I teach General Psychology (PSYCH-1000) for undergraduates, and the goal of this class is for students to gain a basic understanding of psychological science. Student explore the different disciplines within psychology and learn about the important experiments and philosophies that have shaped our understanding of behavior.
My goal as a teacher is to help students learn the fundamental principles of psychology and pharmacology, how the principles impact their day-to-day life, and how the principles are studied in the modern scientific laboratory. I encourage my students to challenge their assumptions about their own perspectives, sometimes by participating in the collection of new scientific data.
Miller, D. K., Oelrichs, C. E., Sun, G. Y. & Simonyi, A. (2014). Subchronic apocynin treatment attenuates methamphetamine-induced dopamine release and hyperactivity in rats. Life Sciences, 98(1): 6-11.
Brown, J. D., Green, C. L., Arthur, I. M., Booth, F. W., & Miller, D. K. (2015). Selective breeding for low and high voluntary running behavior co-selects for differences in novelty-induced and cocaine-induced locomotor activity. Psychopharmacology, 232: 673-681.
Miller, D. K. (2015). Taking sides: Clashing views in drugs and society. New York: McGraw Hill.
Sage, A. S. & Miller, D. K. (2015). A healthy body for a healthy mind. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3(2): 158-159. Open Access Article
Lever, J. R., Fergason-Cantrell, E. A., Watkinson, L. D., Carmack, T. L., Lord, S. A., Xu, R., Miller, D. K., Lever, S. Z. (2016). Cocaine occupancy of sigma1 receptors. Synapse, 70(3): 98-111.