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Rivier College |
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Jerome L. Rekart, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Psychology Director, Behavioral Science Laboratory |
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Ph.D., Northwestern University Office: 603-897-8270 email: jrekart@rivier.edu Office: Regis Hall 101 Lab: Memorial Hall 301
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Teaching Interests Courses My classes, at both the undergraduate and graduate level, align closely with my own interests as a scholar and a researcher. The undergraduate courses that I regularly teach are:
For more information on specific classes, visit my “Teaching” link. Teaching Philosophy Because psychology classes often focus on memorization, it is difficult for students to integrate and apply the information they have learned. To strengthen the conceptual framework upon which the specifics of psychological phenomena can be placed I attempt to facilitate the learning of psychology at a deeper level by directing students to ‘big picture’ issues, emphasizing connections between mechanisms and themes, encouraging interactive discussions, using real world experiences and integrating examples from various disciplines. |
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Research Interests The broad focus of my research is on the emotional regulation of memory. In addition, I am interested in how the use of basic laboratory findings can inform pedagogy and enhance learning in classroom settings. You can read about some of my laboratory’s ongoing projects on the “Research Projects” link. In addition to empirically examining the interaction of emotion with memory in humans, I also continue to work (with Dr. Aryeh Routtenberg) on refining a theory that describes how information is stored at the cellular and molecular level. |
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PSY205: Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences PSY404: Sensation & Perception PSY206: Experimental Methods PSY407: Neuroscience PSY304: Cognitive Psychology PSY495: Independent Research |
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Select Publications Rekart, J.L. & Routtenberg, A. (2008). Post-translational brain protein modification as substrate for memories that last a lifetime. BioTech International. In press.
Rekart, J.L., Sandoval, J., Bermudez-Rattoni, F., & Routtenberg, A. (2007). Remodeling of hippocampal mossy fibers is selectively induced seven days after the acquisition of a spatial but not a cued reference memory task. Learning & Memory, 14(6), 416-421.
Rekart, J.L., Holahan, M., & Routtenberg, A. (2007). Presynaptic Structural Plasticity and Long-lasting Memory: Focus on the Learning-Induced Redistribution of Hippocampal Mossy Fibers. Neural Plasticity and Memory: From Genes to Brain Imaging CRC Press, Boca Raton
Rekart, J.L., Sandoval, J., & Routtenberg, A. (2007). Learning-induced axonal remodeling: evolutionary divergence and conservation of two components of the mossy fiber system within Rodentia. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 87(2), 225-235.
Holahan, M., Rekart, J. L., Sandoval, J. & Routtenberg, A. (2006). Spatial learning induces presynaptic structural remodeling in the hippocampal mossy fiber system of two rat strains. Hippocampus, 16(6), 560-570.
Rekart, J. L., Meiri, K., & Routtenberg, A. (2005). Hippocampal-dependent memory is impaired in heterozygous GAP-43 knockout mice. Hippocampus, 15(1), 1-7.
Routtenberg, A., & Rekart, J.L. (2005). Post-translational Protein Modification as the Substrate for Long-lasting Memory. Trends in Neurosciences, 28(1), 12-19.
Rekart, J. L., Quinn, B., Mesulam, M. & Routtenberg, A. (2004). Subfield-Specific Increase in Brain Growth Protein in Postmortem Hippocampus of Alzheimer’s Patients. Neuroscience, 126(3), 579-584. |
