Rate My Professor Brooks Pond

Pond specializes in neuropharmacology, investigating the consequences of psychostimulant use on the brain. Her scholarship has produced influential publications, including "The chloride transporter Na+-K+-Cl− cotransporter isoform-1 contributes to intracellular chloride increases after in vitro ischemia" (Journal of Neuroscience, 2006), "Methylphenidate exposure induces dopamine neuron loss and activation of microglia in the basal ganglia of mice" (PLoS One, 2012), "Changes in intracellular chloride after oxygen–glucose deprivation of the adult hippocampal slice: effect of diazepam" (Journal of Neuroscience, 2004), "GSTπ expression mediates dopaminergic neuron sensitivity in experimental parkinsonism" (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2007), "Chloride transport inhibitors influence recovery from oxygen–glucose deprivation-induced cellular injury in adult hippocampus" (Neuropharmacology, 2004), and "Faculty applicants’ attempt to inflate CVs using predatory journals" (American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2019). For her teaching excellence, she received the East Tennessee State University 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching—one of the institution's highest honors, with a medallion, plaque, and $5,000 stipend—Gatton College of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year four times, Outstanding Teacher recognition from college peers in 2015, selection as faculty hooder by graduating classes six times, and appointment as a Teaching and Learning Peer Consultant by the ETSU Center for Teaching Excellence.