John Anthony Nevin (July 5, 1933 – September 23, 2018)[1] was an American psychologist who was a professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire.
He remained active as professor emeritus for over 20 years, authoring and co-authoring many articles with colleagues from around the world.
William Ahearn, Iser DeLeon, William Dube, F. C. Mace, Timothy Shahan, and more recently, Dr. Tara Sheehan (Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2016) of the Mailman Segall Center for Human Development at Nova Southeastern University.
He has also worked with Dr. Michael Davison on application of signal-detection theory to the effects of reinforcement on conditional discrimination performance, culminating in a momentum-based theory of attending and remembering in conditional discrimination performance.
In addition to being named Distinguished University Professor, University of New Hampshire, 1991; he has received: Basic Research Award, Division 25, American Psychological Association, 1999; Award for Impact of Science on Application, Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis, 2004; Don Hake Basic/Applied research Award, Division 25, American Psychological Association, 2004; Victor G. Laties Award for Lifetime Service, Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2014.