December, 1992 Ph.D. Biopsychology (State Univ. of NY at Stony Brook)

December, 1987 M.Sc. Psychology (Univ. of Hull, UK)

July, 1985 B.Sc. Psychology (Univ. of Hull, UK)

 1995 - present Assistant Professor Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of New Hampshire

1994 - 1995 Research Associate (Instructor) Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Chicago

1992 - 1994 Research Associate Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Chicago

1992 Instructor Dept. of Psychology, State Univ. of NY at Stony Brook

1991 - 1992 Research Assistant Dept. of Psychology, State Univ. of NY at Stony Brook

1987 - 1991 Teaching Assistant Dept. of Psychology, State Univ. of NY at Stony Brook

1985 - 1987 Research Assistant Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Hull, UK

May, 1999 "Cigarette smoking and self-control: Using discount functions to examine drug use", Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior, Chicago IL.

March, 1997 "Assessing rats’ sensitivity to the work costs of behavior", Psychology Department seminar, Duke University

March, 1997 "Issues on scientific integrity: Conducting research", EOS graduate seminar, University of New Hampshire

Baum, W. M., & Mitchell, S. H. (in press). Newton and Darwin: Can this marriage be saved? Behavioural and Brain Sciences.

Mitchell, S. H. (1999). Measures of impulsivity in cigarette smokers and nonsmokers. Psychopharmacology, 146, 455-464.

Richards, J. B., Zhang, L., Mitchell, S. H., & de Wit, H. (1999). Delay or probability discounting in a model of impulsive behavior: Effect of alcohol. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 71, 121-143.

Mitchell, S. H., de Wit, H., & Zacny, J. P. (1998). The impact of three economic factors on cigarette procurement and consumption. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 13, 259-266.

Mitchell, S. H., & Brener, J. (1997). The work costs of earning food as a determinant of patch leaving. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 23, 136-144.

Richards, J. B., Mitchell, S. H., de Wit, H. & Seiden, L. S. (1997). Assessing the effects of reinforcer magnitude and level of deprivation on reinforcer value using a titrating procedure. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 67, 353-366.

Zacny, J. P., Mitchell, S. H., Cramblett, M. J. & de Wit, H. (1997). The effects of ethanol on the relative preference for cigarettes. Behavioral Pharmacology, 7, 75-81.

Mitchell, S. H. & Baum, W. M. (1996). Maximization should sometimes lead to abstinence. Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 19, 589-590.

Mitchell, S. H., Laurent, C. L., & de Wit, H. (1996) Interaction of expectancy and the pharmacological effects of d-amphetamine: Subjective effects and self-administration. Psychopharmacology, 125, 371-378.

Mitchell, S. H., Laurent, C. L., de Wit, H., & Zacny, J. P. (1995). Effects of price, "openness" of the economy and magnitude of the alternative reinforcer on responding for caffeinated coffee. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 10, 39-46.

Mitchell, S. H., de Wit, H., & Zacny, J. P. (1995). Caffeine withdrawal symptoms and self-administration following caffeine abstinence. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 51, 941-945.

Mitchell, S. H., de Wit, H., & Zacny, J. P. (1995). Effects of varying ethanol dose on cigarette consumption in healthy normal volunteers. Behavioral Pharmacology, 6, 359-365.

Slifkin, A. B., Mitchell, S. H., & Brener, J. (1995). Variation of isometric response force in the rat. Journal of Motor Behavior, 27, 375-381.

Chutuape, M. D., Mitchell, S. H., & de Wit, H. (1994). Ethanol preloads increase ethanol preference under concurrent random-ratio schedule in social drinkers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2, 310-318.

Mitchell, S. H. (1994). Review of: Growing Up Tobacco Free. Preventing Nicotine Addiction in Children and Youths. Edited by B. S. Lynch and R. J. Bonnie. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Research Communications in Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavior, 19, 141.

Mitchell, S. H., de Wit, H., & Zacny, J. P. (1994). Effects of varying the "openness" of the economy on responding for cigarettes. Behavioral Pharmacology, 5, 159-166.

Mitchell, S. H., & Brener, J. (1991). Energetic and motor responses to increasing force requirements. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 17, 174-185.

Brener, J., & Mitchell, S. (1989). Changes in energy expenditure and work during response acquisition in rats. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 15, 166-175.

