• PhD, University at Buffalo, SUNY

I teach Freshman Seminars related to topics surrounding psychology and neuroscience (Mind and the Brain). I also occasionally teach courses related to introductory behavioral neuroscience topics like Biopsychology and Sensory Processes and Perception. 

My research interests surround taste and its influence on feeding behaviors and food selection. I am interested in the result of consumption of high-fat and/or high-sugar diet that has the potential to result in changes in taste perception. I am also interested in the role of sex that contributes to differences in food selection, consumption, and taste responding in relation to behavioral diet modifications. I am also interested in the interactions of auditory and visual cues that interact with taste to alter perceptions.

• Jewett, D. C., Liyanagamage, D. S. N. K., Vanden Avond, M. A., Anderson, M. A. B., Twaroski, K. A., Marek, M. A., James, K. F., Pal, T., Klockars, A., Olszewski, P. K., & Levine, A. S. (2022). Chronic intermittent sucrose consumption facilitates the ability to discriminate opioid receptor blockade with naltrexone in rats. Nutrients 14(5), 926.
• Kay, K. E., Martin, L. E., James, K. F., Haygood, S. M., & Torregrossa, A-M. (2020) Temperature is sufficient to create a flavor preference for a cold-paired solution in rats. Chemical Senses 45 (7), 563-572.
• Martin, L. E., Kay, K. E., James, K. F., & Torregrossa, A-M. (2020). Altering salivary protein profile can decrease aversive oromotor responding to quinine in rats. Physiology & Behavior 223, 113005.
• Watson, M. R., James, K., Mittleman, G., & Matthews, D. B. (2020). Impact of acute ethanol exposure on body temperatures in aged, adult, and adolescent male rats. Alcohol 82, 81-89.
• Matthew, D. B., Watson, M. R., James, K., Kastner, A., Schneider, A., & Mittleman, G. (2019). The impact of low to moderate chronic intermittent alcohol exposure on behavioral endpoints in aged, adult, and adolescent rats. Alcohol 78, 33-42.