Zachary Crutchfield, M.S., BCBA

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Research Interests:

• Automatic reinforcement
• Assessment and treatment of severe challenging behavior
• Functional analysis methodology 
  Relapse phenomena 

Research Projects:

Addressing antecedent exercise treatment failures with self-monitoring and contingent reinforcement
Screening tools for automatic reinforcement systematic literature review

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Teaching Assistant: Behavior Assessment & Intervention Planning in ABA
• Teaching Assistant: Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• Teaching Assistant: Practicum 4 

Elaine Kim, M.S.,BCaBA

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Research Interests: 

• Unique Skill Acquisition Goals (e.g., music performance, safety skills)
• Trauma-Informed Care, Compassionate Care Skills, Consent Skills
• Application of Behavior Analysis in Niche Areas (e.g., music education, sports performance)

Research Projects: 

• Evaluating the Effects of a Pictorial Task Analysis with Instructions to Increase Piano Performance Skills 

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching

• Teaching Assistant: Fundamentals of ABA

Xinyue Wang, M.S.

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Research Interest:

• Cultural Adaptations and Responsiveness in Behavioral Interventions
• Behavioral Skills Training on Culturally and Linguistically Caregivers, Practitioners and Staff  

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching

• Teaching Assistant: Organizational Behavior Management

Rachel Brown, M.A.

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Research interests: 

• Applying evidence-based interventions in schools and in-patient hospital settings
• Caregiver training with behavioral skills training (BST)
• Behavioral gerontology
• Increasing acceptance and decreasing maladaptive behavior in children with pediatric feeding disorders
• Increasing lifestyle behavior
   

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching

• Teaching Assistant: Skills Assessment and Training in ABA
• Teaching Assistant: ABA in Complex Communities
• Teaching Assistant: Ethics in ABA 

Madelyn Mercado, M.S., BCaBA

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Research Interests:

• Applying Behavior Analytic Interventions to enhance Musical Performance
• Developing Objective Methods for Measuring Musical Accuracy
• Designing Efficient Training Procedures for Music Educators and Musicians

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Co-Instructor, Research Methods in ABA
• Teaching Assistant, Observational Methods and Functional Assessment

Research Projects Underway:

• Evaluating the Effects of Behavioral Skills Training and Shaping on Middle and High School Musicians' Major Scale Performance

Prerana Atreya, M.A.

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Research Interests:

• Safety skills, consent skills, trauma-informed care, functional assessments and prevention of problem behavior, parent and staff training, and culturally responsive ABA treatment plans

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Atreya, P. & Bell, M. C (2025). Teaching Children Consent Skills Through the Lens of Personal Boundaries and Bodily Autonomy [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, University of the Pacific.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of using a pyramidal training approach to train parents how to teach consent skills to their children
• Evaluating if a custom ChatGPT is a viable tool to maintain effectiveness in previously taught skills

Research Projects Underway:

• Co-Instructor, Behavioral Assessment and Intervention Planning
• Teaching Assistant, Fundamentals of Applied Behavior Analysis 

Jade Santiago Rodrigues, M.A., BCBA, LBA

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Research Interests:

• Cultural adaptations of early intervention practices in applied behavior analysis
• Training of professionals using Behavioral Skills Training (BST) and technology-based delivery systems
• Instructional strategies for the acquisition of complex verbal behavior

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Co-Instructor, Organizational Behavior Management
  
• Teaching Assistant, Single Case Research Design

Kimberly Ford, M.A., BCBA

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Research Interests:

• Alternatives to Physical Guidance
• Prompt Dependency

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Fundamentals of Applied Behavior Analysis (Graduate Teaching Assistant)
• Observational Methods and Functional Assessment (Graduate Teaching Assistant)

Kyla Pagliai, M.S.

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Research Interests:

• Skill acquisition, functional analyses variations, assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior, assessment instruments, and the evaluation of clinician effectiveness

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis (Graduate Teaching Assistant)
• Single Case Experimental Design (Graduate Teaching Assistant)

Claudia Reyes, M.S., BCBA

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Research Interests:

• Behavior Reduction of High Intensity Problem Behaviors
• Reducing Reactivity in Treatment Integrity
• Application of ABA in Childhood Sexual Assault and Exploitation

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Organizational Behavior Management (Graduate Teaching Assistant)
• Applied Behavior Analysis Basic Principles (Graduate Teaching Assistant)

Marqueline Cenatus, M.S., BCBA

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Research Interests:

• School-based interventions and problem behavior reduction with students with emotional behavior disorders and autism spectrum disorder
• Behavioral interventions in child welfare settings
• Trauma-informed care

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• ABA and Developmental Disabilities (Graduate Teaching Assistant)

Research Projects Underway:

• Examining the effects of contingency mapping on young children diagnosed with ASD

Emma Devine, M.S., BCaBA

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Research Interests:

• Functional analysis methodology, screening and treatment of severe behavior, alternative methods of reinforcement, nontraditional applications of behavior analysis, and translational research.

