Biography

Websites:
Research with Rowan
Google Scholar

Education:
Post-Doctoral Associate, Bowling Green State University
Ph.D., Ecology Evolution and Organismal Biology, Ohio State
M.S., Ecology Evolution and Organismal Biology, Ohio State
B.S., Neuroscience, Purdue University

Research Expertise:
Neuroscience | Animal Behavior | Birdsong | Geographic Variation | Bioacoustics

I am investigating how birds learn and develop geographically distinct communication signals, and how they vary within and across populations. I also am interested in the neural bases of communication signals, but that is on hold for now. Finally, I am interested in how song changes as a result of habitat disruption and island biogeography.

Teaching Narrative:
I teach a number of courses that merge biological science with psychology: cognitive neuroscience, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, animal behavior, scientific thinking and inquiry, and neural bases of animal behaviors. I also co-write a textbook on Behavioral Neuroscience published by Sage Press which is soon to be in its 7th edition in 2025.

Honors and Awards:
AFTNJ Local Hero Award, 2015
Sage Press Keystone Award, 2019
Excellence in Innovative Instructional Delivery, 2021
Textbook & Academic Authors Association McGuffey Longevity Award, 2022

Professional Memberships:
Animal Behavioral Society
Society for Neuroscience
American Ornithological Society
Wilson Ornithological Society
Association for Field Ornithologists

Selected Publications:
Garrett, B. & Hough, G.E. In Preparation. Brain & Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience (7th Edition). Sage Press. Primary author.

Hough, G.E. (2022). Neural substrates of homing pigeon spatial navigation: Results from electrophysiology studies. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 867939. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.867939. [Impact factor: 3.0]

Coppola, V.J., Hough, G.E. & Bingman, V.P. (2014). Age-related spatial working memory deficits in homing pigeons (Columba livia). Behavioral Neuroscience, 128(6), 666-675. [Impact factor: 2.7]

Hough G.E., & Bingman, V.P. (2008). Rotation of Visual Landmark Cues Influences the Spatial Response Profile of Hippocampal Neurons in Freely-moving Homing Pigeons. Behavioral Brain Research, 187(2), 473-477. [Impact factor: 3.4]

Jarvis, E.D., Güntürkün, O., Bruce, L., Csillag, A., Karten, H., Kuenzel, W., Medina, L., Paxinos, G., Perkel, D.J., Shimizu, T., Striedter, G.F., Wild, M., Ball, G.F., Dugas-Ford, J., Durand, S., Hough, G., Husband, S., Kubikova, L., Lee, D.W., Mello, C.V., Powers, A., Siang, C., Smulders, T.V., Wada, K., White, S.A., Yamamoto, K., Yu, J., Reiner, A., Butler, A.B. (2005). Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution. Nature Reviews: Neuroscience, 6, 151-159. [Impact factor 14.8]"