Susan Schenk

Susan Schenk, sometimes Lovell-Schenk, (born 1954) is a New Zealand psychology academic. She is currently a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.
Academic career.
After a 1982 PhD titled "The substrate for prefrontal cortical self-stimulation: a psychophysical investigation" at Concordia University, Schenk completed an NSERC funded post/doctoral position with Peter Milner at McGill University. She then moved to Texas A&M University where she moved through the ranks from assistant professor to professor. In 2001 she moved to the Victoria University of Wellington, as a full professor.
Most of her research relates to the physical and chemical aspects of drug abuse.