David Stafford, a professor of psychology at the Louisiana centennial college, was born in Washington, d.c. Postdoctoral research and faculty member, health sciences center, Louisiana state university. David Stafford has extensive experience teaching interdisciplinary courses in psychology, biology, neuroscience, communication, history, and economics. The research focuses on how the brain effectively remembers to aid learning, and the factors that led to the rise and fall of ancient and modern civilizations. He has published many books and papers in international academic journals such as behavioral Pharmacology, Psychopharmacology, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. David Stafford was chairman of the department of psychology at centrari university, convenor of the institutional review committee on human studies, and member of the committee on personnel systems, scholar systems, and economic systems.