Loretta Flanagan-Cato
NBS, Room 363
425 S. University Ave.
Community engagement and education outcomes
Specific Research Areas
Neuroscience outreach; social connection and achievement
Professor Loretta Flanagan-Cato will not be considering new graduate students for Fall 2027 admission.
BA, Psychology, Rutgers University
Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh
M.S. Ed., Education Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Conway, E.P. and L.M. Flanagan-Cato. Building Capacity for STEM Outreach: Development and Implementation of a University Graduate Certificate in Community-Engaged STEM. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. In press, 2026.
Purvis, E.M., R. Gordon IV, L. Lozzi Jr., and L.M. Flanagan-Cato. A university and public-school partnership for personalized, accelerated science learning. J. Community Engagement and Scholarship 16: 1-5, 2024.
Flanagan-Cato, L.M., R.C. Plate, C. Steele and A.C. Jenkins. Effects of community-engaged neuroscience course on mood and intergroup anxiety. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 21: A159-A165, 2023.
Flanagan-Cato, L.M. Everyday Neuroscience: A community engagement course. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 18: A44-A50, 2019.