The complete record
Education, appointments, editorial service, teaching, grants, and every publication I can verify — thirty-eight of them, 2006 to 2025. The ninety conference presentations live on their own page. Last updated September 2026.
Education
PhD, Behavior Analysis — University of Nevada, Reno
Dissertation: An Investigation into Subjectivity and Implicit Cognitions: Explorations in Dissemination. Chair: Linda J. Hayes, PhD.
MS, Applied Behavior Analysis — Florida Institute of Technology
Thesis: The Effects of Fluency on Retention in Individuals with Mental Retardation.
BS, Psychology, cum laude — Florida Institute of Technology
Founder and operator
- Founder and operator, Adventure Child Therapy (ACT)Colorado and Oklahoma — 2021 to present
- Founder, Factari and Factari CoOp2015 to present
- Founder, Lodestone AcademyOrlando, Florida — 2013 to present
- Founder and Vice President, Hedgehog PublishersFlorida — 2016 to 2023
- Founder, JKP Analysts, LLCOrlando, Florida — 2006 to 2019
- Launched and opened centers, Fit LearningOrlando, Washington DC, Denver, Austin, Kansas City, Bay Area
Executive and clinical leadership
- Executive Director, Aspire Early InterventionNew South Wales, Australia — 2022 to 2024
- President and Partner, Behavior Analyst Mentorship Network2016 to 2018
- ConsultantState facilities under U.S. Department of Justice review
- Research ConsultantGreat Plains Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatment Program — 2009
- Behavior Analytic InternPerson Centered Assessment, Training and Habilitation — 2007 to 2008
- Psychology ExternSierra Regional Center, Reno, Nevada — 2007 to 2008
- Behavior AnalystColumbus Organization, Knoxville, Tennessee — 2006 to 2007
- Interdisciplinary Team LeaderOakwood Community Center (ICF/MR), Somerset, Kentucky — 2005 to 2006
- Behavior AnalystDevereux Hospitals, Viera Campus, Florida — 2004 to 2006
- Behavior AnalystFlorida Tech Behavioral Services — 2004 to 2006
- Behavior TechnicianIntervention Services, Melbourne, Florida — 2003 to 2004
- Direct Care ProviderDevereux Hospitals, Viera Campus, Florida — 2002 to 2003
Academic appointments
- Faculty, University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida — 2018 to 2022
- Program Director, Online Master of ArtsSouthern Illinois University, Carbondale — 2017 to 2018
- Founding Chair, Hybrid MA in Professional Behavior AnalysisBuilt and chaired the program — Florida Institute of Technology, 2012 to 2017
- Assistant Professor, School of Behavior AnalysisFlorida Institute of Technology — 2012 to 2017
- InstructorFlorida Institute of Technology — 2010 to 2012
- Adjunct Instructor, Department of PsychologyUniversity of Houston–Downtown — 2008 to 2010
- Adjunct Instructor, Department of PsychologyUniversity of Nevada, Reno — 2007 to 2010
- Graduate Assistant, Graduate SchoolUniversity of Nevada, Reno — 2007 to 2010
- Co-Instructor, ABA TechFlorida Institute of Technology — 2007 to 2008
- Instructor, Social SciencesTruckee Meadows Community College — 2009
- InstructorJordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan — 2008
- Teaching Assistant, School of PsychologyFlorida Institute of Technology — 2005
- Research Assistant, School of PsychologyFlorida Institute of Technology — 2004 to 2005
Editorial service
- Associate EditorBehavior Analysis in Practice
- Associate EditorBehavior Analysis: Research & Practice
- Guest reviewerJournal of Contextual Behavioral Science · The Analysis of Verbal Behavior · The Psychological Record · The Behavior Analyst · Behavior Analysis in Practice · The Journal of Behavioral and Neuroscience Research · Behavior Analyst Today
- Columnist, “Field Gear”Behavior Analysis in Practice — 2013 to 2015
- Co-editor, Science in Autism TreatmentAssociation for Science in Autism Treatment, with David Celiberti — 2009 to 2013
Professional service
- PresidentFlorida Association for Behavior Analysis (FABA) — 2020 to 2021
- PresidentAssociation for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT)
- Board of DirectorsAssociation for Science in Autism Treatment — 2008 to 2015
