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Graduate student alumni

Nathan
Matt Eckard, M.Sc.
March, 2017
Matt is a keen experimenter who has a variety of research interests within the experimental analysis of behavior. In March, 2017, Matt defended his masters thesis investigating effects of differential reinforcement of low rate schedules on interval timing. Matt is a doctoral student in Karen Anderson's lab at WVU.



Nathan
Shrinidhi Subramaniam, Ph.D., BCBA-D
May, 2016
Shrinidhi Subramaniam is a talented behavior analyst with research interests that span basic and applied domains. She completed a Master’s thesis in the QAB Lab showing that covariation in choice and timing is modulated by environmental dynamics.

In April, 2016, Shrinidhi defended her dissertation evaluating functional relations between cue informativeness and temporal discrimination in pigeon and human interval timing.

Shrinidhi is a post doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.



Nathan
Daniel Bell-Garrison, M.Sc.
May, 2016

Daniel's interest in behavior analysis was sparked during his B.A. at Gonzaga University. He joined the QAB Lab in 2014. His research interests include choice,  the matching law, histories of reinforcement, behavioral economics. Daniel defended his Masters thesis, Within-session rapid acquisition of choice in pigeons, in 2016. Daniel is completing his Ph.D. in Andy Lattal's lab at WVU.


Nathan
Alex Ward, M.Sc.
May, 2015

Alex joined the laboratory after earning a B.S. and an M.A. from Rowan University. He studies choice, gambling and substance abuse in laboratory and applied settings.


After graduating, Alex went back to Rowan teachclasses and reinvigorate their pigeon lab!



Nathan
Nathaniel Rice, Ph.D.
December, 2014
Nathan came to WVU after earning a B.S. from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He completed a Master’s thesis investigating the roles of retention intervals and discriminative signals in the adaptation of temporal discrimination in a multiple peak-interval procedure. In December, 2014, Nathan defended his dissertation evaluating conditioned reinforcing effects of near wins. He is interested in quantitative models of behavior, temporal learning and animal models of gambling.

Nathan is a post-doctoral researcher for the Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen MD.



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Adam Fox, Ph.D.
May, 2013

Adam earned a B.S. and an M.A. from Western Michigan University. He defended his dissertation evaluating the efficacy of different events as time markers in interval schedules in April, 2013. Some of his other projects at WVU involved quantitative and behavioral analyses of computer users, basketball teams, horses and pigeons.

Adam is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at St. Lawrence University, where he continues to investigate temporal control of behavior, choice, punishment and rule-governance.

QAB senior project alumni

  • Teraesa Manning, 2015. Comparing breakpoints between white crowned pigeons and rock doves on a progressive-ratio schedule.
  • Lonnie Trump, 2015. Effects of maintaining pigeons at different weights under a concurrent-chains procedure.
  • Jessica Close, 2013. Home-cage enrichment and temporal control in a free-operant psychophysical choice procedure
  • Melissa Fahnestock, 2013.  Strategy of non-gamblers on three variations of the Iowa Gambling Task.
  • Dwight Lastinger, 2013. Home-cage enrichment and responding to near-win stimuli in a pigeon slot-machine analogue.
  • Sarah Goode, 2012. Pigeons learn to choose a large reinforcer and to avoid choosing a small reinforcer in a three-key concurrent schedule.
  • Mathew Bruckner, 2012. Sub-optimal choice behavior on concurrent chains schedules.
  • Matthew Earle, 2011. Preferences in reinforcement magnitude between Carneaux pigeons.
Congratulations, graduates!
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Fall, 2015: Rae Manning, Charlotte Lawhorne, Shrinidhi Subramaniam, Daniel Bell-Garrison, Matt Eckard.
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Spring, 2015: Daniel Bell-Garrison, Lonnie Trump, Alex Ward, Shrinidhi Subramaniam, Rae Manning. Not pictured: Josh Kudrna
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Fall, 2013 L-R: Mat Bruckner, Sam Stilley, Shrinidhi Subramaniam, Nathan Rice, Alex Ward.
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Salma Garcia

Salma graduated from CSU East Bay majoring in Psychology with a minor in Chicanx and Latinx Studies. She was a member of the GANAS program and is also a DISC Student Scholar on campus. Salma is interested in working with community-based programs and clinics to advocate for mental health and social justice. Her research interests include delay discounting and behavioral addiction. Salma is currently in graduate school in the Bay Area.

Rinisha Naidu

Rinisha graduated from Cal State Eastbay in Spring, 2022 with a BS in Psychology concentrating in Ergonomics and Human Factors. She has been part of the Research team since Spring 2021. Rinisha's research interests include internet use and social media use.

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