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Introduction to Psychology (Teaching Assistant)

Research Projects Underway:

• The clinical utility of an extended "alone" condition as a screening tool to identify automatically-maintained behaviors.

Stephanie E. Howell, M.A., BCBA

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Research Interests:

• The assessment and treatment of challenging behavior, caregiver training and caregiver-experienced trauma and the impact on training, teaching safety skills to individuals with autism with a focus on caregiver training, and Behavioral Skills Training (BST) in sports.

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Co-teaching Behavior Assessment and Intervention Planning (BAIP) and a Teaching Assistant for ABA Basic Principles

Research Projects Underway:

• Assessment of data recording practices and responsibilities among direct service providers of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Lynette Johnson, M.S.Ed., BCBA

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Research Interests:

• Evidence-based staff and parent/caregiver training

• Translational research

• Organizational behavior management

• Addressing overarching business barriers

• Enhancing staff performance and procedural integrity

Research Projects Underway:

• Johnson, L. K., Zane, T., & DiGennaro Reed, F. D. (2023). Effects of feedback statements on staff procedural integrity [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas. 

Anh Nguyen, M.S., BCBA

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Research Interests:

• Assessment and treatment of severe challenging behavior
• Barriers to treatment effectiveness
• Staff training

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Co-Instructor: MHS 4208 Organizational Behavior Management
• Doctoral Teaching Assistant: MHS 6937 Behavior Theory

Mary (Max) Llinás, M.S., BCBA

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Research Interests:

• Automatic Reinforcement
• Animal-Assisted Interventions
• DSM-V Disorders (e.g., Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders)
• Organizational Behavior Management 

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Co-Instructor: MHS 4202 Behavior Assessment and Intervention Planning
• Doctoral Teaching Assistant: EAB 6790 ABA & Developmental Disabilities

Research Projects Underway:

• Discrimination between NCR and environmental enrichment
• The usage of the term NCR since 1993

Arturo Garcia, M.A., BCBA

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Research Interests:

• ABA in Child Welfare and foster care system
• ABA within Department of Juvenile Justice
• Assessment and acquisition of verbal behavior
• Assessment and treatment of automatically maintained problem behaviors

Current Research Projects:

• An experimental analysis of voice volume for children with autism spectrum disorder

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Behavioral Assessment and Intervention Planning in ABA (Doctoral Teaching Assistant)
• Single Case Experimental Design (Doctoral Teaching Assistant)

Jesenia Giambrone, M.S., BCBA

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Research Interests:

• Assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior
• Contextual variables and barriers to treatment effectiveness
• ABA and the treatment of symptoms of mental diagnoses (RAD,
  ODD, PTSD)

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• Fundamentals of Applied Behavior Analysis (Doctoral Teaching Assistant)
• Functional Assessment (Doctoral Teaching Assistant)

Ariadna Martinez, M.S., BCBA

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Research Interests:

• Autism/developmental disabilities
• Assessment and treatment of problem behavior
• Skill acquisition
• Early intervention and family centered intervention
• Caregiver and teacher training

Classes Taught or Currently Teaching:

• ABA Graduate Practicum Seminar (Doctoral Teaching Assistant)
• ABA Undergraduate Practicum Seminar (Doctoral Teaching Assistant)

Danielle Russo, M.S., BCBA

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Research Interests:

• Multidisciplinary school-based services
• Assessment and treatment of problem behavior
• Evidence-based staff training
• Early intervention
• Increasing quality of school-based behavioral assessment and intervention

Current Research Projects:

• Using class-wide intervention to increase handwashing in schools
• Review of multicomponent function-based interventions implemented by school personnel for students with disabilities
• Review of teacher training on use of function-based interventions for students with disabilities
• Evaluation of teacher-implemented latency-based functional analysis and intervention in the classroom setting

Classes taught or currently teaching:

• Functional Assessment (Teaching Assistant)
• Behavior Modification (Teaching Assistant
• Practicum Seminar in ABA (Co-Instructor)
• Practicum Seminar in ABA (Instructor)