Joshua Lewis Haight
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Joshua Haight joined Quinnipiac University in 2019 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Connecticut College in 2009, and then went to work as a research assistant for two years in the Dyslexia Research Lab at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. He received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan in 2016, where he worked in the lab of Dr. Shelly Flagel studying the neural mechanisms underlying individual differences in Pavlovian conditioning, and received funding from a National Institute of Drug Abuse NRSA award. After graduate school, he completed his postdoctoral training in the lab of Dr. Nii Addy at Yale University, studying the neural circuitry of depression-related behaviors. Dr. Haight teaches courses in the psychology and behavioral neuroscience majors, including Introduction to Psychology, Physiological Psychology, and Drugs, Brain & Behavior. Dr. Haight also supervises research students and runs a research program on campus studying the neural mechanisms of motivation in healthy and diseased states.
Education
- MS, University of Michigan
- PHD, University of Michigan
Areas of Expertise
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Motivation
- Depression
Organization
- Psychology
Office Location
- The Site 176
Mail Drop
- SI-TE1
Quinnipiac Today
Experience
Quinnipiac University
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Hamden, CT
2019 - Present
Yale University
Postdoctoral Associate in Psychiatry
New Haven, CT
2016 - 2019
University of Michigan
Graduate Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Ann Arbor, MI
2011 - 2016
Selected Publications
Conference Presentation
The effects of early life propofol exposure on anxiety and memory behavior in rats
Anwar, AI., Haight, JL.
The 38th Annual NEURON Conference, North Haven, CT (2025)
Conference Presentation
Investigating the role of the paraventricular thalamus to nucleus accumbens pathway in Pavlovian-conditioned approach behavior
Pantalena, TM., Haight, JL.
The 38th Annual NEURON Conference, North Haven, CT (2025)
Conference Presentation
The effects of early-life stress in male and female rats on effort-choice testing in adolescence and adulthood
Miller, JN., Metjahic, E., Pantalena, TM., Mathews, JR., Feist, TA., Lovinski-Millien, MK., St. Clair, OT., Van Blarcom, HG., Betz, AJ., Haight, JL.
The 37th Annual NEURON Conference, North Haven, CT (2024)
Conference Presentation
Assessing differences in PVT activation in a rodent model of depression.
Pantalena, TM., Mathews, JR., Arceta, JM., Miller, JN., Anwar, AI., Banner, DE., Bissell, EM., Fofana, AN., Sipper, CR., Van Blarcom, HG., Whitney, AA., Haight, JL.
The 37th Annual NEURON Conference, North Haven, CT (2024)
Conference Presentation
Investigating the effects of orexin receptor antagonism in effort-related choice behaviors in rodents
Van Blarcom, HG., Miller, JN., Pantalena, TM., Mathews, JR., St. Clair, OT., Lovinski-Millien, MK., Whitney, AA., Haight, JL.
The 37th Annual NEURON Conference, North Haven, CT (2024)
Peer Reviewed Presentations
Examining the effects of orexin receptor 1 and orexin receptor 2 antagonism on effort-based decision making in male and female rats
Van Blarcom, HG., Miller, JN., Pantalena, TM., Haight, JL.
Society for Neuroscience 2024 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Society for Neuroscience (2024)
Peer Reviewed Poster
Sex differences in maternally separated rats on different effort-related decision making tasks
Miller, JN., Pantalena, TM., Mathews, JR., Van Blarcom, HG., Metjahic, E., Betz, AJ., Haight, JL.
Society for Neuroscience 2024 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Society for Neuroscience (2024)
Peer Reviewed Poster
The 37th Northeast Undergraduate and Graduate Research Organization for Neuroscience (NEURON) conference held at Quinnipiac University’s Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine in North Haven, CT
Betz, AJ., Tanner, GR., Haight, JL., Ecevitoglu, A., Rotolo, RA., Schmidt, K., Kwan, AC.
Society for Neuroscience 2024 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Society for Neuroscience (2024)
Peer Reviewed Journal
Ventral tegmental area M5 muscarinic receptors mediate effort-choice responding and nucleus accumbens dopamine in a sex specific manner
Nunes, E., Kebede, N., Haight, J., Foster, D., Lindsley, C., Conn, P., Addy, N.
385 The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 146-156 May (2023)
Conference Presentation
The effects of early life stress on orexin receptor expression in reward-related brain areas
O'Connor, L., Zarin, T., Betz, A., Haight, J.
The 36th Annual NEURON Conference, North Haven, CT (2023)
Conference Presentation
Lipopolysaccharide administration reduces effort to work for a preferred reward in male and female rats
O'Connor, L., Bissell, E., Cho, M., Jack, H., Miller, J., Pantalena, T., Van Blarcom, H., Zanesky, C., Haight, J.
The 36th Annual NEURON Conference, North Haven, CT (2023)
Conference Presentation
The long-term effects of social enrichment on the development of anxiety and effort-choice behavior in rodents
Cho, M., Zanesky, C., Miller, J., Pantalena, T., Patel, D., O'Connor, L., Haight, J., Betz, A.
The 36th Annual NEURON Conference, North Haven, CT (2023)
Peer Reviewed Poster
Assessing sex differences in inflammation-induced deficits in effort-related decision making
O'Connor, L., Bissell, E., Cho, M., Jack, H., Miller, J., Pantalena, T., Van Blarcom, H., Zanesky, C., Haight, J.
Society for Neuroscience 2023 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Society for Neuroscience (2023)
Conference Presentation
Maternal separation induces anhedonia-like behavior in male and female rats
Miller, JN., Metjahic, E., Betz, AJ., Haight, JL.
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Poster Session at the Society for Neuroscience 2023 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (2023)
Peer Reviewed Poster
The 36th Northeast Undergraduate and Graduate Research Organization for Neuroscience (NEURON) conference held at Quinnipiac University’s Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine in North Haven, CT
Haight, JL., Betz, AJ., Shansky, RM., Ecevitoglu, A., Francone, VP., Kline, EM., Rotolo, RA., Tanner, GR., Yang, J-H., Ahern, TH.
Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC (2023)
Conference Presentation
Exploring the role of the paraventricular thalamus, and potential sex differences, in a preclinical model of depression
Van Blarcom, H., Arceta, J., Bissell, E., Haight, J.
The 35th Annual NEURON Conference, North Haven, CT (2022)
Peer Reviewed Poster
The 35th northeast undergraduate and graduate research organization for neuroscience (NEURON) conference held at Quinnipiac University's Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine in North Haven, CT
Betz., A., Rotolo, R., Tanner, G., Ahern, T., Haight, J., Francone, V., Kline, E., Yang, J-H., Ecevitoglu, A., Sanacora, G.
Society for Neuroscience 2022 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Society for Neuroscience (2022)
Peer Reviewed Poster
The 34th northeast undergraduate and graduate research organization for neuroscience (NEURON) conference held virtually
Rotolo, R., Tanner, G., Lynch, W., Battison, A., Francone. V., Presby, R., Yang, J-H., Ecevitoglu, A., Haight, J., Ahern, T, Betz, A.
Society for Neuroscience 2021 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Society for Neuroscience (2021)