Johnson, David

Curriculum Vitae

1. Education

   
   

   Degree	Institution	Field	Dates
   PhD	Weill Cornell Medical College	Neuroscience	2015
   BA	New York University	Psychology	2008

2. Full-Time Academic Experience

   
   

   Institution	Rank	Field	Dates
   York College, CUNY	Assistant Professor	Behavioral Sciences	9/2018 - present
   Manchester University	Assistant Professor	Psychology	9/2015-9/2018

3. Part-Time Academic Experience

   
   

   Institution	Rank	Field	Dates
   Barnard College, Columbia University	Adjunct Instructor	Psychology	1/2015-5/2015
   Baruch College, CUNY	Adjunct Instructor	Psychology	9/2014-5/2015

4. Non Academic Experience

   
   

5. Employment Record At This Institution

6. Publications In Field Of Expertise

   1. Books:
      

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   2. Papers in Professional Journals:
      1. Articles:
         

         Divencha, I., Drysdale, A. Hartley, C.A., Johnson, D.C.*, Glatt, C., Lee, F.S., & Casey, B.J.. "FAAH genetic variation enhances fronto-amygdala function in mouse and human.." Nature Communications. 6 2015: 6395.

         Johnson, D.C. & Casey, B.J.. "Extinction during memory reconsolidation blocks recovery of fear in adolescents.." Scientific Reports. 5 2015: 8863.

         Johnson, D.C. & Casey, B.J.. "Easy to remember, difficult to forget: the development of fear regulation." Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 11. 11 2015: 42-55.

         Pattwell, S., Duhoux, S., Hartley, C., Johnson, D.C., Jing, D., Elliott, M., Ruberry, E., Powers, A., Mehta, N., Yang, R., Soliman, F., Glatt, C., Casey, B.J., Ninan, I., & Lee, F.S.. "Altered fear learning across development in both mouse and human.." PNAS. 109 2012: 16318–16323.

         Schiller, D., Monfils, M.H., Raio, C.M., Johnson, D.C., LeDoux, J.E., & Phelps, E.A.,. "Preventing the return of fear in humans using reconsolidation update mechanisms.." Nature. 463 2010: 49-53.

         Schiller, D., Monfils, M.H., Raio, C.M., Johnson, D.C., LeDoux, J.E., & Phelps, E.A.,. "Addendum: Preventing the return of fear in humans using reconsolidation update mechanisms." Nature. 562 2018: E21.

      2. Proceedings:
         1. Refereed Proceedings
            
         2. Non-Refereed Proceedings
            
   3. Chapters in Books:
      
   4. Government Reports or Monographs
      
   5. Book Reviews:
      

7. Other Publications

   1. Books:
      
   2. Papers in Professional Journals:
      1. Articles:
         
      2. Proceedings:
         1. Refereed Proceedings
            
         2. Non-Refereed Proceedings
            
   3. Chapters in Books:
      
   4. Government Reports or Monographs
      
   5. Book Reviews:
      

8. Presented Papers, Lectures, And Exhibitions And Performances

   "Operationalizing Fear Memory Strength" 2020: Symposium for the Cognitive and Comparative Psychology Training Area, The Graduate Center, CUNY.

   "The effect of threat reinforcement rate on strength of learning" 2020: Eastern Psychological Association.

   "Operationalizing Fear Memory Strength" 2019: Gordon Research Conference on Amygdala Function in Emotion, Cognition and Disease.

   "Disrupting fear: testing the limits of reconsolidation update" 2018: Association for Psychological Science, San Fransisco.

   "Disrupting fear: testing the limits of reconsolidation update" 2018: Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

   "The impact of shared political affiliation on observational fear learning." 2018: Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

   "The effect of sustained negative arousal on fear extinction learning" 2017: Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

   "The effect of threat reinforcement rate on fear acquisition and regulation" 2017: Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

   "The effect of color paper on memory" 2017: Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.

   "The effect of situational stress on fear extinction learning" 2017: Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

   "Threat reinforcement rate mediates fear acquisition and regulation" 2017: Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

   "Political Affiliation as predictor of response to uncanny valley stimuli" 2017: Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

   "Threat reinforcement rate mediates fear acquisition and regulation" 2017: Manchester Undergraduate Research Conference, North Manchester, IN.

   "The effect of situational stress on fear extinction learning" 2017: Manchester Undergraduate Research Conference, North Manchester, IN.

   "Threat reinforcement rate mediates fear acquisition and regulation" 2017: Association of Psychological Science, Boston, MA.

   "Challenging the validity of sideline concussion tests" 2016: Midwest Psychological Society, Chicago, Il.

   "Variation in Endocannabinoid Signaing Modulates Frontoamygdala Connectivity, Fear Regulation, and Anxiety in Mice and Humans" 2015: Society of Biological Psychiatry, New York City.

   "Reconsolidation update: a method for preventing the return of fear in adolescents" 2014: American Psychological Society, San Francisco, CA..

   "Retrieval prior to extinction prevents the return of fear." 2008: International Symposium on Attention and Performance XXII, Stowe, VT.

   "Behavioral blockade of the return of fear in humans" 2008: Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

   "Extinction training during memory reconsolidation prevents the return of fear in humans" 2008: Pavlovian Society Annual Meeting, Weehawken, NJ..

   "The (near) future is bright: how emotion modulates simulation of everyday future events." 2008: Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Fransisco, CA.

9. Patents

   None

10. Work In Progress

    1. Books in progress:
       
    2. Papers in Progress:
       
    3. Papers submitted to journals for consideration:
       

       Forscher, P., Johnson, D., et al.. "Stereotype Threat in Black College Students Across Many Operationalizations." Nature Human Behaviour. 10/20/2020: .

    4. Research in progress:
       

11. Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships

12. Grants-In-Aid

    National Institutes of Health (NIMH), Disrupting fear: reconsolidation, cue specificity and memory strength. 2019-2021: $377,000.

13. Institutional Service

    1. Service to the Department
       

       Course Coordinator, Statistical Methods in Psychology, PSY 226: 2019 - Present.

       Member, Psychology Assessment Committee: 2019 - Present.

    2. Service to the School
       

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    3. Service to the College
       

       Secretary, Resource Committee: 09/2019 - Present.

    4. Service to the Graduate Center
       

       Admissions Committee: 03/2019 - Present.

       Executive Committee: 09/2019 - Present.

    5. Service to the University
       

14. Offices Held In Professional Societies

15. Other Professional Activities And Public Service

    Ad-hoc reviewer for professional academic journals: 9/2018 - present.

16. Teaching Activities At This Institution

    1. Courses Taught (List)
       

       Course	Description
       PSY 430	Experimental Methods
       PSY 226	Statistical Methods in Psychology
       Seminar in Special Topics (The Graduate College) 80300	The Emotional Mind

    2. New courses/programs developed (list):