- PresidentTennessee Association for Behavior Analysis (TABA)
- President-ElectTennessee Association for Behavior Analysis — 2006 to 2007
- Member, Supervision Task ForceBehavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB)
- Representative to the Coalition of Behavioral OrganizationsAssociation for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS)
- Student Representative, Executive CouncilAssociation for Behavior Analysis International — 2008 to 2011
- Founding Chair, Disseminating Behavior Analysis SIGAssociation for Behavior Analysis International — 2007 to 2011
- Member, Social Media Task ForceAssociation for Behavior Analysis International — 2017
- Practice Board and Public Relations Task ForceAssociation for Behavior Analysis International — 2009
- AdvisorCambridge Center for Behavioral Studies — 2015 to present
- Chair, Exceptional Student GroupCambridge Center for Behavioral Studies — 2013 to present
- Chair, Archival CommitteeB. F. Skinner Foundation — 2010 to 2012
- Behavioral Science Grand JudgeIntel International Science and Engineering Fair — 2009, 2011
Courses taught
- Florida Institute of TechnologyMeasurement and Data Systems · Behavior Analytic Writing · Behavior Analytic Supervision · Foundations, Concepts and Principles of Behavior · Introduction to Organizational Behavior Management · Aquatic Animal Behavior (lab)
- University of Nevada, RenoEmotions and Motivation
- University of Houston–DowntownApplied Behavior Analysis I · Applied Behavior Analysis II (web-based)
- Truckee Meadows Community CollegePsychology 101 · Sociology 101
Grants funded
Faculty Professional Development Grant — $2,500
Bringing Science-based Teaching Techniques into an Online World.
South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs — $312,500
Award 01-1064-09. $62,500 annually.
Wilson Scholarship — $1,333
Awards
- Faculty Advisor, Outstanding Graduate StudentFlorida Institute of Technology — 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
- Nominated, Teaching Excellence AwardFlorida Institute of Technology — 2017
- Invited SpeakerUniversity of Louisville Congress on Autism — 2009
Edited volumes
Wine, B., & Pritchard, J. K. (Eds.). (2018). Organizational Behavior Management: The Essentials. Orlando, FL: Hedgehog Publishers. ISBN 978-0-9995467-1-0.
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Peer-reviewed articles
Pascale, V., Pritchard, J. K., Iovino, F. P. C., Bassani, S., & Wine, B. The effects of a DRO and self-monitoring program on prisoners in an Italian prison. Behavior Analysis in Practice. Advance online publication.
doi:10.1007/s40617-025-01045-0Rey, C. N., Pritchard, J. K., Wine, B., & Martinez-Diaz, J. SΔp: The missing discriminative stimulus for nonpunishment. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 23(2), 143–149.
doi:10.1037/bar0000267Dubuque, E. M., Franklin, B., Pritchard, J. K., & Webb, T. Creating an automated health attestation system during the COVID-19 global pandemic using Google’s G Suite. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 14(4), 1058–1066.
doi:10.1007/s40617-020-00545-5Leaf, J. B., Leaf, R., McEachin, J., Bondy, A., Cihon, J. H., Detrich, R., … Pritchard, J., … Streff, T. The importance of professional discourse for the continual advancement of practice standards: The RBT® as a case in point. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(5), 1789–1801.
doi:10.1007/s10803-020-04631-zWine, B., & Pritchard, J. K. Issues with private practice. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 40(3–4), 170–185.
doi:10.1080/01608061.2020.1810844Pandey, P., Prathosh, A. P., Kohli, M., & Pritchard, J. Guided weak supervision for action recognition with scarce data to assess skills of children with autism. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 34(1), 463–470.
doi:10.1609/aaai.v34i01.5383Li, A., Gravina, N., Pritchard, J. K., & Poling, A. The gender pay gap for behavior analysis faculty. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12(4), 743–746.
