B.F. Skinner Foundation

Have a question for a behaviorist?
Ask a Skinnerian!

Curious about behavior, learning, culture, language,
ethics, or everyday human action—from a Skinnerian
perspective? This is your chance to ask.

🧠📚 Dr. Francesca Degli Espinosa, PhD, BCBA-D, will
respond to questions through a Skinnerian lens—and
your question may be featured in an upcoming issue of
Operants.

📩 Submit your question by:
• Emailing [email protected]
• Or sending it directly to us via messages

Big questions, small questions, practical questions,
conceptual questions—we welcome them all.

Let’s keep the behavioral conversations going.

🌱 Leave a Lasting Legacy for the Science of Behavior

For decades, the B. F. Skinner Foundation has worked to preserve, promote, and advance the science of behavior through archives, publications, educational initiatives, research support, and public outreach. One meaningful way to ensure this work continues for future generations is through a legacy gift.

By including the Foundation in your estate plans, you can make a lasting impact on the future of behavior science and help preserve the legacy of B. F. Skinner for years to come.

There are several ways to make a legacy donation:
✔️ Include a specific monetary gift in your will
✔️ Donate a valuable asset through your estate plan
✔️ Leave all or a percentage of the remainder of your estate as a residuary gift

Every legacy gift, large or small, helps support education, research, scholarship, and the preservation of important historical materials that continue to benefit our field.

To learn more about planned giving and legacy donations, visit: https://www.bfskinner.org/friends-forever/

The B.F. Skinner Foundation invites
you to bring your creativity & humor to the next issue
of Operants Magazine!

Got a brilliant, funny, or insightful idea that fits the
"Operants Playground"?

We're looking for original, behavior-analytic takes on:
Short stories - Cartoons - Poetry - Parodies (songs,
movie plots!) ...or anything else that showcases the fun
side of our science!

Let's show the world how brilliant (and hilarious!)
behavior analysis can be!

Submit your creations to [email protected] for
consideration, or message us directly with ideas!

Did you ever meet B.F. Skinner? Work alongside him? Train under someone who did?

We're collecting personal stories — and we want to hear yours.

Whether it's a memory from a conference, a conversation that changed how you think about behavior, or a mentor who shared their own Skinner stories — these moments matter and deserve to be preserved.

Here's how you can help:
✉️ Submit your own written story
🎥 Send us a short video
🤝 Connect us with a retired mentor or colleague who has stories to tell
🎙️ Sign up to be interviewed (we'll record a video for YouTube and a transcript for Operants)

📬 Reach out: [email protected]

The history of behavior analysis lives in the people who were there. Help us capture it.