G. Mickley

G. Andrew Mickley Jr. (Grad ’72, ’78) is professor of neuroscience at Baldwin-Wallace College and was named 2008 Ohio Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The program salutes outstanding undergraduate instructors who excel in teaching and positively influence the lives and careers of students. Mr. Mickley started in 1993 at Baldwin-Wallace College, where he established the neuroscience program. He has received support from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. He and his students currently conduct research concerning the neural substrate of learning, extinction and spontaneous recovery of defensive reactions to fear. Mr. Mickley was recognized as the 2007 Educator of the Year by the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience. Through that organization, he led the development of Nu Rho Psi, the national honor society in neuroscience, for which he is the executive director. He also has twice been elected by his peers as a national councilor on the Council on Undergraduate Research.