Educational History:

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Quantitative/ Cognitive Psychology, 1993
M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Quantitative/Cognitive Psychology, 1990
Certificate in Data Processing, New York University, 1979
B.A., Princeton University, Psychology, 1977

Related Employment:

• Researcher in Cognitive Science and Behavior Analysis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993-present.
• Behavior Analyst/Neural Network Specialist, Applied Behavior Systems, 1999-2000
• Assistant Computer Support Technician, L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory, 1990-1
• Computer Consultant, Psychology Department, 1989-90
• Teaching Assistant, Cognitive Science Seminar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988
• Computer Lab Technician and Statistical Consultant, School of Nursing, 1987-8
• Systems Programmer, Network Solutions, Inc., 1983-4
• Computer Consultant & Programmer, 1979-83

Selected Publications:

Kemp, S. M. (2002). Operationalizing situated cognition and learning. Cognitive Systems Research Journal, 3, 361-383.

Kemp, S. M., & Eckerman, D. A. (2001). Situational descriptions of behavioral procedures: The In Situ testbed. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 75, 135-164.

Eckerman, D. A., & Kemp, S. M. (2001). Selection: Unexplored and underexplored realms. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24, 536-537.

Kemp, S. M. & Eckerman, D. A. (2000). Behavioral patterning by neural networks lacking sensory innervation. Revista Mexicana de Analisis de la Conducta (The Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis), 26, 229-249.

Kemp, S. M. (1994, January). Item response characteristics of subtle and obvious MMPI items. The Score: Newsletter, Division 5: Evaluation, measurement, and statistics, APA, 17(1), p.4.

Selected Presentations:

Kemp, S. M. (1998). Modeling reinforcement schedules using partially observable Markov decision processes. Paper presented at the symposium on Planning with Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes in the AAAI 1998 Fall Symposium Series, Orlando, FL, October 24, 1998.

Kemp, S. M. & Eckerman, D. A. (1997). Situational Descriptions of Behavioral Procedures: Generating cumulative records from computational learning theories. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL, May 25, 1997.

Kemp, S. M. (1996). Behavior of the theist and of the atheist. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Francisco, CA, May 25, 1996.

S. M. & Eckerman, D. A. (1996). Shaping a Neural Net in a Free-Response Task. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, Greensboro, NC, February 10, 1996.

Kemp, S. M. (1991). B. F. Skinner and Charles S. Peirce: Intriguing parallels in the philosophy of "mind." Invited paper submitted for the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, GA.

Kemp, S. M. (1991). A Behavioral Analysis of Reasoning. Paper submitted for the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, GA.