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White A.O. and Wood M.A. (2014). Does stress remove the HDAC brakes for the formation and persistence of long-term memory? Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. pii: S1074-7427 (13): 00202-5.

White A.O. and Rauhut A.S. (2014). Time-dependent effects of prazosin on the development of methamphetamine conditioned hyperactivity and context-specific sensitization in mice. Behavioral Brain Research. 263: 80-9.


André White was awarded the 8th Annual Quad-L Early Career Research Award by the Department of Psychology at University of New Mexico.


André White was recently interviewed by National Public Radio (NPR) for an episode of their science podcast, Short Wave. The episode, Our More-Than-Five Senses, can be found here:  or wherever you get your podcasts.


Marianna Dixon Williams (GA), Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya (NY), Irene Fenara (Italy) Presents New Worlds: Technologies Panel on March 13, 2024 from 12 to 1 pm ET. Register:


Williams, D. 2023. Visiting Artist Lecture at UMass Amherst on October 12, 2023.


Williams, D. (2023) Artist Talk at Valley Art Salon on October 26, 2023.


Williams, D., (2023) Group Exhibition, Curated by Shaina Gates


Williams, D. (2023) Solo exhibition at Oresman Gallery, Smith College


Williams was selected through a multi-year, competitive process to be exhibited in "New Worlds," a major exhibition on view from April 14 - August 4, 2024, at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.. One of the first major exhibitions to follow NMWA’s reopening after renovation, "New Worlds" will immerse visitors in the museum’s renewed spaces. It is the seventh and largest installment of the museum’s Women to Watch exhibition series, featuring the work of 28 National and International artists.


Williams has been selected as one of five artists representing Georgia in a curated exhibition sponsored by the National Museum of Women in the Arts at the Atlanta Contemporary Museum. Williams is currently exhibiting a media installation at the European Cultural Center’s Palazzo Bembo in tandem with the 59th Venice Art Biennale. Additionally, they are exhibiting an installation at the 2022 Florence Night Out Festival and are presenting a solo exhibition at the Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art at Augusta University.