EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 7/99-12/00
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit
Mentors: Maxine Stitzer, Ph.D., Kenneth Silverman, Ph.D.

Emory University
Degree: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology 1999
Department: Psychology (APA accredited)
Dissertation: Reinforcer magnitude and mathematical models of operant behavior
Chair: J. J McDowell, Ph.D.

University of New Hampshire
Degree: B.A., Summa Cum Laude 1990
Major: Psychology
Honors Thesis: The functional equivalence of operant behavior and foraging
Chair: William Baum, Ph.D.

HONORS AND AWARDS

UF Term Professorship, 2021-2024
Fellow, Association for Behavior Analysis International, granted 2018
UF Term Professorship, 2017-2019
Teacher of the Year, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2014
Fellow, Division 28, American Psychological Association
University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship, 2012-2015
Advisor, Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, elected 2008
Grant Reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group ZRG1 BBBP-C (02) M, Biobehavioral Regulation, Learning and Ethology, 2009
Grant Reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group ZDA1 EXL-T (06), Pilot Pharmacotherapies for Substance Related Disorders, 2009.
Grant Reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group ZDA1 LXF-L, NIH Loan Repayment Program, 2008, 2009
Grant Reviewer, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Behavioral Science Track Award for Rapid Transition, B/START, 2005, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 – Anderson/CLAS Scholar Faculty Honoree
Inducted as an Honorary Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society, University of Florida, 2004
Recipient, National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Research, 2003, renewed 2005, 2007.
National Institute on Drug Abuse Director?s Travel Award to attend the College on Problems of Drug Abuse Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2000.

Graduate

Emory University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Fellowship, 1992-1997

Undergraduate

Summa Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
George M. Haselrud Award for an outstanding junior in psychology
Harry Evans Scholarship for excellence in scholarship and high character