Anthony DeFulio
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5439 USA
- Post Doctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 2009
- Ph.D., University of Florida, 2007
- M.S., University of North Texas, 2002
- B.S., University of Florida, 1996
- Behavior analysis and behaviorism
- Behavioral economics
- Clinical trials in behavior therapy
- Research methods
- Contingency management and health incentives
- Behavioral economics
- Behavioral pharmacology
Dr. Anthony DeFulio is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Western Michigan University.
Dr. DeFulio has a broad background in behavioral science that spans the laboratory to practice spectrum. Prior to joining the faculty at WMU, Dr. DeFulio was a faculty member in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences for six years. During that time, Dr. DeFulio helped to develop and evaluate behavioral interventions designed to promote drug abstinence and medication adherence.
More recently, his research has focused on using smartphones to promote the dissemination of contingency management interventions. He also conducts discovery-oriented work to elucidate basic behavioral processes involved in decision making and behavioral economics. Students who have recently completed their doctoral degrees under his supervision have gone on to postdoctoral fellowships at NIDA, Baylor University, and the University of Kentucky College of Medicine as well as faculty positions at the University of Oregon and Rutgers University.
Dr. DeFulio has been the principal investigator on five NIH-funded grants, and a co-investigator on many others. He currently serves as the behavior analysis program assistant chair and departmental faculty senator. Additionally, Dr. DeFulio is an associate editor for Perspectives on Behavior Science as well as for Frontiers in Psychiatry: Addictive Disorders. Prior recent service includes a six-year stint on the executive board of the faculty senate, 10 years on the research policies council, and service on the board of editors for the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
A listing of Dr. DeFulio’s peer-reviewed publications is available at the NIH National Library of Medicine. Dr. DeFulio is happy to provide pdf copies of his published research to anyone who is interested. Inquire via email.
Dr. DeFulio is considering applications for fall 2027 admission to the behavior analysis program. Interested individuals should inquire via email.
Current WMU undergraduates are encouraged to learn more about becoming research assistants in his lab by contacting him via email.