This time on the Anatomy in Clay® Learning System podcast, a chat with a renowned brain and neuroscience researcher on the power of hands-on learning. Dr. Kelly Lambert, a first-generation college student, received her undergraduate degree from Samford University in Birmingham AL (majoring in psychology and biology) in 1984 and her M.S. and Ph.D. in the field of Biopsychology from the University of Georgia in 1988. After spending 28 years at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia where she served as the Macon and Joan Brock Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department (for 17 years), Co-Director of Undergraduate Research, and Director of the Behavioral Neuroscience Major, she joined the faculty at the University of Richmond as Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience in 2017. Dr. Lambert enjoys teaching courses such as Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroscience, Comparative Animal Behavior, Neuroplasticity, and Psychobiology of Stress.  Dr. Lambert has won several teaching awards including the 2023 Soceity of Neuroscience Science Educator Award and the Virginia Professor of the Year for 2008. More:   Intro and Outro music "Vicious Pen" courtesy of Moby Gratis