Ashley T. Westerman
- Ph.D. student, Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin.
- MA, 2009, American University, Washington DC
- BA, 2008, summa cum laude, (double major) Psychology; Women and Gender Studies; American University, Washington, DC

Research Interests: Neural plasticity in response to sexual experience; neural mechanisms underlying appetitive vs. consummatory aspects of sexual behavior; drug-induced sexual dysfunction.

Awards:
Dean’s Undergraduate Scholar
Dean’s List
Dean’s Undergraduate Research Grant recipient
Phi Beta Kappa
Dean’s Undergraduate Research Grant, Summer, 2007
Dean’s Undergraduate Scholarship, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008
Best Science Poster by a Graduate Student, Honorable Mention, Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, March, 2009

Publication:
Westerman, A.T., Roma, P.G., Creed, E.T., Hurwitz, Z.E., Dominguez, J.M. (in press). The antiepileptic primidone impairs male rat sexual behavior. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior.

Poster Presentations:
Westerman, A.T., Williams, A.G., Dominguez, J.M. (March, 2007). Possible neural mechanisms for impaired libido resulting from antiepileptic drugs. Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, Washington, D.C.

Westerman, A.T., Roma, P.G., Dominguez, J.M. (November, 2007). The antiepileptic primidone impairs male sexual behavior. Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Westerman, A.T. Juliano, L.M. (March, 2008). The relative contribution of positive and negative reinforcement to caffeine consumption: a continuation of Schuh and Griffiths (1997). Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, Washington, D.C.

Roma, P.G., Westerman, A.T., Price, R.L., Dominguez, J.M. (2008). Assessing the role of the medial preoptic area in ethanol-induced hypothermia and ataxia. Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

Westerman, A.T., Cobuzzi, J.L., Gomez-Serrano, M.A. (2009). The effect of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ‘Ecstasy’) on male rat sexual behavior. Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, Washington, D.C.

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