Consciousness and Private Events
Michael Dougher (University of New Mexico)
Michael Dougher is senior vice provost and professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico (UNM). He received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago before joining the faculty at UNM in 1980. Since coming to UNM, Dr. Dougher has served as chair of the Department of Psychology; interim director of the Center for Addictions, Substance Abuse and Alcoholism; associate dean of research in the College of Arts and Sciences; and associate vice president for research. His research has focused primarily on the experimental analysis of complex verbal processes and their role in the development and treatment of clinical disorders. He has supervised 25 Ph.D. dissertations, and he and his students have published more than100 scientific articles, chapters, and books. Dr. Dougher is a fellow of Division 25 of the APA, a charter fellow of the American Psychological Society, a fellow of ABAI, and a member of the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. He is currently serving as past-president of ABAI and previously served as president of Division 25 of the APA. He is a trustee of the Cambridge Society for Behavioral Science, served as associate editor of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, and has been both associate and senior editor of The Behavior Analyst.