A BILL Tea & Talk with Provost Wendy Sternberg from Bucknell University:

PSYCHOLOGY OF PAIN

In this presentation, Provost Sternberg will provide an overview of her scientific research program that considered the many sources of variability in the experience and expression of pain in laboratory animals and human participants. Among the factors to be discussed are differences in pain behavior related to sex, hormonal status, stress, age, and the social environment.

Provost WENDY STERNBERG joined Bucknell University in July 2024. Prior to Bucknell, she served at Haverford College, Union College (N.Y.), and most recently, Occidental College, where she served for seven years as the chief academic officer. Sternberg spent 18 years as a faculty member in Haverford's psychology department, with a specialty in behavioral neuroscience, where she taught courses and conducted research on the neural and hormonal determinants of pain and stress. Provost Sternberg holds a doctorate and master’s in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles.