Gregory Madden

Gregory Madden is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Utah State University, specializing in Behavior Analysis. He holds a position in the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. His research focuses on decision-making, impulsivity, and behavioral economics, particularly in contexts related to addiction, child development, and public health interventions. He teaches courses on behavioral processes and applications in workplace settings.

Dr. Madden has received notable awards, including the ING Excellence in Teaching Award (2009), Faculty Researcher of the Year (2014), and the D. Wynne Thorne Career Research Award (2020). He has contributed to prestigious journals like the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior as Editor-in-Chief and co-edited the APA Handbook of Behavior Analysis.

• Research Interests: Behavioral economics, impulsivity, delay discounting, addiction, game-based interventions for health behaviors, and translational research in public health.
• Grants: Supported by NIH (NIDA, NICHD) and USDA for projects on addiction, child nutrition, and behavioral interventions.

His work includes developing the FIT Game, a gamification approach to improve fruit and vegetable consumption in schools, and studying the efficacy of interventions to reduce impulsive choice in both human and animal models.