doi:10.1007/s40617-019-00347-4Griffin, M., Gravina, N. E., Matey, N., Pritchard, J., & Wine, B. Using scorecards and a lottery to improve the performance of behavior technicians in two autism treatment clinics. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 39(3–4), 280–292.
doi:10.1080/01608061.2019.1632241Chancey, C., Weihl, C., Root, W. B., Rehfeldt, R. A., McCauley, D., Takeguchi, K., & Pritchard, J. The impact of mindfulness skills on interactions between direct care staff and adults with developmental disabilities. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 12, 160–169.
doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2018.07.004Li, A., Curiel, H., Pritchard, J., & Poling, A. Participation of women in behavior analysis research: Some recent and relevant data. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 11(2), 160–164.
doi:10.1007/s40617-018-0211-6Brewer, A., Li, A., Leon, Y., Pritchard, J., Turner, L., & Richman, D. Toward a better basic understanding of operant-respondent interactions: Translational research on phobias. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 18(4), 328–332.
doi:10.1037/bar0000112Tyner, S., Brewer, A., Helman, M., Leon, Y., Pritchard, J., & Schlund, M. Nice doggie! Contact desensitization plus reinforcement decreases dog phobias for children with autism. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 9(1), 54–57.
doi:10.1007/s40617-016-0113-4Pritchard, J. K., & Wine, B. Icing on the cake: The role of research in practitioner training. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 8(2), 140–141.
doi:10.1007/s40617-015-0074-zSheyab, M., Pritchard, J., & Malady, M. An extension of the effects of praising positive qualifying autoclitics on the frequency of reading. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 30(2), 141–147.
doi:10.1007/s40616-014-0017-8Pritchard, J., & Zurn, J. B. Use of RFID tags to capture dynamic behavior of individual and groups of small fish. The FASEB Journal, 26(1 suppl.), 1042.14.
doi:10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.1042.14Washio, Y., Hayes, L. J., Hunter, K. W., & Pritchard, J. K. Backward conditioning of tumor necrosis factor-α in a single trial: Changing intervals between exposures to lipopolysaccharide and saccharin taste. Physiology & Behavior, 102(2), 239–244.
doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.11.010Pritchard, J. Virtual rewards for driving green. The Behavior Analyst, 33(2), 185–187.
doi:10.1007/BF03392216Hayes, L. J., Dubuque, E. M., Fryling, M. J., & Pritchard, J. K. A behavioral systems analysis of behavior analysis as a scientific system. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 29(3–4), 315–332.
doi:10.1080/01608060903092169Pritchard, J. K. A decade later: Creating single-subject design graphs with Microsoft Excel 2007. The Behavior Analyst Today, 9, 153–161.
doi:10.1037/h0100655Hassert, D. L., Kelly, A. N., Pritchard, J. K., & Cautilli, J. D. The licensing of behavior analysts: Protecting the profession and the public. Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 5(2), 8–19.
doi:10.1037/h0100415Wilder, D. A., Chen, L., Atwell, J., Pritchard, J., & Weinstein, P. Brief functional analysis and treatment of tantrums associated with transitions in preschool children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 39(1), 103–107.
doi:10.1901/jaba.2006.66-04
Book chapters and encyclopedia entries
Wine, B., & Pritchard, J. K. Issues with private practice. In D. A. Johnson & C. M. Johnson (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Performance, Vol. II: Foundations and Advances (Ch. 13, pp. 290–305). Routledge.
doi:10.4324/9781032708331-14Pritchard, J., & Wine, B. Feedback in graduate education. In A. Brewer, M. Elcoro, & A. Lippincott (Eds.), Behavioral Pedagogies and Online Learning. Hedgehog Publishers.
Pritchard, J. Response cost. In Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (2nd ed., pp. 3947–3948). Springer.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_1308Pritchard, J., & Malady, M. Error correction. In Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (2nd ed., pp. 1842–1843). Springer.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_1292Pritchard, J., & Ross, A. Stimulus. In Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (2nd ed., pp. 4637–4638). Springer.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_1310Pritchard, J. K., & Wine, B. Ethical considerations in organizational behavior management. In B. Wine & J. K. Pritchard (Eds.), Organizational Behavior Management: The Essentials (pp. 320–339). Orlando, FL: Hedgehog Publishers.
