Directed PhD. Theses: 

(students, for whom I was the thesis research main advisor; their positions as of 2008 or after)

Bull, John A. III. The influence of appetitive Pavlovian CSs on the performance of discriminated instrumental avoidance response. University of Minnesota, 1969.  Current Position: Retired from Special Assistant  Dean of the Library Media Services Department.and Director, Senior Ventures Program, Central Washington University. Retired 2008, Ellensburg, WA

Flood, Nancy C. Bohac. Effects of telencephalic and olfactory tract lesions on appetitive runway performance of the goldfish. Carassius auratus . University of Minnesota, 1970.  Current Position:  Award winning author on cultural issues [ see http://www.nancyboflood.com  for many works and awards won]

Dorworth, Thomas R. The effect of electroconvulsive shock on "helplessness" in dogs. University of Minnesota, 1971. (with M. A. Trapold)  Retired  Lt. Colonel US Army and from Director of  Counseling Center, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL,  

Payne, Ralph J. Interactions between appetitive Css and instrumental avoidance behavior. University of Minnesota, 1972.  Current Position: Retired from Chairperson, Dept. Psych) , Shippensburg State University, Shippensburg, PA..

Levitan, Lee. Can a stimulus which is consistently paired with a shock suppress avoidance responding? University of Minnesota, 1975. (with M. A. Trapold).  Current Position.  Previous: Staff and Project Manager at Honeywell; Current: GCDF Job  Search Skills Teacher, Basilica of St Mary, Minneapolis, MN

Brackbill, Robert M. A systematic treatment of conditioned fear stimulus control of unsignaled avoidance. University of Minnesota, 1977. Past: CDC, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Atlanta, GA, Current: NYC: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene .

Kochevar, James. Transformation of an appetitive CS into an aversive CS and its implications for mediation of instrumental behavior. University of Minnesota, 1978. Current Position: Retired from Human Factors Engineer, 3M Co. 

Hollis, Karen L. Effects of telencephalon ablation upon the reinforcing and eliciting properties of species-specific events in Betta splendens. University of Minnesota, 1979.  Current Position: Professor, Mount Holyoke College.  President  APA Div 6, 2006-07. Retired.

Patterson, Jeffry M. (Jeff). . The dynamics of motivation: An assessment of the opponent-process model. University of Minnesota, 1981.  Current position:  IT Operations at Primus Telecommunications, IA. [See: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/262/326]

Ehrman, Ronald M. Analysis of the mechanisms governing the use of the "advance-strategy" in regulating exposure to signals for reward. University of Minnesota, 1982. Current Position: Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, Addiction Treatment Research Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.  ehrman@research.trc.upenn.edu

Kruse, John M. Feedback stimuli in discriminative choice acquisition in rats. University of Minnesota, 1982.  Current Position: Senior Human Factors Specialist, 3M Corporation and University of Minnesota Software Engineering Center, St. Paul, MN.

Dess, Nancy K. Changes in controllability and predictability: Immediate physiological and proactive behavioral effects upon responses to shocks in dogs. University of Minnesota, 1984.  Current Position: Professor, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA. President of APA Div 6 2008-09.

Williams, Douglas A. Differences in the associative structure among five types of conditioned inhibitors. University of Minnesota, 1987.  Current Position: Professor of Psychology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada.

Linwick, Daniel. Interaction of retrospective memories and prospective expectancies as mediators of choice behavior in pigeons. University of Minnesota, 1988.  Current Position: Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI.

Schwandt, Leslie. A. (Now Leslie A Schuh) Exploring conditions for the occurrence of stress-induced hypoalgesia. University of Minnesota, 1991.  Current Position : Research Manager,  Bariatric Center, St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, 13430 North Meridian, Carmel, IN 46032 

Rudski, Jeffrey M. Methadone and feeding. University of Minnesota, 1992. (with A. Levine)  Current Position:  Professor, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA.

Schuh, Kory J. Discrimination and generalization of the stimulus effects of feeding-inducing operations. University of Minnesota , 1992. (with A. Levine and T. Thompson) Scientific Communications Consultant/ Publications Coordinator/Researcher, Eli Lilly Company, Indianapolis, IN.

Maltzman, Sara F. An analysis of visual stimulus characteristics which modify the perception of acute pain. University of Minnesota , 1992.  Current Position:  Senior Clinical Psychologist,  San Diego Health and Human Services Agency/Child Welfare Services, Polinsky Child Center, San Diego, CA. 

Jewett, David C. Neuropeptide Y (NPY): Effects on food reinforced behavior and discriminative stimulus effects. University of Minnesota , 1992. (with A. Levine and T. Thompson)  Current Position: Professor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.  Eau Claire, WI.

Savage, Lisa M. Animal models of memory: An interaction between psychological and pharmacological variables. University of Minnesota, 1992. [APA Early Career Award Winner, 2002]  Current Position: Professor, State University of New York – Binghamton, Binghamton, NY.

Joseph, Beth A. Equivalence relations and differential outcomes in Prader-Willi syndrome. University of Minnesota, 1994 (with T. Thompson).  Current Position: retired due to disability.

