Sara Freeman
Biology
Assistant Professor - She/Her/Hers
Contact Information
Office Location: BNR 239Phone: (435) 797-0670
Email: sara.freeman@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Licensures & Certifications
Biography
I was born in Atlanta, GA, and I received my BS in Biology from the University of Virginia in 2006. I completed my PhD in Neuroscience 2013 from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. From 2013-2019, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California Davis before moving to Utah State to start my faculty position in August 2019.
Teaching Interests
neuroscience, animal behavior, scientific method, endocrinology, biology, sex & gender, psychobiology, hormones & behavior, evolution
Research Interests
social behavior, autism, attachment, neuroscience, receptor pharmacology, oxytocin, vasopressin, hormones, comparative neuroanatomy, animal models of psychiatric disease, nonhuman primates, canids
Awards
Perpetual Motivator Award, 2024
USU College of Science
Travel Award, 2023
American Society of Mammalogists
Open Access Funding Initiative Award, 2022
USU Libraries
Peak Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year, 2022
USU College of Science
Best Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting, 2021
Society for Social Neuroscience
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, 2020
USU Office of Empowering Teaching Excellence
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.