Lee Bakner

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Lee Bakner
Professor of Psychology

Pioneer Hall 118

503-883-2578

lbakner@linfield.edu

Dr. Bakner is a biopsychologist who specializes in studying brain-behavior relationships. His current research explores psychoactive drug influences on behavior to understand the consequences of drug use and factors that drive addiction. Linfield student collaborators work with him on projects studying drug-seeking behavior using place conditioning techniques and travel to present work at national and regional conferences.

Dr. B regularly teaches Survey of Psychology, Quantitative Methods in Psychology, Introduction to Biopsychology, Drugs & Behavior and Seminar in Biopsychology. In his spare time, he enjoys camping, rugby, guitar, cooking and being conditioned by a calico cat.

Education

• B.A., Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
• M.A., Kent State University
• Ph.D., Kent State University