Heather Hoffmann
Professor of Psychology, Chair of Neuroscience Program
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL 61401-4999
309-341-7267
E-mail: hhoffman@knox.edu
Many Knox neuroscience majors embark on successful careers upon completion of their undergraduate degree. Others pursue graduate study. Among the Knox alumni who majored in neuroscience or related fields are the following:
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Behavioral Endocrinology, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Noah Sandstrom '94. Psychology Major.
ER Resident, St. Vincent Medical Center, Sylvania, Ohio. Wally Elrod '94. Biochemistry Independent Major.
Manager, SimplyRehab, Tinley Park, Illinois. Tasha Weatherspoon '96. Biology Major.
Graduate Student, Program in Computational Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Noah Schwartz '98. Psychology Major.
Neurosurgical Resident, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. Ronnie Hammers '99. Biology-Psychology Independent Major.
Graduate Student, Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York. Stacie Miller '03, Psychology Major.
Graduate Student, Ph.D. Program in Neuropsychology, City University of New York, New York, New York. Anna Obraztsova '01. Psychology Major.
Nurse, Pediatrics Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia. Sumi Chatani '00. Biopsychology Major.
Graduate Student, Ph.D. Program in Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Kim Ferguson '02. Developmental Psychobiology Major.
Medical Student, University of Iowa Medical School, Iowa City. Erin McCune '03. Biological Psychology Major.
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. Dorothy Kozlowski '90. Psychology Major.Medical Student, Ph.D. in Neurobiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Andrew Prendergast '07.
Like many Knox College students, Steve Galdek is fond of the squirrels wandering around campus. His research project is enabling him to learn more about their winter-survival strategies.
Knox College scored among the top five liberal arts colleges in its region, in the 2011 Association for Computing Machinery Intercollegiate Programming Contest. Knox sent three teams to the expanding regional competition.
Knox College senior Lauren Smith, recipient of a 2011 Student Laureate Award from the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, talks about her research, classes and extracurricular activities.

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