Victoria E. Stevens, J.D., Ph.D.

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, BOALT HALL SCHOOL OF LAW, 2001 - 2003.
J.D. awarded May 2003.
* Berkeley Women's Law Journal
* Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law
* Internship with the Marin County District Attorney, Family violence division, August - December 2002
* Advanced Legal Research Project on open source software and software licensing

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Chicago, IL, 2000 - 2001.
* Dean's List, both semesters (~top 15%)
* Lewis Learned Coburn Scholarship

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, GRADUATE PROGRAM IN NEUROSCIENCE, (G.P.A.=3.7/4.0).
1995 - 2000. Ph.D. in Neuroscience awarded December 2003: "Cortical Contributions to the Detection and Encoding of Novel Auditory Events," using behavioral and electrophysiological (EEG/ERP) methods in young and elderly subjects, as well as in patients with discrete lesions to the dorsolateral prefrontal and orbital frontal cortices (Advisor: Professor Robert T. Knight, M.D.).
* Achievement Recognition for College Scientists Award, July 1996
* Floyd and Mary Schwall Fellowship, including full funding for tuition, and grant for research

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, 1996 - 1999. (G.P.A.=3.1/4.0)
* Physician Scientist Training Program Fellowship, including full tuition, fees, stipend and grant for neuroscience research
* Co-founded the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Student Interest Group

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,
1992 – 1995. Highest Departmental Distinction, Biological Sciences, B.S. awarded June 1995.
* Dean's List, all six semesters (G.P.A.=4.96/5.0)
* Research Assistant in the lab of Professor A. Donald Murphy, Ph.D., (Emeritus), January, 1994 - May, 1995
* National Science Foundation award for undergraduate research

DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC
* Freshman year: focus on math; Russian studies (history, some literature, language); and dance (African dance)
* IM volleyball
* Duke Dancing Devils (dancer and choreographer)