Newsletter
Volume 28 | 2005 | Number 2
ABA Establishes Fellows Program
By M. Jackson Marr, Ph.D., Fellows Committee Chair
Major scientific organizations have quite commonly reserved the special honor of Fellow for members who, by the judgment of their peers, have demonstrated outstanding accomplishment in advancing their field. Beginning in 2002 the Association for Behavior Analysis Executive Council initiated efforts to establish a Fellows program. Jay Moore first proposed the idea and drafted a detailed document specifying criteria and procedures which was ultimately approved by the Council in 2003 along with the establishment of a nominating committee of five founding Fellows. These were Michael Davison, Sigrid Glenn, Brian Iwata, Jack Marr (Chair), and Beth Sulzer-Azaroff. This committee first met in Boston in 2004. To help initiate the program, the committee suggested seventeen additional Fellows and provided supporting documentation to the Council. These nominees were approved by the Council in Chicago this last May. A list of the current Fellows is found on the ABA Web site.
ABA is currently accepting nominations for 2006 Fellows. The purpose of the ABA Fellows designation is to recognize the most outstanding contributors to behavior analysis in one of the primary areas of (a) research and scholarship, (b) professional practice, or (c) teaching/administration/service. Potential members will be nominated by their peers, and nominations will be accepted only for Full members of ABA who have a clearly documented record of sustained and excellent contributions in at least one of the three primary areas. Details of the nomination procedure, including criteria appear on the ABA Web site.