Charles Catania, PhD

Joseph Dagen, PhD

Interview with Joe Dagen, PhD

“I use the science of behavior every day! The energy industry is very exciting, and now more than ever.”

Kent Johnson, PhD

Interview with Kent Johnson, PhD

“I tutored 40 kids when I was 9-12 years old. In college, I became passionate about…catering to children who could do better if we taught them better. Behavior analysis was the vehicle for me to make gains in education.”

Lori Ludwig, PhD

Interview with Lori Ludwig, PhD

“I’ve worked in a variety of industries including automotive, human services, non-profit, print, retail, and oil and gas across a range of companies, from global Fortune 500s, creative start-ups, to local small businesses.”

Eitan Eldar, PhD, BCBA-D

Interview with Eitan Eldar, PhD, BCBA‑D

“We began an instructional program in 1990 with three students. Now there are over a hundred students and more than 10 staff in that program, plus a few other programs in Israel.”

Rob Holdsambeck, EdD, LCP, BCBA-D

Interview with Rob Holdsambeck, PhD, BCBA‑D

“​Getting a child with Autism to communicate with signs, symbols or words when they previously used ‘meltdowns.’…I am happy that the company I created gives opportunities to these kids (and also lots of jobs to talented ABA professionals).”

Francis Mechner, PhD

Interview with Francis Mechner, PhD

“If you want to make advances in your field, don’t stay in the safe and fashionable middle, go for the edges.”

Philip N. HIneline, PhD, BCBA-D

Interview with Philip Hineline, PhD

“While Skinner was a very nice guy he was often demonized. Many people only accept behavior analysis after they see the practical applications.”

Kennon "Andy" Lattal

Interview with Andy Lattal, PhD

“I am most proud of the 43 doctoral students I have trained, and the numerous sabbatical visitors who have spent time working with me. These people are the future of our field…”

Ronnie Detrich, PhD

Interview with Ronnie Detrich

“Behavior analysts should work on speaking to a broader audience in ways that the audience is receptive to and finding ways to disseminate and tell our story more effectively.”

Ramona A. Houmanfar, PhD

Interview with Ramona Houmanfar, PhD

“I’m proud of my students and their work, and how we developed a line of research related to communication/verbal behavior and RFT/rule governance in organizations. Developing your niche is hard to do and takes courage.”

Janet S. Twyman, PhD, BCBA, LBA

Interview with Janet S. Twyman, PhD, BCBA, LBA

…my approach is the same: make sure the behavior is doable; ensure there’s motivation and environmental support; reduce or eliminate coercion; always look to the contingencies.

D. Dwight Harshbarger, PhD

Interview with Dwight Harshbarger

“This stuff is powerful, I’m gonna keep doing it.”

Beth Sulzer-Azaroff, PhD

In Memory of Beth Sulzer-Azaroff from Trustee Kent Johnson

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H.S. (Hank) Pennypacker, PhD

In Memory and Honor of H.S. Pennypacker

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Thomas Zane, PhD, BCBA-D

Interview with Thomas Zane, PhD, BCBA-D

“Different jobs teach you different skills, and the more you expose yourself to situations, the more you will learn.”

Interview conducted by Annie Galizio
How were you drawn to the field of behavior analysis?

Dr. Catania was originally considering a math major at Columbia when he took Fred Keller’s introductory course in his sophomore year. The first semester consisted a rat lab.  The second semester was a human behavior lab and included the shaping of verbal behavior.  In his junior year, he took Nat Schoenfeld’s experimental psychology sequence, which included psychophysics and sensory psychology in the Fall semester and rat experiments in the Spring semester.  In his senior year he became a TA for Schoenfeld’s course and also participated in a seminar on verbal behavior taught by Keller, Schoenfeld and Hefferline.  The class read and discussed Skinner’s William James Lectures and the book, “Verbal Behavior,” which was derived from those lectures.  By that point a career in behavior analysis seemed inevitable.  Dr. Catania took a masters degree at Columbia and then went to the Experimental Psychology program at Harvard.  After completing his Ph.D., he served as a postdoc and ran Skinner’s pigeon lab.

 He worked for two years in psychopharmacology at the Smith, Kline and French Las in Philadelphia before he found an academic position at the University Heights campus of NYU.  While there he became editor of JEAB, ran a research lab, began to develop a curriculum in learning, and eventually became department chair.  He moved to UMBC after NYU sold the University Heights because of financial difficulties.  There he continued his research, teaching and writing, especially with his colleague, Eliot Shimoff, who had also been a Schoenfeld student.  In 1999 in collaboration with colleagues at the Kennedy-Krieger Institute of Johns Hopkins he was co-founder of the ABA Master’s track at UMBC.

 What do you feel is your most important accomplishment and why?

Dr. Catania’s accomplishments included the cofounding of the ABA Master’s program at UMBC, doing applied research on breast self-examination with Hank Pennypacker, editing (with Stevan Harnad) the special issue of the Behavioral and Brain Sciences devoted to classic papers by B. F. Skinner, developing the implications of behavior analysis for the evolution of verbal behavior, getting Fred Keller’s autobiography edited and published, and exploring parallels between inhibition in biological systems and interactions in behavioral ones.

 What do you think behavior analysts should be doing more of?

“We need to find more and better ways to educate the general public about our science.”

 What advice do you have for people just entering the field of behavior analysis?

“Go into this field because you love the science of behavior, and not for other reasons.  Read Skinner’s “Flight from the laboratory” for more details; you’ll find it in Skinner’s collection of papers, Cumulative Record, a book that every serious behavior analyst should own.  It is available at a bargain price from the B. F. Skinner Foundation.”

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