Dr. Charles I. Abramson is a Regents Professor of Psychology at Oklahoma State University and founder of the Laboratory of Comparative Psychology and Behavioral Biology. He earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from Boston University in 1986 and joined the faculty of Oklahoma State University in 1993. Dr. Abramson also holds adjunct appointments in both the Department of Integrative Biology and the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology. Trained as a comparative-physiological psychologist, he has worked with approximately 40 different species of invertebrates and vertebrates (including plants) over a nearly 47-year career. His research areas include the development and assessment of training apparatus, development of hands-on teaching experiences, the effect of agro-chemicals on learning in honey bees, the use of essential oils and other biological controls to augment pesticides, explorations into the behavior of Chagas disease vectors, the development of a social insect model of alcoholism using the honey bee, general issues related to the comparative analysis of behavior, and the use of conditioning methods in general aviation. In addition to experimental-based research, he has conducted historical research on the life of the early African American psychologist Charles Henry Turner and on the history of comparative psychology. Dr. Abramson has published over 300 papers and 23 books and/or special collections editor. He has been recognized widely for his research and teaching. Including national teaching awards and being inducted into two Hall of Fames. Currently, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Comparative Psychology.
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