Mary Jane Skelly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Assistant Chair, Psychology Department
- Office:
- Doorley Hall, Ground Floor
- Phone:
- (914) 633-2382 (914) 633-2382
- Email:
- mskelly@iona.edu
Degrees:
- PostDoctoral Fellowships: Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Ph.D., Neuroscience, Wake Forest Medical School
- M.A., Psychology, Wake Forest University
- B.A., Psychology/B.M., Vocal Performance, The University of Tennessee
Dr. Mary Jane Skelly teaches courses in research methods, drug habituation and addiction, stress and health, and cognition. Her research is focused on understanding how stress changes the brain, and how stress-induced neurobiological adaptations contribute to drug and alcohol abuse and other disordered behaviors.