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Laura Juliano Professor CAS | Psychology

Additional Positions at AU
Director, Behavioral Pharmacology and Health Promotion Laboratory, American University
Degrees
PhD, Clinical Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton
BA, Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton

Bio
Laura M. Juliano earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Binghamton and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research addresses cognitive and behavioral mechanisms that influence drug taking and drug effects with an emphasis on tobacco and caffeine.
See Also
Behavioral Pharmacology & Health Promotion Lab
Psychology Department
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Teaching

Spring 2025

  • NEUR-898 Doctoral Continuing Enrollment

  • NEUR-899 Doctoral Dissertation

  • PSYC-115 Psychology as Natural Science

  • PSYC-240 Drugs and Behavior

  • PSYC-899 Doctoral Dissertation

Fall 2025

  • NEUR-898 Doctoral Continuing Enrollment

  • NEUR-899 Doctoral Dissertation

  • PSYC-099 Maintain Matriculation

  • PSYC-650 Psychological Research

  • PSYC-898 Doctoral Continuing Enrollment

  • PSYC-899 Doctoral Dissertation

Partnerships & Affiliations

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Research Interests

Laura M. Juliano conducts research on cognitive and behavioral factors that influence drug taking and drug effects. The goal of this research is to better understand the development and treatment of drug dependence. Her research focuses on tobacco and caffeine; two widely used and important psychoactive drugs, which also serve as suitable models for examining basic factors in drug dependence.