ABAI Distinguished Service to Behavior Analysis Award; Murray Sidman Award for Enduring Contribution to Applied Behavior Analysis; Victor G. Laties Award for Lifetime Service; SEAB Don F. Hake Award for Translational Research
He studies the behavior of both human and nonhuman animals. He has written over 200 journal articles and book chapters,[2] has edited or co-edited six books,[3][4][5][6] and has written two textbooks[7][8] on learning. Topics on which he has published include schedules of reinforcement,[9] human verbal behavior,[10] and the history of behavior analysis.[11][12]
Related to his professional interests in learning and verbal behavior, since 2022 Catania has participated in a published series of one-on-one conversations with linguist and political activistNoam Chomsky.[13][14] Topics discussed include the history of cognitive science and scientific and philosophical disputes concerning verbal behavior.
At UMBC, Catania founded the graduate-level (MA) program in Applied Behavior Analysis.[15]