Meeting Chairs

John Christianson, Ph.D.

John is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Boston College. His laboratory investigates the effects of stress on social behavior and the role of coping on stress vulnerability and resilience.

Becca Shansky, Ph.D.

Becca is a Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, where her team uses rodent models to explore the links between brain structure and function, focusing on how individual differences in response to trauma shape long-term memories.

Travel Award Committee

Chair: Richard Hunter, Ph.D. — University of Massachusetts, Boston

Reviewers: Jessica Babb, Ph.D. — Veterans Affairs
Kevin Bath, Ph.D. — Columbia University
Matthew Hill, Ph.D. — University of Calgary
Jennifer Honeycutt, Ph.D. — Bowdoin College
Ilia Karatsoreos, Ph.D. — University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lisa Maeng, Ph.D. — University of Massachusetts, Boston
Jaime Maguire, Ph.D. — Tufts University
Heidi Meyer, Ph.D. — Boston University
Larry Reagan, Ph.D. — University of South Carolina

Poster Session and Poster Award Committee

Chair: Jessica Babb, Ph.D.

Mentoring Program Committee

Members: Jayme McReynolds — University of Cincinnati
Matthew Cooper, Ph.D. — University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Past Meeting Chairs

2010 - Robert Spencer — Colorado University, Boulder
2012 - Seema Bhatnagar and Theresa Reyes — University of Pennsylvania
2014 - James Herman — University of Cincinnati
2016 - Tallie Baram — UC Irvine
2018 - Matt Hill and Jaideep Bains — University of Calgary
2022 - Larry Reagan, Marlene Wilson, and Susan Wood — University of South Carolina

Contact

All meeting-related inquiries should be emailed to bostonstressworkshop@gmail.com