Pritchard, J. Response cost. In Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (1st ed., pp. 2573–2574). Springer.
doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_1308Pritchard, J., & Malady, M. Error correction. In Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (1st ed., pp. 1158–1159). Springer.
doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_1292Pritchard, J., & Ross, A. Stimulus. In Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (1st ed., pp. 3006–3007). Springer.
doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_1310Pritchard, J., & Chong, I. Aversive stimulus. In S. Goldstein & J. Naglieri (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development (p. 190). Springer.
doi:10.1007/978-0-387-79061-9_265Pritchard, J., & Chong, I. Radical behaviorism. In S. Goldstein & J. Naglieri (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development (pp. 1210–1211). Springer.
doi:10.1007/978-0-387-79061-9_2332
Product and software reviews
Pritchard, J. Ensure Billing (EBI). Behavior Analysis in Practice, 8(1), 119–120.
doi:10.1007/s40617-014-0040-1Pritchard, J. K. SKILLS™: The online autism solution. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 6(1), 96–100.
doi:10.1007/BF03391796Pritchard, J. K. ABLLS-R kit. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 6(1), 86–87.
doi:10.1007/BF03391811Pritchard, J. K. SwRI’s Behavior Breakthroughs™. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 6(1), 84–85.
doi:10.1007/BF03391810
Other writing
Gokey, K., & Pritchard, J. Profile: Dennis Embry and the good behavior game. Operants (B. F. Skinner Foundation), Quarter II, 36–38.
Presentations
Ninety papers, posters, panels, workshops and invited addresses between 2007 and 2017 — most at ABAI conventions, many co-presented with the graduate students I was chairing. Read the complete list →
- 2016–20178 — invited addresses on entrepreneurship and ethics; stimulus equivalence workshops
- 2013–201520 — interteaching, dissemination and the ABAI Education Conference
- 2011–201239 — the Theory & Philosophy and Sustainability conferences, and the Jordan program
- 2007–201023 — licensure, dissemination, the B. F. Skinner Foundation and online instruction
Interviews and invited appearances
A Conversation with Joshua K. Pritchard: Advancing Behavior Analysis
BehaviorLive — recorded interview, 1.0 BACB learning CEU
Verbal Behavior and Relational Frame Theory
The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria, Session 80, with David Palmer
Dr. Josh Pritchard on teaching and learning
CELT Podcast, Western Connecticut State University
Technology’s Promise for Behavior Analysis
MOABA Annual Conference — morning workshop
Data Collection: The Next Frontier
ABAI Education Conference, Chicago — invited presentation, with Ryan O’Donnell
University and community service
- South-Eastern Accreditation Compliance CommitteeSchool of Behavior Analysis representative, Florida Institute of Technology — 2012 to 2017
- Chair, Information Technology CommitteeCollege of Psychology, Florida Institute of Technology — 2011
- University Assessment CommitteeFlorida Institute of Technology — 2011
- Practicum Training Committee and Learning Management Selection CommitteeBehavior Analysis Program, University of Nevada, Reno — 2009
- Rotary InternationalCollege Park, Orlando (2012 to present) · Baldwin Park, Orlando (2010 to 2012) · Reno South (2008 to 2010)
- Board of DirectorsDirect Support Professional Association of Tennessee — 2006 to 2007
- MemberKnoxville Coalition to End Chronic Homelessness · Optimist Club of Knoxville — 2006 to 2007
Professional associations
Association for Behavior Analysis International · Association for Science in Autism Treatment · Association of Professional Behavior Analysts · American Psychological Association · Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies · California, Nevada and Tennessee Associations for Behavior Analysis · Dissemination of Behavior Analysis SIG · Practice Issues in Behavior Analysis SIG · Behaviorists for Social Responsibility SIG · Psi Chi