Dr. Travis Hodges


Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology

Mount Holyoke

Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)

Dr. Travis Hodges is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Travis studies sex differences in stress, as well as how stress affects cognitive biases. He completed his PhD at Brock University and was then a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology of Dr. Liisa Galea at the University of British Columbia. His research there investigated the sex-specific and age-specific biological mechanisms involved in negative cognitive bias, a treatment-resistant symptom of major depressive disorder. The goal of his research was to discover novel precision therapeutics for this cognitive symptom.

Travis is a Faculty Co-Lead of WHRC and helps to organizes the Trainee Research Presentation Series. He is an advocate for EDI and is featured in the Women’s Health Blog and in a Nature article by Virginia Gwen discussing diversity in academia.

Contact Travis on Twitter @TravisEHodges


Area of Research Expertise
Stress; Sex differences; Cognitive biases

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.


UBC Crest The official logo of the University of British Columbia. Urgent Message An exclamation mark in a speech bubble. Caret An arrowhead indicating direction. Arrow An arrow indicating direction. Arrow in Circle An arrow indicating direction. Arrow in Circle An arrow indicating direction. Chats Two speech clouds. Facebook The logo for the Facebook social media service. Information The letter 'i' in a circle. Instagram The logo for the Instagram social media service. External Link An arrow entering a square. Linkedin The logo for the LinkedIn social media service. Location Pin A map location pin. Mail An envelope. Menu Three horizontal lines indicating a menu. Minus A minus sign. Telephone An antique telephone. Plus A plus symbol indicating more or the ability to add. Search A magnifying glass. Twitter The logo for the Twitter social media service. Youtube The logo for the YouTube video sharing service.