Mary Burleson

Biography
Mary H. Burleson is an associate professor in psychology. She earned her doctorate in psychology (behavioral neuroscience program) from Arizona State University in 1994. Her postdoctoral training was at The Ohio State University in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and the Department of Psychology. She joined the faculty of ASU in 1997 and was promoted from assistant to associate professor in 2003.
She directs the BioSocial Psychology Laboratory, combining ASU's missions of research and teaching in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS), which is part of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at ASU's West campus. Studies in the BioSocial Psychology Lab examine how people regulate their own and each other's emotions and behavior.
Education
Ph.D. Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience), Arizona State University 1994
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Research Interests
Dr. Burleson's research focuses on how emotion, stress, and physical contact (touch) can affect psychological and physiological functioning. Current studies include the contribution of emotion regulation processes to stress responses and the stress-reducing effects of physical contact. Recent publications include a study on sexual behavior and mood in mid-aged women (in Archives of Sexual Behavior), a study on the characteristics of lonely individuals and their evolutionary relevance (in the Journal of Research in Personality), and a report on stress effects in the cardiovascular and neuroendocrine systems (in Psychophysiology). She specializes in teaching physiological psychology, biology of human sexuality, biological bases of behavior, and psychopharmacology.
Publications
See curriculum vitae.
Research Activity
See curriculum vitae.
Courses
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 580 | Practicum |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 593 | Applied Project |
PSY 598 | Special Topics |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 325 | Physiological Psychology |
PTX 325 | Physiological Psychology |
PSY 369 | Biology of Human Sexuality |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PSY 493 | Honors Thesis |
PSY 494 | Special Topics |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 593 | Applied Project |
PSY 598 | Special Topics |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 593 | Applied Project |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PSY 493 | Honors Thesis |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 593 | Applied Project |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 593 | Applied Project |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PTX 325 | Physiological Psychology |
LSC 325 | Physiological Psychology |
PSY 325 | Physiological Psychology |
PTX 369 | Biology of Human Sexuality |
LSC 369 | Biology of Human Sexuality |
PSY 369 | Biology of Human Sexuality |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 494 | Special Topics |
PTX 494 | Special Topics |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 580 | Practicum |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 598 | Special Topics |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 593 | Applied Project |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 593 | Applied Project |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 325 | Physiological Psychology |
PSY 369 | Biology of Human Sexuality |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 494 | Special Topics |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 580 | Practicum |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 593 | Applied Project |
PSY 595 | Continuing Registration |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Summer 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 595 | Continuing Registration |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 494 | Special Topics |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 593 | Applied Project |
PSY 595 | Continuing Registration |
PSY 598 | Special Topics |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 325 | Physiological Psychology |
PSY 369 | Biology of Human Sexuality |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 494 | Special Topics |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 580 | Practicum |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 595 | Continuing Registration |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
Summer 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 595 | Continuing Registration |
Presentations
See curriculum vitae.
Service
See curriculum vitae.