Mary Jane Skelly, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Assistant Chair, Psychology & Neuroscience Department

Mary Jane Skelly
Office:
Doorley Hall, Ground Floor
Phone:
(914) 633-2382 (914) 633-2382
Email:

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.