Maki-Kahn, Pauline M. The role of target production in tests of implicit memory in Alzheimer's disease. University of Minnesota, 1994.  Current Position: Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. 

McDonald, Michael P. Effects of post-training intrahippocampal beta- amyloid protein on retention of spatial learning in rats. University of Minnesota, 1994.  Current Position: Professor, Department of Medicine, Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 855 Monroe Ave,, Memphis, TN 38163 . 

Young, Michael E.  A Computational analysis of causal induction: The

Humean cues to causality. 1995. (with C.R. Fletcher).  Current position: Professor and Chairman, Psychology and Brain Sciences Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. [Past Executive Committee of Division 3]

 Langley, Linda K. Mechanisms of selective attention in Alzheimer's disease. University of Minnesota, 1998.  Current Position: Associate Professor of Psychology, Center for Visual and Cognitive Neuroscience, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND.

Sweeney, Whitney A. The differential outcomes effect: An examination of psychological and pharmacological factors. University of Minnesota, 1999.  Current Position: Program Coordinator, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics , University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

Gahtan, Ethan B. Effects of immune activation on learning and memory in rodent models of Alzheimer's pathogenesis. University of Minnesota, 1999.  Current Position: Associate Professor, Humboldt State University, Eureka, CA.

Kovera, Craig. Behavioral and neurochemical mechanisms of antidepressant-methadone interactions. University of Minnesota , 2000. (with J.Cleary) Current Position: Director NCRS,  Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ  

Glasner, Suzette. (Now Glasner-Edwards).  Motivational control of alcohol-seeking behavior. University of Minnesota, 2002.  Current Position: Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and Director of research at School of Nursing, University of California - Los Angeles.  [http://www.uclaisap.org/profiles/glasner-edwards.html]

Hochhalter, Angela. Spaced retrieval and differential outcomes training procedures. University of Minnesota, 2003.  Clinical Assistant Professor and Vice President , Aging and Care Research Program, Division of Geriatrics, Scott and White Memorial Hospital; now:  Director of Community and Population Health at Aetna, Irving, TX. 75039   hochhaltera@aetna.com

Holden, John M. Stimulus discriminability and outcome expectancy: sources of behavioral control in pigeon's delayed matching-to- sample under differential outcomes. University of Minnesota, 2003. Current Position:  Professor, Winona State University,  Winona, Minnesota.

Mok, Leh Woon .  Development of a new behavioral and fMRI paradigm to study retrospective vs. prospective processing in delayed conditional discrimination. University of Minnesota, 2006. Current position: Lecturer/Assistant Professor, James Cook University, Australia.  [Completed degree under W. Koutstaal.]

Manor, Julia Meyers-  . Remembering When: The Search for Episodic-like Memory in Animals. University of Minnesota, 2009. Current position: Assistant Professor, Ripon College .

  Co-Advised PhD Students [While JBO may sometimes be listed as primary academic advisor, the other advisor (Marilyn Carroll, Travis Thompson, Allan Levine, Sheldon Sparber, etc.) was in fact the primary guide for the thesis]:

Douglas M Gross, Completed ~1974

Egli, Mark, Completed, 1990

Rawleigh, Joyce, Completed 1996

  Roedefer, Joshua Stephen.  Completed  1997 

Dudish, Susan A. Completed 1999.

Glass, Michael John.  Completed 1999

Lynch, Wendy Jean,  Completed 1999

Shroat, Megan Elizabeth Roth.  Completed 2002

Morgan, Andrew D. Completed  2005

Perry, Jennifer Lynn.  Completed  2006

Pawlik, Jennifer,

Holtz, Nathan.  Completed  2012

MA students:

Appleby, Bea

Frutiger,  Sally A.  (1980)

Vaksman, Zalman (2001)

Marotta, Maria ( 2002)

Brier, Georgia (2006)

Postdoctoral and/ or Research  Associates  in my laboratory:

Patten, Richard L. (Iowa): 1976-79

Wielkiewicz, Richard M.: (Hawaii): 1977-79  

  Papini, Mauricio (Argentina): 1980-82, 1984, 1987

Kelley, Michael (Hawaii): 1991-92 

Linden, David (West Virginia): 1988, 1995

Matute, Helena (Spain):1993

Fuentes, Luis (Spain):  1996, 1998, 1999

Gothard, Gretchen Hanson (North Dakota): 1996

Overmier, Judith (Minnesota): intermittent 2000-2004 (see CDs in Publications)

Estevez Angeles  (Spain): 2007

Penaranda, Maria (Spain): 2009 

Johansson, Maude (Sweden): 2015

Molet, Mikael (France): 2016-7)

Many Outstanding Undergraduates:

e.g., Anna Geyer Heinrich, Dori Henderson, Robert Hampton, Yue Li, Brian Saville, Holly Miller, Kelley Schmidtke, and many others… all who went on to Ph.D.’s. or M.D.’s

Overmier Academic Family Tree, provided by Neurotree.org