Department of Psychology
Clemson University

Bruce M. King, Ph.D., Chair King picture

Phone:  (864) 656-7368
Office:  415 Brackett Hall
E-mail:  bking2@clemson.edu

Education:

  • PhD:  Biopsychology (University of Chicago, 1978)
  • BA:  Psychology (UCLA, 1969)

Research Interests:

  • Brain mechanisms involved in feeding behavior and body weight regulation

Selected Publications:

  • Pankey, E. A., Shurley, M. R., & King, B. M. (in press). A re-examination of septal lesion-induced weight gain in female rats. Physiology & Behavior.
  • King, B. M. (2006). Amygdaloid lesion-induced obesity: Relation to sexual behavior, olfaction, and the ventromedial hypothalamus [Invited Review]. American Journal of Physiology, 291, R1201-1214.
  • Rollins, B. L., Stines, S. G., & King, B. M. (2006). Role of the stria terminalis in food intake and body weight in rats. Physiology & Behavior, 89, 139-144.
  • King, B. M. (2006). The rise, fall, and resurrection of the ventromedial hypothalamus in the regulation of feeding behavior and body weight [Invited Review]. Physiology & Behavior, 87, 221-244.
  • Grundmann, S. J., Pankey, E. A., Cook, M. M., Wood, A. L., Rollins, B. L., & King, B. M. (2005). Combination unilateral amygdaloid and ventromedial hypothalamic lesions: Evidence for a feeding pathway. American Journal of Physiology, 288, R702-R707.
  • King, B. M., & Minium, E. W. (2008). Statistical Reasoning in the Behavioral Sciences (5th Edition). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • King, B. M. (2005). Human Sexuality Today (5th Edition). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Awards and Honors:

  • Fellow: Association for Psychological Sciences (previously American Psychological Society)
  • Fellow: American Psychological Association
  • Fellow: International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
  • Honorary Member: Golden Key National Honor Society
  • University Research Professor (University of New Orleans honorary title)
  • Seraphia D. Leyda University Teaching Fellow (University of NewOrleans honorary title)
  • UNO Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award

Professional Affiliations:

  • Association of Psychological Science
  • American Psychological Association
  • International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
  • Neurosciences
  • Society for the Scientific Study of Ingestive Behavior

Teaching Responsibilities:

  • PSYCH 306: Human Sexual Behavior
  • PSYCH 309: Introduction to Experimental Psychology