Faculty:
Jesse Dallery, Ph.D. (Emory University, 1999). Professor. Dr. Dallery has interests in choice and decision making, quantitative models, addiction, and technology-based interventions to promote health behavior – with a special emphasis on contingency management interventions.
Iser G. DeLeon, Ph.D. (University of Florida, 1997). Professor. Dr. DeLeon’s interests include applied behavior analysis, assessment and treatment of behavior disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and translational research in behavioral economics and determinants of stimulus value.
Nicole Dorey, Ph.D. (University of Exeter, England, 2008). Instructional Professor. Dr. Dorey’s area of interests includes applying behavior analysis to improving the welfare of nonhuman animals such as evaluating preference and choice, environmental enrichment, assessing the function of and modifying problem behavior as well as investigations into finding the most effective positive reinforcement animal training method.
Nicole Gravina, Ph.D. (Western Michigan University, 2008). Assistant Professor. Dr. Gravina has interests in organizational behavior management including behavioral safety, interventions for improving performance and service delivery in hospitals and human service organizations, consulting and leadership skills, and time management.
Corina Jimenez-Gomez, Ph.D., BCBA-D (Utah State University, 2008). Dr. Jimenez-Gomez’s current professional interests include translational and applied research in the areas of choice, behavioral persistence, and reinforcement processes, the use of technology in ABA settings, caregiver and staff coaching, and cultural responsiveness.
Christopher A. Podlesnik, Ph.D. (Utah State University, 2008). Associate Professor. Dr. Podlesnik studies reinforcement and other conditioning processes, with interests in translational research geared toward increasing the effectiveness of behavioral treatments.
Timothy R. Vollmer, Ph.D. (University of Florida, 1992). Professor. Dr. Vollmer has interests in applied behavior analysis, autism and intellectual disabilities, school-based assessment and treatment, behavioral parenting, and evaluation of reinforcement schedules as treatment for severe behavior disorders.
Affiliate faculty
Meredith S. Berry, Ph.D. (University of Montana, 2015). Assistant Professor, Department of Health Education and Behavior.
Kerri Peters, Ph.D., BCBA-D (University of Florida, 2013), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida
Research and Visiting Assistant Professors
Vivian Ibañez, Ph.D. (University of Nebraska Medical Center), Coordinator, Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program
Faris Kronfli (University of Florida), Behavior Analyst, CARD, Coordinator, BARC
Postdoctoral Associates/Program Coordinators
RJ Clark, M.A. (Florida Institute of Technology). Post-Doctoral Associate
Justin Han (University of South Florida), Clinical Supervisor
Kacie McGarry, Ph.D. (Florida Institute of Technology), Post-Doctoral Associate
Professor Emeriti:
Marc N. Branch, Ph.D. (University of Maryland, 1972). Professor Emeritus. Dr. Branch has interests in the general experimental analysis of behavior with special emphasis on conditioned reinforcement. Current research focuses on behavioral pharmacology with special emphasis on behavioral contributors to tolerance to psychoactive drugs.
Current Graduate Students in Behavior Analysis
Student | Year in Program | Advisor |
Cormier, Caeli | 2 | DeLeon |
DeZayas, Laura | 1 | Vollmer |
Donahue, Hailey | 3 | Dallery |
Dowling, Emily | 1 | Jimenez-Gomez |
Gonzalez, Stephanie | 4 | Vollmer |
Hack, Garrett | 4 | DeLeon |
Higginbotham, Ryan | 3 | Dallery |
Ives, Lindsey | 4 | Dallery |
Knerr, Alexandra | 4 | Dallery |
Kramer, Kiah | 2 | Dallery |
Espericueta Luna, Williams | 3 | Gravina |
McCafferty, Kelcie | 1 | Gravina |
Montague, Kylie | 2 | Podlesnik |
O’Hara, Cassandra | 2 | Dallery |
Pendergrass, Janae′ | 2 | Vollmer |
Perrino, Nicole | 1 | Vollmer |
Martinez-Perez, Carla | 2 | Podlesnik |
Simmons, Davis | 5 | Gravina |
Smith, Andrew | 4 | DeLeon |
van Arsdale, Angela | 4 | Vollmer |
Vance, Hannah | 1 | Jimenez-Gomez |
Williams, Malchijah | 1 | Gravina |
Current Position of Recent Graduates (2018-present):
- Tracy Argueta, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of the Pacific
- Janelle Bacotti, Ph.D.- Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Miami.
- Molly Barlow, Ph.D. – Senior Scientist, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
- Hypatia Bolivar, Ph.D. – Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Springfield
- Andrew Bonner, Ph.D. – Instructional Faculty, Florida State University
- Meghan Deshais, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Applied Behavior Analysis, Rutgers University
- Danny Conine, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, College of Education and Human Development, Georgia State University
- David Cox, Ph.D. – Principal Analyst, GuideWell, Jacksonville, FL
- Lesleigh Craddock, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Behavior Economic Health Research, University of Florida
- Jonathan Fernand, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Behavior Analysis, Florida Institute of Technology
- Nathalie Fernandez, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Behavioral Psychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Kissel Goldman, Ph.D. – Assistant Director of Clinical Outcomes, Department of Behavioral Psychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute
- Emma Grauerholz-Fisher, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Salve Regina University
- Nicholas Green, Ph.D. – ABA Clinical Program Director, Hopebridge, Indianapolis, IN
- Jennifer Haddock, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, McNeese State University
- Catherine Kishel, Ph.D. – Post-Doctoral Associate, Rutgers University
- Leah Koehler, Ph.D. – Teaching Faculty, Florida State University Panama City
- Faris Kronfli, Ph.D. – Behavior Analyst, CARD and Project Coordinator, Psychology Department, University of Florida
- Brianna Laureano, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Instruction and Practicum Coordinator, University of South Florida
- Lindsay Lloveras, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida
- Nick Matey, Ph.D. – Chief of Staff, ABA Technologies
- Sarah Mead, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Emerates College of Advanced Education, Abu Dhabi.
- Sam Morris, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Southeastern Louisiana State University.
- Jessica Nastasi, Ph.D., – Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Florida
- Triton Ong, Ph.D. – Senior Research Associate, Doxy.Me
- Brandon Perez, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
- Eliana Pizarro, Ph.D. – Clinical Director, Our Lady of the Lake, Baton Rouge, LA
- Elizabeth Schieber, Ph.D. – Research Associate, dfusion Inc., Scotts Valley, CA
- Crystal Slanzi, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Public Health, Temple University
- Andressa Sleiman, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Florida State University
- Sara Slocum, Ph.D. – Behavioral Clinical Practitioner, Marcus Autism Center, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta GA
- Lisa Stedman-Falls, Ph.D. – Director, VitaElevant, Denver, CO.
- Savannah Tate, Ph.D – Post-Doctoral Associate, Kennedy-Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Paige Talhelm, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Florida
- Andrea Villegas, Ph.D., Behavioral Analyst, Behavioral Analyst, Social Science Strategist
- Sarah Weinstock, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, University of Kansas