Charles I. Abramson has spent his lifetime investigating the similarities and differences in the behavior of animals. He is one of the few comparative psychologists in the world who has investigated over 20 different species of invertebrate and vertebrate animals in both applied and basic research questions. Dr. Abramson received all his degrees at Boston University, including his PhD in psychology in 1986, where he earned Phi Beta Kappa honors as an undergraduate student. Following his doctorate, he was a research professor of biochemistry at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, and moved to the psychology department of Oklahoma State University in 1993. He is considered one of the top 60 teaching psychologists in the United States, having earned a national teaching award from the American Psychological Association and a national book award from the Washington Educational Press, as well as the Oklahoma State University Regents Teaching Award, Regents Research Award, and Regents Professor title. He has received state honors from the Oklahoma Psychological Society five times and earned the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence in teaching medal for Research University Teaching. His teaching and research contributions also extend internationally. He has been recognized three times for his contributions by Brazilian universities. Because of his work in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela, in 2016, he was elected to the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences.
