Biography•Dr. Susan Larson

Susan Larson (BA, Univ. of Manitoba; PhD, McMaster University) joined the faculty at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN in 1998.  She is a Professor and she was recently appointed the College's first Director of Undergraduate Research and Student Scholarship.

In addition to teaching a variety of psychology and neuroscience classes, Larson maintains an active research program with undergraduates as collaborators. Working with three to six students each year, her laboratory investigates behavioral and cognitive changes associated with immune system activation.

Larson is a Councilor with the Council on Undergraduate Research and sits on the Executive Board of this national organization, whose mission is "to support and promote high quality student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship." In the fall of 2008, Larson was the recipient of the Ole and Lucy Flaat Distinguished Scholarship award at Concordia College.