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Penny Seymoure

  • Associate Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience

Penny Seymoure earned her B.A. (cum laude) and M.A. (with distinction) from California State University at Stanislaus, and her Ph.D. in Biological Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She joined the Carthage faculty in 2000. She currently is exploring two research interests: First, she is studying brain development in human and rodent models and the emergence of brain-behavior relationships. Second, she is examining the effects of tourism development in northeast Argentina and its impact on the culture of the Mbya Guarani, a preliterate rainforest people. The above photograph was taken during a research trip in Argentina. Read more.

Education

  • Ph.D. — Biological Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • M.A., B.A. — California State University-Stanislaus
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"Dr. Seymoure shows a passion for her studies and her students. She is always willing to sit down and discuss something with you whether it relates to a course or not. I have loved every course I have taken with her and look forward to more."
Tristin Nyman, '13

Contact Information

pseymoure@carthage.edu
(262) 552-5515
Lentz Hall 422