Alvin V. Baird Centennial Chair in Psychology
stokestf@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Education
- Ph. D. University of Kansas
- M. A. University of Kansas
- B. A. (Hons) University of Western Australia
Scholarly Interests / Research Topics
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
- Evidence-based early interventions for children with attention and learning challenges across a range of neurodevelopmental and disruptive behavior disorders including:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Developmental Delay
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Oppositional Defiance
- Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
- Teacher Child Interaction Therapy (TCIT)
Experience
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist (VA, WV, FL)
- Licensed Behavior Analyst (VA)
- More than 6000 citations of his work captured by Google Scholar in academic publications.
- Recognized as one of the world’s top 50 most productive researchers in behavior analysis and therapy, 1974-1994. (The Behavior Therapist, 1996)
- In 2016, the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior presented the Third Annual Seminal Article Award for articles published in the 48-year history of their signature Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis to the Stokes and Baer (1977) article “An implicit technology of generalization.”
- In 2016, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies republished 15 seminal papers from the 47-year history of their signature journal, Behavior Therapy, and included the article written by Stokes and Osnes (1989), “An operant pursuit of generalization.”
- In 2017, Dr. Stokes was selected as a Fulbright Scholar for Georgia-Sakartvelo at Ilia Chavchavadze State University, Tbilisi. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
Department of Graduate Psychology
