Gregory Ball

Dean and Professor

College of Behavioral and Social Sciences- University of Maryland

United States

Professional Summary

Gregory Ball is Dean and Professor at University of Maryland, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, the largest and most academically challenging college within the university with over 6,000 undergraduate students and over 800 masters and doctoral students; the college is comprised of ten departments, seven centers, 5,000 undergraduate majors, 23,000 hours of courses offered, 190 Associate Deans and Professors, and a $100 million budget. Gregory has five associate deans who assist him as he focuses on teaching, research, and the University's mission. He also maintains a research lab in the Department of Psychology and does podcasts for college fundraisers. His research is on the interrelation of hormones, the brain, and reproductive behavior, studying both how hormones act in the brain to modulate the learning and activation of behavior and how behavioral stimuli are processed by the brain to influence endocrine activity and the activation of social behaviors. His work has been published in 250 scientific journals. He earned his Ph.D in Psychobiology in 1983. He initially became interested in his profession as an Undergrad student at Columbia University while studying animal (non-human) intelligence and behavior. He is enjoys his career, is passionate about his research, and is grateful to be in a position where he is always studying and pursuing knowledge.

Skills

Specialization

Science; Research; Teaching; Higher Education; Qualitative Research; Statistics; Psychology; Neuroscience; University Teaching; Public Speaking; Physiology; Editing; SPSS; Lecturing; Writing