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Rebecca D. Burwell is a professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences at Brown University. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the APA journal, Behavioral Neuroscience, and is a member of the APA Council of Editors. She is also a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Career
Rebecca D. Burwell received her Master’s degree in 1989, and a doctorate degree in Experimental and Biological Psychology in 1992, both from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She then received postdoctoral training in neuroanatomy and electrophysiology at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La jolla, California, and at the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience at The State University of New York at Stony Brook. She started her career at Brown University in 1996 as a professor in the Psychology Department, then moved to the Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences.

Honors & Awards
National Merit Scholarship, 1971-1974 University Scholar, Southern Methodist University, 1973-1974 B.A. Magna Cum Laude, 1974 James R. Kenan Graduate Fellowship, UNC, 08/87-05/88 National Science Foundation (NSF) Predoctoral Fellowship, 06/88-05/91 American Psychological Association Division 20 Student Research Award, 1991 National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship, 06/91-08/92 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 12/92-11/95 McDonnell-Pew Fellowship to attend the Cold Spring Harbor Biology of Memory Course, Summer 1993 NIMH BSTART Award: The Contribution of the Perirhinal Cortex to Configural Learning, 1997-98 NSF Career Development Award: Cognitive Functions of the Postrhinal Cortex, 1999-2003 Karen T. Romer Prize for Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring, 2011 Elected Fellow of the Amercan Psychological Association, 2013 Elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, 2013 Elected Editor-in-Chief of the APA Journal, Behavioral Neuroscience, 2014 Appointed Albert D. Mead Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, 2017

Academic Interests
Rebecca D. Burwell’s research areas include electrophysiology, entorhinal, fear conditioning, hippocampus, memory, neuroanatomy, perirhinal, postrhinal, recognition memory, and spatial memory. She “uses neuroanatomical, experimental lesion, optogenetic, and electrophysiological approaches to examine the contribution of brain regions adjacent to the hippocampus (including the perirhinal, postrhinal/parahippocampal, and entorhinal cortices) to memory and to other higher cognitive functions.” Her teaching career focuses on the theory, history, literature, and techniques of behavioral neuroscience, especially about memory and attention. She is also interested in increasing the presence of individuals in the field of neuroscience through teaching and mentoring.