Dr. Stacy Lopresti-Goodman

Stacy Lopresti-Goodman, Ph.D., is a Psychology Professor and the Honors Program Director at Marymount University in Arlington, VA, U.S.A. She earned her B.S. in Psychology from Kutztown University (2000) and her Ph.D. in Ecological Psychology from the University of Connecticut (2009). She has worked at Marymount since 2009 teaching courses including Primate Psychology, Biological Bases of Behavior, General Psychology, and Food, Ethics and Society. She conducts research on the enduring negative impact laboratories can have on chimpanzees, monkeys, and dogs. She also investigates attitudes towards animal experimentation and writes about alternatives to the use of animals in education. She received the Marymount University Outstanding Professor award from the graduating class in 2014, multiple Service and Research Awards from her colleagues, and the 2017 “Hero in Cognitive and Sentience Science and Education Award” from the Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine and the Green Neuroscience Laboratory.