Mitchell, S. H., Chapman, K. G.., & Bedell, M. A. Delay discounting and elasticity of demand for cigarettes in light and moderate smokers. Submitted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis (May, 2000).

Bell, K. E., & Mitchell, S. H. Self-control, impulsivity and reactivity to stressors. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis (May, 1999).

Sprenger, H. A., & Mitchell, S. H. Correspondence between response and work costs of earning food in rats. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis (May, 1999).

Brener, J., Carnicom, S., Lui, X., Anderson, B., Robinson, J., Mitchell, S. H. & Strecker, R. Feedforward and feedback control of target response forces in rats: Roles of basal ganglia and cerebellum. 27th Annual Meeting Society of Neuroscience (November, 1997).

Brener, J., Slifkin, A. B., Mitchell, S. H., & Carnicom, S. Feedback and feedforward processes during operant conditioning of response force. 38th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society (November, 1997).

Mitchell, S. H. (1997) Discounting delayed and uncertain monetary reinforcement in cigarette smokers following ethanol ingestion. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 57, 618 [A36].

Mitchell, S. H., Schmitt, L., Myers, E. L. & Davis, B. Measuring rats’ sensitivity to the work costs of earning food using an adjusting amount procedure. Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior (May, 1997).

Richards, J. B., Zhang, L., Crean, J. P., Mitchell, S. H. & de Wit, H. Measurement of delay and probability discounting in humans and rats using an adjusting amount procedure. Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior (May, 1997).

Schwendiman, J. W, & Mitchell, S. H. Effects of work requirement and independent concurrent VI schedule ratios on beam pressing in rats. Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis (May, 1997).

Brener, J., Lui, X., Mitchell, S. H. & Carnicom, S. Learned motor performance in rats: production of target response forces. 26th Annual Meeting Society of Neuroscience (November, 1996).

Mitchell, S. H. & de Wit, H. Delay and probability discounting of actual monetary rewards in human volunteers. Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis (May, 1996).

Mitchell, S. H., de Wit, H. & Zacny, J. P. Nicotine deprivation increases the reinforcing efficacy of cigarettes. Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis (May, 1996).

Brener, J., Mitchell, S., & Slifkin, A. Instrumental conditioning of response force: within- and between-response processes. 36th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society (November, 1995).

Mitchell, S. H., de Wit, H., & Zacny, J. P. Ethanol increases cigarette smoking on only the ascending limb of the blood alcohol curve. Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis (May, 1995).

Richards, J. B., Mitchell, S. H., & Seiden, L. S. Titration of reinforcer magnitude (TRM): A novel procedure to measure the effects of delay on reinforcer value. Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis (May, 1995).

Mitchell, S. H., & Brener, J. (1994). Temporal control of reinforcer delivery determines motor control strategy. 35th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society (November, 1994).

Brener, J., Mitchell, S. H., & Slifkin, A. (1993). Rescaling the peak force of isometric responses. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 14, 115.

Chutuape, M. D., Mitchell, S. H., & de Wit, H. (1993). A choice procedure to quantify ethanol preference following ethanol preload. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 46, 506.

Mitchell, S. H., & Brener, J. (1993). Different rules govern patch leaving in progressively-depleting and suddenly-depleting patches. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 31, 388.

Mitchell, S. H., de Wit, H., & Zacny, J. P. (1993) Elasticity of demand for caffeine: The limited effects of caffeine deprivation. Convention of the American Psychological Society (June, 1993).

Brener, J., Slifkin, A., & Mitchell, S. H. (1992). Rescaling the peak force of operant beam presses in rats. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 30, 442.

Mitchell, S. H., & Brener, J. (1992). Work costs can determine when to leave a depleted patch. Proceedings and Abstracts of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, 63, 66.

Brener, J., Mitchell, S. H., & Slifkin, A. B. (1991). Response amplification: an automatic or learned reaction to failure? Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 29, 504.

Mitchell, S. H., & Brener, J. (1991). Work per reinforcement as a determinant of choice. Proceedings and Abstracts of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, 62, 52.

Mitchell, S., & Brener, J. (1988). Metabolic adjustments to increasing work requirements. Psychophysiology, 25, 471.

Mitchell, S., & Brener, J. (1987). Behavioural efficiency and the energetics of response acquisition. Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 40, A19.