FACULTY

Alan Jones
Professor of  Psychology and Neuroscience and Dean of Faculty (Pitzer College)

Email:                 alan_jones@pitzer.edu
Office:                 Fletcher Hall 206
Phone:                909-607-0024
Office Hours:     By appointment
Courses Taught:

Educational Background:

B.S. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
M.A. Princeton University
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Research Interests:

Development of Control of Appetitive Behavior; Effects of Early Nutritional and Metabolic Factors in Development; Neural and Metabolic Factors in the Ontogeny of Obesity.

Selected Publications:

Jones, A.P. and D.H. Olster. The impact of obesity producing maternal nutritional manipulations on fetal insulin and glucose levels. Endocinology. In Press

Jones, A.P. "Anti-Anxiety (Anxiolytic) Drugs " Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Society. Ed. R. Volti. Vol 1. New York: Facts on File, 1999

Jones, A.P. "Antipsychotic (Neuroleptic) Drugs" Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Society. Ed. R. Volti. Vol 1. New York: Facts on File, 1999.

Jones, A.P. "Hallucinogens" Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Society. Ed. R. Volti. Vol 1. New York: Facts on File, 1999.

Jones, A.P. "Antidepressants" Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Society. Ed. R. Volti. Vol 1 New York: Facts on File, 1999.

Jones, A.P., D. H. Olster and B. States. Maternal insulin manipulations in it orgnize body weight and noradrenergic pinnervation of the hypothalamus in gonadally intact male offspring. Developmental Brain Research, 97: 16-21, 1996.