Loretta Flanagan-Cato

Associate Professor

flanagan@psych.upenn.edu

215-898-4085

Levin building, Room 363
425 S. University Ave.

Website

Research Interests

Community engagement and education outcomes

Specific Research Areas

Neuroscience outreach; social connection and achievement

Professor Loretta Flanagan-Cato will be considering new graduate students for admission for Fall 2025.

Courses Taught

NRSC 1160 Everyday Neuroscience (ABCS)

NRSC 2260 Neuroendocrinology

NRSC 4460 Neuroendocrinology

PSYC 4460 Everyday Psychology (ABCS)

NGG 5990 Biomedical Research in the Urban Curriculum (ABCS)

NEUR 2250 Hormones and Behavior (online)

Education

BA, Psychology, Rutgers University

Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh

M.S. Ed., Education Policy, University of Pennsylvania

Selected Publications

Purvis, E.M., R. Gordon IV, L. Lozzi Jr., and L.M. Flanagan-Cato. A university and public-school partnership for personalized, accelerated science learning. J. Community Engagement and Scholarship 16: 1-5, 2024.

Flanagan-Cato, L.M., R.C. Plate, C. Steele and A.C. Jenkins. Effects of community-engaged neuroscience course on mood and intergroup anxiety. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 21: A159-A165, 2023.

Flanagan-Cato, L.M. Everyday Neuroscience: A community engagement course. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 18: A44-A50, 2019.