Keynote Speakers Details

E. Scott Geller, Ph.D., an Alumni Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech, has just completed his 56th year as a faculty member and Director of the Center for Applied Behavior Systems (CABS) in the Department of Psychological Science at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. He is co-founder and Senior Partner of Safety Performance Solutions, Inc., a leading-edge training and consulting organization specializing in behavior-based safety since 1995 (www.safetyperformance.com). He is co-founder of GellerAC4P with his daughter Dr. Krista S. Geller, a training/consulting firm dedicated to teaching and spreading the Actively Caring for People (AC4P) Movement worldwide (www.gellerac4p.com). He is also the co-founder of the nonprofit Actively Caring for People Foundation (www.ac4p.org) whose affiliates teach the AC4P principles and applications to leaders in schools and police departments nationwide.

He has authored, edited or co-authored 55 books, 105 book chapters, 41 training manuals, 308 magazine articles, and 245 research articles addressing the development and evaluation of behavior-focused interventions to improve quality of life on a large scale. His most recent 700-page textbook, with 31 coauthors: Applied Psychology: Actively Caring for People defines Dr. Geller’s research, teaching, and scholarship career at Virginia Tech, which epitomizes the VT logo: Ut Prosim— “That I May Serve.”

E. Scott Geller’s dedication, competence, and energy helped him earn a teaching award in 1982 from the American Psychological Association, and subsequently he received every university-wide teaching award offered at Virginia Tech. In 2001, Virginia Tech awarded Dr. Geller the University Alumni Award for Excellence in Research. In 2002, the University honored him with the Alumni Outreach Award for his exemplary real-world applications of behavioral science, and in 2003 he received the University Alumni Award for Graduate Student Advising. In 2005, he was awarded the statewide Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award by the State Council of Higher Education, and subsequently Virginia Tech honored him with the title of Alumni Distinguished Professor. In 2024, Professor Geller was named a “Top Scholar” by ScholarGPS.

Dr. Geller is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Association of Behavior Analysis International, and the World Academy of Productivity and Quality Sciences. He is past Editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (1989-1992), Associate Editor of Environment and Behavior (1982-2017), and current Consulting Editor for Behavior and Social Issues, the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, and the Journal of Safety Research.

Dr. Geller has received lifetime achievement awards from the International Organizational Behavior Management Network (in 2007) and the American Psychological Foundation (in 2009). In 2010 and 2013, EHS Today named Professor Geller one of the 50 Most Influential People in Safety and Health. In 2019, the American Psychological Association honored Professor E. Scott Geller with the Nathan H. Azrin Distinguished Contributions to Applied Behavior Analysis Award. In 2011, the College of Wooster awarded Dr. Geller the Honorary Degree: Doctor of Humane letters. In 2024, The Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis (VABA) initiated the annual E. Scott Geller Award for Distinguished Service to Applied Behavior Science.