Mike J. Harman, BCBA-D, LBA
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Bartlett Hall 2074
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Mike J. Harman, BCBA-D, LBA
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2018)
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2015)
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Superior (2013)
Dr. Harman teaches courses on Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavioral Neuroscience, Research Methods and Statistics, Behavioral and Psychological Ethics, Health Psychology, and Introductory Psychology.
Dr. Harman’s primary research interests are in (1) The development of efficient and effective interventions to promote skill acquisition for individuals with developmental disorders (e.g., autism), (2) The role of covert verbal behavior in the acquisition of complex verbal repertoires, and (3) Identification and manipulation of parameters that affect delay discounting and impulsive decision making.
Dr. Harman runs a productive laboratory in which his students’ work is frequently recognized at local, regional, and national conferences. The work is also published in major journals in Behavior Analysis. Dr. Harman serves on the editorial board for The Analysis of Verbal Behavior and as a guest reviewer for Behavior Modification, The Psychological Record, The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, and Education and Treatment of Children.
Recent Publications:
Bergmann, S., Harman, M.J., Brand, D., & Vladescu, J.C. (2024). A survey of procedural-fidelity data collection in behavior-analytic practice. Behavior Analysis in Practice,17(4).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-024-00995-1
Harman, M.J., House, J., & Evers, Q. (2024). The effects of blocking mediating behavior during episodic future thinking on measures of delay discounting. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 24(2), 135–149.
https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000293
Gifford, M., Tiger, J.H., Harman, M.J, & Kastner, K. (2024). Consistent visual analysis of multielement data. Behavior Modification, 48(2), 128–149.
https://doi.org/10.1177/01454455231212263
Halbur, M., Reidy, J., Kodak, T., Cowan, L., & Harman, M. (2023). Effects of enhanced and standard data sheets on treatment fidelity and data collection. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16(4), 1–11.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-023-00869-y
Niland, H., Gavidia, V.L., Bergmann, S., Baltazar, M., Luna, W.A.E., Sanchez, A.J., Strum, M., Yuen, B., & Harman, M.J. (2023). Comparing multiple methods to measure procedural fidelity of discrete-trial instruction. Education and Treatment of Children, 46, 201–220.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s43494-023-00094-w
Harman, M., Kodak, T., Bergmann, S., & Juban, B. (2022). An analysis of the effects of topographically similar and dissimilar auditory stimuli on the accuracy and latency to respond in a math task. Learning and Motivation, 80.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lmot.2022.101841
Harman, M.J., Kodak, T., Bohl, L., & Mayland, T. (2021). The effects of competing verbal behavior on performance in a math task. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 37, 57–76.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40616-021-00145-6
Waite, M., Kodak, T., & Harman, M.J. (2021). Descriptive results from the National Dog-Mouthing Survey. Learning and Motivation, 74, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lmot.2021.101726
Lillie, M.A., Harman, M.J., Hurd, M., & Smalley, M.R. (2021) Increasing tolerance to wearing a facemask in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(2), 582–599.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.829
Bergmann, S., Kodak, T., & Harman, M.J. (2021) When do error affect learning? A parametric analysis of treatment integrity skill-acquisition procedures. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.670
Harman, M.J. (2021) COVID-19 pandemic: The effects of framing on measures of delay discounting for social-distancing policies. Behavioral and Social Issues 30, 632 – 647.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-020-00041-z
Harman, M.J., & Moore, J. (2020) Effects of Reinforcement Parameters on Preference for an Increased Magnitude of Reinforcement in Pigeons. The Psychological Record, 70, 83 – 90.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-020-00386-2
Harman, M.J., Kodak, T., & McKerchar, T. (2020) Effects of three variations of reward magnitude on delay discounting in a hypothetical money scenario. The Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 114(2), 193 – 202.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.620
Kodak, T., Bergmann, S., Juban, B., Harman, M. J., & Ayazi, M. (2018) Examination of the effects of auditory and textual stimuli on response latency and accuracy during a math task and tangram puzzle. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 1, 24-43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40616-018-0098-x
Recent Presentations:
Harman, M.J. (2025, April). Moderators to Delay Discounting for Positive Reinforcement: Basic Research Investigations. Invited Symposium presented at 40th Annual Conference of the Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Dallas, Texas.
Harman, M.J., Harman, M.A. (2025, April). Increasing Cooperation without Escape Extinction for Healthcare Initiatives in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Applied Research Investigations. Invited Symposium presented at 40th Annual Conference of the Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Dallas, Texas.
Halbur, M., Reidy, J., Kodak, T., Cowan, L., & Harman, M.J. (2023, May). Effects of Enhanced and Standard Data Sheets on Treatment Fidelity and Data Collection. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International 49th Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado.
Gifford, M., Tiger, J.H., Harman, M.J, & Kastner, K.M. (2022, May). Consistent Visual Analysis of Multielement Data. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International 47th Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
Niland, H., Gavidia, V.L., Bergmann, S., Baltazar, M., Luna, W.A.E., Sanchez, A.J., Strum, M., Yuen, B., & Harman, M.J. (2022, May). Through the Looking Glass and What We Found: Evaluating Multiple Treatment Integrity Measures. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International 48th Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
Harman, M.J. (2021, May). Using basic behavioral mechanisms to increase compliance with COVID-19 policies: The effects of framing on measures of delay discounting for social-distancing policies. Paper presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International 47th Annual Conference, Virtual.
Waite, M.R., Harman, M.J., & Kodak, T.M. (2021, May). Mouthing is common in companion dogs: Biting is in the eye of the beholder. Presented as Interdisciplinary Forum for Applied Animal Behavior, Virtual.
Waite, M.R., Harman, M.J., & Kodak, T.M. (2020, July). Frequency of animal demographics of mouthing behavior in companion dogs in the United States. Symposium presented at the 2020 Animal Behavior Society Conference, Virtual.