton, M. E. (2014). Egr-1 mRNA expression patterns in the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and amygdala during variants of contextual fear conditioning in adolescent rats. Brain Research, 1576, 63-72.
Jablonski, S. A., Schreiber, W. B., Westbrook, S. R., Brennan, L. E., & Stanton, M. E. (2013). Determinants of novel object and location recognition during development. Behavioural Brain Research, 256, 140-150.
Asok, A., Schreiber, W. B., Jablonski, S. A., Rosen, J. B., & Stanton, M. E. (2013). Egr-1 increases in the prefrontal cortex following training in the context preexposure facilitation effect (CPFE) paradigm. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 106, 145-153.
Schreiber, W. B., St. Cyr, S. A., Jablonski, S. A., Hunt, P. S., Klintsova, A. Y. & Stanton, M. E. (2013). Effects of exercise and environmental complexity on deficits in trace and contextual fear conditioning produced by neonatal alcohol exposure in rats. Developmental Psychobiology, 55(5), 483-495.
Schreiber, W. B. & Hunt, P. S. (2013). Deficits in trace fear conditioning induced by neonatal alcohol exposure persist into adulthood in female rats. Developmental Psychobiology, 55(4), 352-360.