Travis Hodges

he/him

  • Assistant Professor of Psychology
Travis Hodges, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Dr. Hodges is interested in examining sex-specific the involvement of neuronal activation and networks, inflammation, neurogenesis, and gut microbiota in negative cognitive bias, a main symptom of depression, across development. To achieve this, he uses a rat model of depressive-like behavior which involves chronic exposures to stress. Because the display of negative cognitive bias can be sex and age-specific, he uses different methods to examine this depressive symptom and will examine sex and age-specificity in treatment outcomes. Travis is also devoted to mentorship and providing a safe environment for trainees to enjoy science.

Education

  • Ph.D., Brock University
  • M.A., Brock University
  • B.A., University of Manitoba (Honors)

Happening at Mount Holyoke

Recent campus news

Travis Hodges, new faculty at Mount Holyoke, conducts research on sex differences in stress, as well as how stress affects cognitive bias in rats — and, potentially, humans.