Mark E. Bouton
University of Vermont
Mark E. Bouton received his BA from Williams College and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He is the Robert B. Lawson Green and Gold Professor of Psychology at the University of Vermont, where he has been teaching since 1980. Since that time, his research has investigated the relationships among context, behavior, and memory, with a special emphasis on inhibitory processes like extinction. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health since 1981. Since at least 1988, he has been publishing translational papers that attempt to connect basic behavioral science (learning theory) with clinical issues such as relapse after therapy, panic disorder, fear and anxiety, and overeating and addiction. He has been a Fulbright Scholar, a James McKeen Cattell Scholar, a University Scholar at the University of Vermont, a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford), and editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes (1998-2003). He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Society of Experimental Psychologists, and in 2010 was awarded the Gantt Medal by the Pavlovian Society. He is currently writing the second edition of his 2007 textbook, Learning and behavior: A Contemporary Synthesis (Sinauer Associates).