Jack
Darkes, Ph.D. received his doctorate in clinical
psychology form the University of South Florida
(USF) is 1994. He did his post-doctoral work in
learning and memory factors in substance use at
the
Alcohol and Substance Use Research Institute (ASURI)
at USF. He is currently as assistant professor in
the Department of Psychology and the
Director of Interventions at ASURI at USF. Dr.
Darkes has authored numerous publications, chapters,
and conference presentations addressing issues of
learning, memory, and cognition in alcohol use and
has also been instrumental in designing new approaches
to the prevention of alcohol abuse in college students.
He has been an avid weight trainer for 20 years
and is interested in all things related to weight
training and performance enhancement through drug
use, supplementation, and diet. He credits these
interests and activities with helping keep him young.
He has been an active member of several ongoing
discussion groups on weight training and diet on
the Internet and has had several short pieces on
diet and exercise published on other Internet resources.
He is married and he and his wife are avid ferret
owners, keeping an active group of seven ferrets
(or being kept by them).
