E. Scott Geller

E. Scott Geller (born February 7, 1942) is a behavioral psychologist, and currently an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Virginia Tech and Director of the Center for Applied Behavior Systems.^[3][4] He is the founder of the idea of "Actively Caring".^[2] He is co-founder of GellerAC4P, a training/consulting firm dedicated to teaching and spreading the Actively Caring for People (AC4P) Movement worldwide.^[5] He is co-founder and Senior Partner of Safety Performance Solutions, Inc., a training and consulting organization specializing in behavior-based safety since 1995.^[6]

Prof. E. Scott Geller
Born	(1942-02-07) February 7, 1942 (age 83)
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Behavioral psychologist, author, academic
Years active	1969-present
Title	Alumni Distinguished Professor
Academic background
Education	BA in Pre-Medicine Studies, Ph.D. in Applied Psychology
Alma mater	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Thesis	Dimensions of expectancy in a choice reaction time experiment (1969[1])
Doctoral advisor	Gordon F. Pitz[1]
Academic work
Notable ideas	Actively Caring[2]

Education

Scott Geller graduated from The College of Wooster in 1964 with Bachelors of Arts in Pre-Medicine Studies. Geller graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1969 with a PhD in Applied Psychology.^[1]

Ted Talk

On December 5, 2013, Tedx Talks upload a Scott Geller's Ted Talk from TedxVirginiaTech to YouTube.^[7] The clip has generated more than 12 million views and 175,000 likes.

Bibliography

Books

• Working Safe: How to Help People Actively Care for Health and Safety (1996)
• The Participation Factor: How to Increase Involvement in Occupational Safety (2008)
• Actively Caring for People: Cultivating a Culture of Compassion (2012)
• Applied Psychology: Actively Caring for People (2016)
• Actively Caring for People's Safety: How to Cultivate a Brother's/Sister's Keeper Work Culture (2017)

Book chapters

• Geller, E. Scott. "The challenge of increasing proenvironment behavior." Handbook of environmental psychology 2, no. 396 (2002): 525-540.

Journal articles

• Geller, E. Scott. "Evaluating energy conservation programs: Is verbal report enough?." Journal of Consumer research 8, no. 3 (1981): 331-335. doi:10.1086/208872
• Geller, E. Scott. "Applied behavior analysis and social marketing: An integration for environmental preservation." Journal of social issues 45, no. 1 (1989): 17-36. doi:10.1111/j.1540-4560.1989.tb01531.x
• Geller, E. Scott. "Ten principles for achieving a total safety culture." Professional Safety 39, no. 9 (1994): 18.
• Dula, Chris S., and E. Scott Geller. "Risky, aggressive, or emotional driving: Addressing the need for consistent communication in research." Journal of safety research 34, no. 5 (2003): 559-566. doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2003.03.004
• Lehman, Philip K., and E. Scott Geller. "Behavior analysis and environmental protection: Accomplishments and potential for more." Behavior and social issues 13 (2004): 13-33. doi:10.5210/bsi.v13i1.33
• Geller, E. Scott. "Behavior-based safety and occupational risk management." Behavior modification 29, no. 3 (2005): 539-561.
• Bolderdijk, Jan Willem, Linda Steg, E. Scott Geller, Philip K. Lehman, and Tom Postmes. "Comparing the effectiveness of monetary versus moral motives in environmental campaigning." Nature climate change 3, no. 4 (2013): 413-416. doi:10.1038/nclimate1767