Jim M Johnston
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James M. Johnston received his graduate training at the University of Florida. He has conducted laboratory and field research with both human and non-human species on a variety of topics. His present activities focus on longstanding interests in the area of developmental disabilities. He serves as director of the Department's Master's specialization in Applied Behavior Analysis in Developmental Disabilities and has for some years been involved with the Alabama Department of Mental health and Mental Retardation in facilitating the delivery of sound habilitative services, following similar involvement in Florida's mental retardation system while on the faculty of the University of Florida. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, among others, and has also served as president of the Association for Behavior Analysis, as well as for regional and state affiliate chapter organizations, and is currently president of the Behavior Analysis Certification Board. In addition to authoring journal and technical publications in areas ranging from rumination to canine olfaction, he has co-authored a text in research methods for studying behavior, now in a two-volume second edition, and has additional teaching interests in applied behavior analysis and in conceptual issues in the study of behavior.