Laurence Miller
                                                                                Associate Professor
                                        Academic Appointment(s)
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of Psychological Sciences
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Administration
Department of The Graduate School
                                                                                                                      
                                 
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                        -  LAUMILLER@augusta.edu
                                          -  (706) 729-2451
                                                                                 -  AH N328
                                                                                 
                                    
                                 
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                                                                    Education
                                    
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Ph.D., Psychology, General
University of North Carolina -, 2010
 
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MA, Psychology, General
University of North Carolina a, 2005
 
                                        
                                    
                                                                        Awards & Honors
                                    
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Outstanding Scholarship Award
College of Science and Mathematics, 2020
 
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Faculty Excellence Award
Augusta University Department of Psychological Sciences, 2019
 
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Virginia Commonwealth University Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow
2014
 
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Cellular Biology of Addiction Scholarship
2012
 
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NIDA Director’s Travel Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence
2007
 
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                                                             Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
                                        
                                        
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PSYC 3180
Drugs & Behavior
 
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PSYC 1101
Intro to General Psychology
 
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PSYC 3122
Research Methods
 
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PSYC 4165
Learning Principles & Apps
 
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PSYC 6165
Learning Principles & Apps
 
                                        
                                                                                 Teaching Interests 
                                        Research Methods
                                        
                                    
                                 
                             
                            
                            
                            
                                                                     Scholarship 
                                    Selected Recent Publications
                                                                    
                                    - NADPH Oxidase 1 Mediates Caerulein-Induced Pancreatic Fibrosis in Chronic Pancreatitis, 2020
 Journal Article, Academic Journal
 
- Effects of monoamine uptake inhibitors on pain-related depression of nesting in mice, 2019
 Journal Article, Academic Journal
 
- Role of age in the depression and treatment of pain-related depression of nesting in mice, 2019
 Journal Article, Academic Journal
 
- Di-N-Octylphthalate Acts as a Proliferative Agent in Murine Cell Hepatocytes by Regulating the Levels of EGF, TGF-β and pro-Apoptotic Proteins, 2018
 Journal Article, Academic Journal
 
- Effects of ketoprofen, morphine, and kappa opioids on pain-related depression of nesting in mice, 2015
 Journal Article, Academic Journal
 
                                
                                                                    Research Interests
                                    Behavioral Pharmacology, Pain, Drug Abuse 
                                                                 
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                                                             Department Service
                                        
                                                                                                                     College Service
                                        
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Ad-hoc committee on development of CSM Neuroscience Minor
2021 - 2021
Role:  Committee Member
 
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College of Science and Mathematics Student Research Travel Committee
2019 - 2020
Role:  Committee Member
 
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College of Science and Mathematics Faculty Development Committee
2020 - 2020
Role:  Committee Member
 
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College of Science and Mathematics Faculty Development Committee
2017 - 2018
Role:  Committee Chair
 
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College of Science and Mathematics Faculty Development Committee
2015 - 2016
Role:  Committee Member
 
                                            
                                        
                                                                                                                     University Service
                                        
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Augusta University Undergraduate Research Journal: Arsenal
2015 - Present
Role:  Faculty Mentor
 
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Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Advisory Committee
2015 - Present
Role:  Committee Member
 
                                            
                                        
                                                                                                                     Professional Service
                                        
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Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
2020 - Present
Role:  Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
 
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Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions
2019 - Present
Role:  Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
 
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Scandinavian Journal of Pain
2019 - Present
Role:  Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
 
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Behavioral Pharmacology
2015 - Present
Role:  Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
 
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2015 - Present
Role:  Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer