Curriculum Vita
(Formerly T.J. Jones)
Albion College
Department of Psychology
611 E. Porter St.
Albion, MI 49224
(517) 629-0681
e-mail:
tjechura@albion.edu
Education
Ph.D. Psychology, Biopsychology
University of Michigan, 2002
Dissertation: Sex differences in circadian rhythms: Effects of gonadal hormones in Octodon degus.
M.A. Psychology, Biopsychology
University of Michigan, 1999
B.S. Biology and Psychology, magna cum laude
Bowling Green State University, 1994
Albion College, Associate Professor, 2008-current.
Albion College, Assistant Professor, 2005-2008.
Albion College, Visiting Assistant Professor, 2004-2005.
Bowling Green State University, Post-doctoral Researcher and Instructional Faculty, 2002-2004.
University of Michigan, Graduate Student Instructor, 1999-2000.
Kahn, M.C., Siegel, J.J., Jechura, T.J., and Bingman V.P. Response properties of avian hippocampal formation cells during food search in a goal-less environment. Submitted, Behavioral Neuroscience.
Bismack, N.A. and Jechura, T.J. The effects of public displays of affection (PDA) on subjective stress levels, cognitive performance and cortisol levels. Submitted, Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Hummer, Jechura, Mahoney, Lee. Circadian Period Becomes Sexually Dimorphic after Puberty in Diurnal Octodon degus. Submitted, American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.
Hummer, Jechura, Mahoney, Lee. (2007). Gonadal hormone effects on circadian entrainment in the developing diurnal rodent, Octodon degus. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 292(1): 586-597.
Bingman, V., Jechura, T., & Kahn, M.C. (2006). Behavioral and neural mechanisms of homing and migration in birds. In M.F. Brown and R.G. Cook (Eds.), Animal Spatial Cognition: Comparative, Neural, and Computational Approaches. [On-line]. Available: www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/asc/bingman/
Fuchs, T., Haney, A., Jechura, T.J., Moore, F.R. and Bingman, V.P. (2006). Daytime naps in night-migrating birds: behavioural adaptation to seasonal sleep deprivation in the Swainson’s thrush, Catharus ustulatus. Animal Behaviour 72(4): 951-958.
Jechura, T.J., Stimpson, C.D. and Lee, T.M. (2006). Odor-facilitated reentrainment in male and female juvenile Octodon degus. Physiology and Behavior 89: 617-622.
Jechura, T.J., Mahoney, M.M., Stimpson, C.D. and T.M. Lee (2006). Odor-specific effects on reentrainment following phase advances in the diurnal rodent, Octodon degus. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. Online ID: R-00005-2006.R1.
Jechura, T.J. and T.M. Lee (2004). Ovarian hormones influence olfactory cue effects on reentrainment in the diurnal rodent, Octodon degus. Hormones and Behavior 46(3): 349-355.
Lee, T.M., Hummer, D.L., Jechura, T.J. and Mahoney, M.M. (2004). Pubertal development of sex differences in circadian function: An animal model. New York Academy of Science 1021: 262-275.
Jechura, T.J., Walsh, J.M. and T.M. Lee (2003). Testosterone suppresses circadian responsiveness to social cues in the diurnal rodent, Octodon degus. J. Biological Rhythms 18(1): 43-50.
Jechura, T.J. (2002). Sex differences in circadian rhythms: effects of gonadal hormones in Octodon degus. Dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Jechura, T.J., Walsh, J.M. and T.M. Lee (2000). Testicular hormones modulate circadian rhythms of the diurnal rodent, Octodon degus. Hormones and Behavior, 38(4): 243-249.
Goel, N., Governale, M.M., Jechura, T.J. and T.M. Lee (2000). Effects of intergeniculate leaflet lesions on circadian rhythms in Octodon degus. Brain Research, 877:306-313
Casini, G., Fontanesi, G., Bingman, V.P., Jones, T.J., Gagliardo, A., Ioale, P., and P. Bagnoli (1997). The neuroethology of cognitive maps: contributions from research on the hippocampus and homing pigeon navigation. Archives Italiennes de Biologie 135(1): 73-92.
Bingman, V., G. Casini, C. Nocjar and T.-J. Jones (1994). Connections of the piriform cortex in homing pigeons (Columba livia) studied with Fast Blue and WGA-HRP. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 43: 206-218.
Bingman, V.P. and T.J. Jones (1994). Sun-Compass based spatial learning impaired in homing pigeons with hippocampal lesions. J. Neuroscience 14(11): 6687-6694.
Bingman, V.P., T.-J. Jones, R. Strasser, A. Gagliardo and P. Ioale (1994). Homing pigeons, hippocampus and spatial cognition. In Behavioural Brain Research in Naturalistic and Semi-naturalistic Settings: Possibilities and Perspectives, Alleva, E., Lipp, H.P., and L. Nadel, eds.
Teaching Experience
Albion College
Spring, 2007
Health Psychology
Research Design and Analysis II, with 2 labs
Fall, 2006
FYE Seminar, To Sleep or Not to Sleep (overload)
History of Psychology
Research Design and Analysis, with 2 labs
Spring, 2006
Introduction to Psychology (2 sections)
Psychology of Learning
Fall, 2005
First Year Experience Seminar, “To Sleep or Not to Sleep” (overload)
Health Psychology
Research Design and Analysis, with 2 labs
Spring, 2005
Introduction to Psychology (2 sections)
Psychology of Learning
Fall, 2004
Cognitive Psychology with 2 labs
Introduction to Psychology
Students Mentored: Jacquelynn Walsh, Cheryl Stimpson, Tiffani Smith, Kush Goyal, Jonathon Flak, Hedi Chang,
Miriam Counterman.
Undergraduate Honors Program.
Students mentored: Jaquelynn Walsh, Cheryl Stimpson, Andrew Vosko.
Independent Studies in Research Methods.
Students mentored: Jonathon Flak, Miriam Counterman, Andrew Vosko.
Introduction to Biopsychology (331), 2 discussion sections. Kent Berridge, Professor, 1999
Wheaton College, MA
Workshop on Stereotaxic Surgery and Electrolytic Lesion Techniques. Invited by Dr. Kathleen Morgan. Winter, 1999.
Workshop on Laboratory and Histological Techniques. Invited by Dr. Kathleen Morgan. Summer, 1996.
Presentations, Posters at Scientific Meetings
Tilot, A.K. and Jechura, T.J. Examination of unihemispheric sleep in an australian lizard, the bearded dragon. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November, 2007.
Jechura, T.J. Accelerated reentrainment of body temperature rhythm in presence of human pheromones: A novel treatment for jet lag? Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 2006.
Jechura, T.J. Accelerated reentrainment of body temperature rhythm in presence of human pheromone: A novel treatment for jet lag? Society for Research of Biological Rhythms, Destin, FL., May, 2006.
Harris, C. and T.J. Jechura. Effect of alcohol on reentrainment in Octodon degus. Society for Research of Biological Rhythms, Destin, FL., May, 2006.
Shuboni, D.D., Sprague, H. and Phillips, L. and T.J. Jechura. Effects of maternal environmental enrichment and social support on adult offspring in Octodon degus. Michigan Undergraduate Research Conference, Adrian, MI, 2006.
Harris, C. and T.J. Jechura. Effect of alcohol on reentrainment in Octodon degus. Michigan Undergraduate Research Conference, Adrian, MI, 2006.
Fuchs, T., Haney, A., Jechura, T.J., Moore, F. and V.P. Bingman. Daytime naps keep night migrating birds going. A behavioral study of sleep adaptation in Swainson’s thrushes. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C., 2005.
