Jon S. Bailey

Dr. Bailey received his PhD from the University of Kansas and is currently Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Florida State University where he was on the graduate faculty for 38-years and produced a record 63 PhDs. He is currently Co-Director of the FSU Panama City Masters Program in Applied Behavior Analysis, recently cited in the New York Times as one of the top applied behavior analysis programs in the country.

He is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst; and has been an Expert Witness for the US Department of Justice and is a Fellow of the Association for Behavior Analysis: International and the American Psychological Association. He Past President of the Association of Professional Behavior Analysts and is Secretary/Treasurer and Program Chair of the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis which he founded in 1980.

Dr. Bailey has published over 100 peer-reviewed research articles, is a past-Editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and is co-author of four recent books: Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis, How Dogs Learn, Ethics for Behavior Analysts, How to Think Like a Behavior Analyst, and most recently 25 Essential Skills and Strategies for Professional Behavior Analysts, and Ethics for Behavior Analysts, 2nd Expanded Edition, all co-authored with Dr. Mary Burch. In 2012 he received the prestigious Fred S. Keller Behavioral Education Award from APA Division 25.

His hobbies include photography, videography, and dog training; he has trained his Welsh Springer Spaniel "Wyn" for both Obedience and Agility competitions; Wyn was ranked #1 in the country for his breed in both performance events.