Newsletter
Volume 29 | 2006 | Number 2
Mid-American ABA
By Dr. Kevin P. Klatt
The Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis (MABA), a regional affiliate of the Association for Behavior Analysis, is a membership organization devoted to promoting scholarly interchange in behavior analysis through its annual convention. The 5th annual Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis (MABA) convention was held October 14th-15th in Madison, Wisconsin. More than 100 people attended the convention, with students comprising the majority of attendees. The convention began with Dr. James Carr (Western Michigan University) discussing whether data existed for some behavioral interventions for autism and Dr. April Worsdell (Southern Illinois University) discussing procedural fidelity across behavioral studies. During the late morning session, Dr. Carol Pilgrim (University of North Carolina-Wilmington) and Dr. Manish Vaidya (University of North Texas) presented research in stimulus control. During the afternoon, Dr. Nancy Petry (University of Connecticut) and Dr. Mark Dixon (Southern Illinois University) discussed recent research related to gambling. The late afternoon session included Dr. Cathleen Piazza (Munroe Meyer Institute/University of Nebraska Medical Center) presenting her research on pediatric feeding disorders and Dr. David Jewett (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) discussing discrimination of acute food restriction. The first day ended with a poster session and graduate program expo.
The second day of the convention included Dr. Wayne Fuqua (Western Michigan University) discussing the effects of playing violent video games on behavior and Dr. John Roll (Washington State University) presenting data on the methamphetamine epidemic. The late morning session included Dr. John Northup (University of Iowa) discussing ADHD and Dr. Jennifer McComas (University of Minnesota) discussing her research on choice and preference on problem behavior.
The 2006 convention is scheduled for October 20 th-21 st at Carbondale, Illinois. Details can be found at http://psyc.uwec.edu/maba/maba.html.