Stephen C. Maxson
Stephen C. Maxson
Title: Professor
Departmental Program: Behavioral Neuroscience
E-mail: stephen.maxson@uconn.edu
Office: BOUS 128
Office Phone: (860) 486-2510
Department of Psychology
406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-1020
Preferred Means of Contact: E-mail
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Research Interests:
- Mapping genes for aggression
- Molecular genetics of aggression
- Brain and behavioral sex differences
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Undergraduate courses:
- Animal Behavior
- Introduction to Behavioral Genetics
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Graduate courses:
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Representative Publications:
- Maxson, S. C. & Canastar, A. (2007). The genetics of aggression in mice. In: D. Flannery, A.T. Vazsonyi, & I. Waldman (Eds.) The cambridge handbook of violent behavior and aggression. (pp.91-110). New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Maxson S. C. & Canastar, A. (2005). Genetic aspects
of aggression in non-human animals. In R. J. Nelson (Ed.) Biology
of Aggression. Oxford University Press. New York. pp. 3-19.
- Canastar, A. & Maxson, S. C. (2003). Sexual aggression
in mice: Effects of strain and estrous state. Behavior Genetics.
33, 521-528.
Other:
- Dobzhansky Memorial Award for outstanding lifetime scholarship
from the Behavior Genetics Association, 1998.
- Research Excellence Award from the American Association of
University Professors of the University of Connecticut, 1998.
- Editor, Behavior Genetics, 1999-2002.
- Faculty advisor for Psi Chi.
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