Student Paper Competition
Forrest J. Files Research Award
2021 Competition is now closed
This award is in honor and remembrance of Dr. Forrest J. Files (1955-2011): Radical Behaviorist, Behavioral Pharmacologist, Teacher, Student, Gator, Friend.
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Undergraduate and graduate students, or those who are no more than one year post-grad, are encouraged to submit original papers of basic or applied behavior-analytic research. Submissions are reviewed by two or more behavior analysts and 1-2 winners are chosen annually. Each is provided with a monetary award and is invited to give a brief 20-minute presentation on their research during the annual conference.
What papers are eligible for consideration?
Original behavior-analytic empirical reports that have either (1) been published over the past year, (2) are in-press or under review, or (3) are submission ready. Theses or dissertations that have not been reformatted for publication elsewhere will not be reviewed.
Submissions for 2021 are now being accepted. The deadline for submissions will be October 1, 2021. Submitted papers will be reviewed by our Student Paper Coordinator and selected judges. Winners will be announced publicly on October 15th.
2021 Winners will be invited to present at the 2021 MABA conference in Detroit, MI with the 2020 Winners!
2021 Winners
Applied Research Winner
Andrea Peterson
Michigan State University
Paper Title:
Teaching Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to Recognize and Respond to Coworker Victimization
Basic Research Winner
Lesleigh Stinson
University of Florida
Paper Title:
Correspondence between Responses on an Internet Purchase Task and a Laboratory Progressive Ratio Task