Jechura, T.J., Siegel, J.J., Kahn, M.C. and V.P. Bingman. Single unit recording in the hippocampus of homing pigeons moving through an open field setting. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2004.
Jechura, T.J. Circadian profile and phase response curves in the homing pigeon. JP Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind and Behavior, Psychology Department Colloquium, 2003.
Jechura, T.J. and T.M. Lee. Adult activational effects on penile morphology of Octodon degus. University of Michigan Reproductive Sciences Program and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2001.
Jechura, T.J. Sex, odors and jet lag: Production and use of olfactory social cues to accelerate reentrainment of circadian rhythms in Octodon degus. University of Michigan Reproductive Sciences Program Seminar Series, 2001.
Jechura, T.J. and T.M. Lee. Penile morphology of the social rodent, Octodon degus. Animal Behavior Society, Oregon State University, 2001.
Jechura, T.J and T.M. Lee. Testosterone Suppresses Responsiveness to Social Cues in the Diurnal Rodent, Octodon degus. Society for Neuroscience, Michigan Chapter, Michigan State University, 2001.
Jechura, T.J. and T.M. Lee. Adult testicular steroids modulate circadian rhythms of the diurnal rodent, Octodon degus. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, 2000.
Jechura, T.J., Goyal, K.K. and Lee, T.M. Adult gonadal hormones determine social cue responsiveness in circadian rhythms of the diurnal rodent, Octodon degus. International Conference on the Society for Research of Biological Rhythms, Amelia Island, FL, 2000.
Jechura, T.J. and T.M. Lee. Social cue production and responsiveness in the diurnal rodent, Octodon degus. University of Michigan Reproductive Sciences Program and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1999.
Jechura, T.J. and T.M. Lee. Social cue production and responsiveness in the diurnal rodent, Octodon degus. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, University of Virginia, 1999.
Jechura, T.J. and T.M. Lee. Adult gonadal steroids are not responsible for sex differences in the diurnal rodent, Octodon degus. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, 1997.
Jones, T.-J. Sun compass, sun fixed angle, and color discrimination learning in hippocampal-lesioned pigeons. NATO Advanced Study Institute on Behavioural Brain Research in Naturalistic and Semi-naturalistic Settings: Possibilities and Perspectives, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, 1994.
Jones, T.-J. Hippocampal lesions impair sun compass based spatial learning in homing pigeons. Sigma Xi Graduate/Undergraduate Student Research Competition, 1994.
Bingman, V.P. and T.-J. Jones. Sun compass learning impaired in homing pigeons with hippocampal lesions. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1993.
Bingman, V.P., Casini, G., Nocjar C. and T.-J. Jones. Connections of the homing pigeon olfactory cortex studied with WGA-HRP and Fast Blue. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991.
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Animal Behavior Society (ABS)
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN)
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN)
Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
Society for Research of Biological Rhythms (SRBR)
Research Interests
Circadian Rhythms
Sleep and Sleep Disorders
Chemosensory communication (pheromones)
Learning and Memory
Electrophysiology, Single-unit Recording
Hormones and Behavior
Sex Differences in Circadian Rhythms and Cognition
Patents and Intellectual Property
U.S. and International patent for 4,16-androstadien-3-one for use as a recovery aid for jet lag. 15 February 2006.
Service to the Department
Thesis Committees:
2007
Megan Anderson, Psychology
Alicia Simon, Psychology
Jenn Smith, Psychology
2006
Victoria Brown, Psychology
Stephanie Clark, Biology
Sarah Gebhardt, Psychology
Jennifer Najjar, Psycholoogy
2005
Jeremy Benton, Psychology
Steven Fritz (Chair), Psychology
Independent Studies, Faculty Mentor
A.J. Pettyplace
Dorela Shuboni
Hannah Sprague
LaTasha Phillips
Kapil Mandrekar
Ian Mondrow
Steven Gismondi
Alicia Simon
Anna Mistretta-Bradley