Linda Hayes received her Ph.D. in Psychology in 1983 from Western Michigan University. She has held academic positions at West Virginia University (1980-83), and St. Mary´s University in Canada (1983-1987). She founded the Behavior Analysis Program at UNR in 1990 and had served as the Director of the Program until 2002. Her scholarly work focuses on behavior theory and philosophy, and the experimental analysis of human and animal behavior, the latter in conjunction with bio-medical engineers. Her applied work is in the area of behavioral systems analysis in higher education. Her entrepreneurial activities center on off-site delivery of graduate training in behavior analysis.

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Philosophies of Interest

  • Interbehaviorism
  • Radical behaviorism

Theories of Interest

  • Verbal Behavior
  • Imagining
  • Dreaming
  • Thinking
  • Remembering
  • Feeling

Basic Human Research Interests

  • Response substitution
  • Rule governance
  • Relational responding
  • Stimulus substitution
  • Habituation
  • Contextual Control

Basic Animal Research Interests

  • Habituation
  • Animal modeling
  • Degenerative diseases
  • Automated shaping
  • Respondent conditioning
  • Psychoneuroimmunology

Applications of Interest

  • Higher Education Administration
  • Instructional design and technology
  • Higher education administration
  • Organizational behavior management
  • Systems

Development Interests

  • International dissemination of behavior analysis
  • Domestic accessibility of behavior analytic training
1997-present
 Professor, Psychology Department, University of Nevada, Reno
1995-1999 
 Coordinator of University Assessment, University of Nevada, Reno
1992-1994 
 Associate Director for Training, Nevada University Affiliated Program
1990-2002
 Founder and Director, Behavior Analysis Program, Psychology Department, University of Nevada, Reno
1990-1997 
 Associate Professor, Psychology Department, University of Nevada, Reno
2004-2005

President, Association for Behavior Analysis
2001-present At-Large Member, Council, Association for Behavior Analysis
2001-present Member, Board of Directors, Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis
2000-present Member, Board of Directors of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
2000-present Delegate, International Development, Association for Behavior Analysis
1999-2000

Chair, Self-Study Task Force, Association for Behavior Analysis
1999-2000 Member, Program Committee, Association for Behavior Analysis
1998-2002 Founder and Chair, Counsel of Directors of Graduate Programs in Behavior Analysis
1997-2000 Director, Organizational Behavior Management Network  
2003 

Nominated for President, Association for Behavior Analysis
2002 Selected as a Content Expert, Behavior Analyst Certification Board
2002 Fred S. Keller Award for Teaching of Behavior Analysis, American Psychological Association, Division 25
2002 International Development Award, Association for Behavior Analysis
2001 Selected as a Content Expert by the Behavior Analysis Certification Board
2001 International Development Award, University of Nevada, Reno
1999 Presidential Nominee, Association for Behavior Analysis
1999 International Development Award, University of Nevada, Reno
1998  Honorable Mention, Outstanding Graduate Program Director, UNR
1997  Outstanding Faculty Member, University and Community College System of Nevada Board of Regents
2001-present

Editorial Board, International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy
1999-present Editorial Board, Mexican Journal for Behavior Analysis
1999-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, The Psychological Record
1999-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Organizational Behavior Management
1999-2000 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
1997-present Consulting Editor, The Peruvian Journal of Psychology  
1996-present Editorial Board, Revista Mexicana Analisis de la Conducta   
1996-present Editorial Board, Revista Mexicana Analisis de la Conducta  
2001 California Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, (with R. Houmanfar, & M. Wallace). San Francisco, CA
2000 Nevada Conference on the History of the Behavior Therapies, (with W. O'Donahue, J. Fisher, S. Hayes, and D. Henderson).  Reno, NV
1999  Nevada Conference on the History of Psychology (with W. O’Donahue, S.Hayes & P. Ghezzi). Reno, NV
1998  Nevada Conference on Organizational Change (with J. Austin, R. Fleming & R. Houmanfar). Reno, NV
1996 Nevada Conference on the Philosophy of Science (wth P. Ghezzi).  Reno, NV
2002 

Behavior Analysis Program Development, Shen Yang, Peoples’ Republic of China
2002  Behavior Analysis Program Development, Chan Chung, Peoples’ Republic of China
2002 Behavior Analysis Program Development, Bejing, Peoples’ Republic of China
2000 Behavior Analysis and Change, Chang Gung University Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2000  Behavior Analysis and Change,  Chang Gung University Hospital, Kaoshsiung, Taiwan
2000 Behavior Analytic Approaches to services for people with limited verbal abilities. University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland
2000  Introduction to Behaviorism and Behavior Analysis, University of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia

 

Reese, H. W. & Parrott, L. J. (Eds.). (1986). Behavior science: Philosophical, methodological & empirical advances. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Hayes, L. J. & Chase, P. G. (Eds.). (1991). Dialogues on verbal behavior. Reno: Context Press.

Hayes, L. J., Hayes, G. J., Moore, S. C. & Ghezzi, P. M. (Eds.). (1994). Ethical issues in developmental disabilities. Reno: Context Press.

O'Donohue, W. J., Henderson, D., Hayes, S. C., Fisher, J. E. & Hayes, L. J. (Eds.). (2001). A history of behavioral therapies. Reno: Context Press.

Hayes, L. J. & Ghezzi, P. M. (Eds.). (1997). Investigations in behavioral epistemology. Reno: Context Press.

Hayes, S. C., Hayes, L. J., Sato, M. & Ono, K. (Eds.). (1994). Behavior analysis of language & cognition. Reno: Context Press.

Hayes, L. J., Austin, J. Houmanfar, R. & Clayton, M. C. (Eds.). (2001). Organizational change. Reno: Context Press.

Ribes, E. Hayes, L. J., Valadez, F. L. (Eds.). (1994). Psicologia interconductual: Contribuciones en honor a J. R. Kantor. Mexico: EDUG.

Chase, P. G. (1986). Psychological aspects of language: The west virginia lectures. L. J. Hayes, Ed.) Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd.

Hayes, S. C., Hayes, L. J., Reese, H. W. & Sarbin, T. R. (Eds.). (1993). Varieties of scientific contextualism. Reno: Context Press.

Hayes, S. C. & Hayes, L. J. (Eds.). (1992). Understanding verbal relations. Reno: Context Press.

For further information please contact Dr. Parrott Hayes at:

Linda J. Parrott Hayes
Department of Psychology / 296
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
USA

Phone #: (775) 682-8696
Fax #: (775) 784-1126
Email: lhayes@unr.edu

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