Orenda Johnson

Education
Ph.D., Florida State University, 2005
Orenda Johnson earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Florida State University in 2005. She also holds a Master of Science in psychology from FSU and a Bachelor of Science from Stetson University. Johnson teaches a variety of undergraduate courses including Introduction to Neuroscience, Physiological Psychology, Sensation and Perception, and Biological Basis of Brain Dysfunction. She has previously taught Research Methods in Psychology, Neuroscience Methods, and a graduate course in neuroanatomy. Johnson also runs the Teaching Psychology Practicum which trains graduate students prior to teaching their own lecture courses. She currently serves as the psychology department’s director of undergraduate studies and the faculty adviser for the undergraduate honor society Nu Rho Psi.
Johnson OL and Ouimet CC (2006) A regulatory role of actin in dendritic spine proliferation. Brain Research 1113: 1-9.
Johnson OL and Ouimet CC (2004) Protein synthesis is necessary for dendritic spine proliferation in adult brain slices. Brain Research 996: 89-96.
Johnson OL and Berkley KJ. (2002) Estrous influences on micturition thresholds of the female rat before and after bladder inflammation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 282: R289-R294.
Dmitrieva N, Johnson OL, Berkley KJ. (2001) Bladder inflammation and hypogastric neurectomy influence uterine motility in the rat. Neurosci Lett. Nov 2;313(1-2): 49-52.