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Current Graduate Students

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Breanna Roberts, M.A., BCBA

Research Interests

  • Efficacy of social skills training

  • Assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior

  • Functional analyses

  • Dissemination of ABA

Katie Gorycki, M.A., BCBA 

Research Interests

  • Functional analyses

  • Skill acquisition

  • Early intensive behavioral intervention

  • Assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior

  • Dissemination of ABA

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Lisa Ambrosek, M.S., BCBA, LBA

Research Interests

  • Functional analysis methodology

  • Assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior

  • Reinforcer efficacy 

  • Parent training models 

  • Supervision models for BCBA trainees 

  • Dissemination of behavior analysis

 

Personal Interests

  • Spending time with my daughter 

  • Yoga & barre 

  • Traveling

Laura Camafreita, M.S.,  BCBA, LBA

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Research Interests

  • Verbal Behavior

  • Early Intervention

  • Pediatric Feeding Disorders

  • Reinforcer Efficacy in Skill Acquisition

  • Severe Problem Behavior

 

Personal Interests

  • Board Games

  • Video Games

  •  Playing Billiards

  • Nature trails (So many in Lawrence!)

  • Photography

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Erika Fiscus,

B.A.

Research Interests

  • Severe Problem Behavior

  • Early intervention

  • Behavior Skills Training of behavior change agents in various settings

  • Efficacy of reinforcement and punishment contingencies in the toddler population

  • Toilet training

 

Personal Interests

  • Tea and books

  • Long walks and naps with my dog

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Zi Wang,

M.S., BCBA, LBA

Research Interests

  • Assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior

  • Functional analysis methodology 

  • Preference, choice and motivation 

  • Reinforcer efficacy 

  • Dissemination of behavior analysis

Personal Interests

  • Table tennis

  • Guitar

  • TV/movies

  • Video games

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Hayden Tyson,

B.A.

Research Interests

  • Assessment and treatment of problem behavior

 

Personal Interests

  • Reading fantasy 

  • Playing video games 

  • Watching the Chicago Bears 

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Simone Woods,

B.A.

Research Interests

  • Assessment and treatment of problem behavior

 

Personal Interests

  • Spending time outside

  • Listening to music  

  • Spending time with friends and family 

Previous Graduate Students

Danielle L. Gureghian, Ph. D., BCBA-D

 

Dissertation: Vicarious reinforcement procedures: An analysis of stimulus control and potential side effects

 

1st Position Post-KU: Clinical Director, Garden Academy (NJ)

Graduation year: 2013

Brian D. Greer, Ph. D., BCBA-D

 

Dissertation: An evaluation of toilet-training procedures

 

1st Position Post-KU: Assistant Professor, Munroe-Meyer Institute (University of Nebraska Medical Center)

Graduation year: 2013

Kimberly L. Zonneveld, Ph. D., BCBA-D

 

Dissertation: Assessing factors that influence food choices by young children

 

1st Position Post-KU: Assistant Professor, Brock University (Canada)

Graduation year: 2013

Makenzie W. Bayles, Ph. D., BCBA-D

 

Dissertation: Attention as a reinforcer for the behavior of young children in early education classrooms

 

1st Position Post-KU: Assistant Professor, Jacksonville State University (AL)

Graduation year: 2013

Megan Hafen, Ph. D., BCBA-D

 

Dissertation: The role of assessment in identifying effective teaching interventions

 

1st Position Post-KU: Clinical Director, Addison Behavioral Resources (CA)

Graduation year: 2013

Kelley L. Harrison, Ph. D., BCBA-D

 

Dissertation: Effects of conditioning procedures on vocalizations of children with minimal or emerging echoic repertoires

 

1st Position Post-KU: Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Kansas 

Graduation year: 2018

Stephanie M. Glaze, Ph. D., BCBA-D

 

Dissertation: Assessing the potential aversiveness of vicarious reinforcement arrangements in the preschool children

 

1st Position Post-KU: Graduate Assistant at Jacksonville State University Learning Services

Graduation year: 2020

Marcella M. Hangen, Ph. D., BCBA-D

 

Dissertation: An assessment of token value and effectiveness: does form matter?

 

1st Position Post-KU: Visiting Assistant Professor at Drake University

Graduation year: 2020

Alec M. Bernstein, Ph. D., BCBA-D

 

Dissertation: The Assessment & Treatment of Inappropriate Self-Feeding

 

1st Position Post-KU: Post-doctoral Fellowship at Marcus Autism Center

Graduation year: 2020

Previous Graduate Students

Ashley N. Romero, Ph. D., BCBA-D

 

Dissertation: Using E-Learning Modules to Teach Ongoing-Visual Inspection of Functional Analyses: A Replication and Extension

1st Position Post-KU: Center Director at Little Leaves Behavioral Services

Graduation year: 2022

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