Anna Petursdottir, PhD
Department Chair Department of Psychology
Texas Christian University
https://cse.tcu.edu/psychology/faculty-staff/view/anna-petursdottir
https://www.petursdottirlab.com/people
Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir received her PhD in behavior analysis from Western Michigan University. She is currently an associate professor of psychology and chair of the psychology department at Texas Christian University (TCU) and also holds an appointment as part-time lecturer at Reykjavik University. Anna is a previous editor of The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, and a previous associate editor of both JABA and JEAB. She is past president of Division 25 of the American Psychological Association and has also served as president of the Texas Association for Behavior Analysis. Anna’s research encompasses both basic and applied interests and focuses primarily on verbal behavior acquisition, stimulus equivalence, and other derived stimulus relations.
Chunying Jin Ph.D. BCBA-D
Lecturer/ Researcher
California State University, Northridge FAHB Lab
https://tarafahmie.wixsite.com/tarafahmie
Chunying Jin Ph.D. BCBA-D currently serves as a lecturer at the department of psychology and teaches for the M.S. ABA program at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Dr. Jin received her undergraduate training in behavioral psychology at the University of California, San Diego and received her doctoral degree in Behavior Analysis under the mentorship of Dr. Gregory Hanley at Western New England University. Prior to her current post at CSUN, Dr. Jin resided in New England and served as an assistant professor of psychology at Eastern Connecticut State University and a teaching fellow at Western New England University. She has been applying the principles of learning to improve the lives of individuals of typical development and individuals with developmental disabilities for over 10 years. Dr. Jin has published in areas such as the assessment and treatment of sleep problems in young children and function-based interventions for severe problem behavior associated with autism. Her research and clinical interests include assessment and treatment of sleep problems, behavioral pediatrics, child development and early life skills, pedagogical tactics in higher education, and function-based interventions.
47th Annual Convention, ABAI, Virtual (May 2021)
Complex Intraverbals Made Simple: The Many Methods to Teach Convergent and Divergent Intraverbal Responding to Persons with Learning Disabilities.
47th Annual Convention, ABAI, Virtual (May 2021)
Acquisition and Generalization of Divergent Intraverbal Responses in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
47th Annual Convention, ABAI, Virtual (May 2021)
Panel Discussion: Maintaining Quality ABA Services During the Pandemic.
Women in Behavior Analysis, Poster Presentation, WIBA (March, 2020)
Establishing Listener Discrimination in Children Diagnosed with Autism
Women in Behavior Analysis, Poster Presentation, WIBA (March, 2020)
Teaching Divergent Intraverbal Responses across Stimulus Classes to Children Diagnosed with Autism
Regional Conference on Behavior Analysis, Poster Presentation, TXABA (March, 2019)
Effect of Component Analysis & Discrimination Training across Reinforcers on Acquisition of Discriminative Stimulus Control in Children Diagnosed with Autism.
Regional Conference on Behavior Analysis, Poster Presentation, TXABA (March, 2019)
The Role of Escape Extinction and CMO-R in Reducing Challenging Behaviors: A Review.
44th Annual Convention, Poster Presentation, ABAI (May, 2018)
A Replication of Sensory Extinction or Punishment Effects on Stereotypic Hand Biting of an Individual Diagnosed with Autism.
Regional Conference on Behavior Analysis, Poster Presentation, TXABA (March, 2018)
A Replication of Sensory Extinction or Punishment Effects on Stereotypic Hand Biting of an Individual Diagnosed with Autism.
43rd Annual Convention, Individual Symposium Presentation, ABAI (May, 2017)
Comparing the Effects of Different Combinations of Learning Channels on the Acquisition of Hierarchical Relational Responding of Children with Autism
43rdAnnual Convention, Poster Presentation, ABAI (May, 2017)
An Evaluation of Pre-requisite Skills and Motivation in Teaching Social Skills to Children with Autism
Regional Conference on Behavior Analysis, Poster Presentation, TXABA (Jan, 2017)
An Evaluation of Pre-requisite Skills and Shared Motivation on Acquisition of Social Skills in Children Diagnosed with Autism
Thakore, A., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2021). Acquisition and generalization of divergent intraverbal responses in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Behavioral Interventions. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.17...
Thakore, A., Stockwell, A., & Eshleman, J.E. "Learning Channels: THe Role of Compound Stimuli in the Emergence of Intraverbal Relations in Children on the Autism Spectrum." The Analysis of Verbal Behavior (2021): 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40616...
