2017 Award Winners

Congratulations to all of the esteemed 2017 award winners. All winners were presented with recognition at the 2017 Verbal Behavior Sig business meeting at ABAI in May. 

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Jack Michael Award Winner

Congratulations to Dr. Vince Carbone on this well deserved honor. We are so grateful for your hard work and immense contribution to the science and application of Verbal Behavior. 

Clinical Supervisor in Verbal Behavior Award Winner

 Congratulations to Danielle LaFrance of Hope Consulting on winning this important award. Danielle was nominated by her peers for outstanding supervision in clinical and practical applications of verbal behavior. She was noted as exemplifying outstanding dedication to training the next generation of skilled clinicians!

Student Grant Competition Winners

1st Place
Author: Lucia Medina
Title: Stimulus Equivalence and Transfer of Functions with Aversive Contingencies
Advisor: Camilo Hurtado-Parrado
Affiliation: Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotá, Colombia
 
2nd Place
Author: Amanda Chastain
Title: The Role of Class-Consistent and Class-Inconsistent Verbal Statements on the Establishment of Equivalence Classes
Advisor: Caio Miguel             
Affiliation: California State University, Sacramento
 
3rd Place (Tie)
Author: Anderson Jonas das Neves
Title: Proposal of a Curriculum to Improve Picture Naming (Tacts) Using Sentences in Children with Cochlear Implants
Advisor: Deisy das Graças de Souza
Affiliation: Universidad Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil 
 
Author: Jordan Belisle
Title: Evaluating the Influence of Convergent Multiple Stimulus Control on Discriminated Tact Acquisition and Response Strength
Advisor: Mark Dixon
Affiliation: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
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Student Research Award Winners

Author: Andrea DeSouza
Title: Facilitating the Emergency of Convergent Intraverbals in Children with Autism
Advisor: Wayne Fisher
Affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer institute
 
Author: Jordan Belisle
Title: Decreasing the Influence of Arbitrarily Applicable Verbal Relations on the Choice Allocation of Recreational Gamblers in a Simulated Slot-Machine Task
Advisor: Mark Dixon         
Affiliation: Southern Illinois University
 
Author: Careen Meyer
Title: The Effects of Listener Training on the Emergence of Anological Reasoning
Advisor: Caio Miguel
Affiliation: California State University Sacramento