Student Contact Info

Listed below are ADP students’ names, email addresses and primary areas of interest. Please feel free to contact any of the students.

• Sevgi Bayram Ozdemir – sevgi1@umbc.edu – (mentor: Charissa Cheah) – The role of family and contextual influences on the social and emotional development of preschool-age children across different cultural groups.
• Jessica Becraft –sjess1@umbc.edu – (mentor: John Borrero)Assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior and communication deficits displayed by individuals with intellectual disabilities; applications of behavior analysis to classroom interventions; translational research
• Rose Belanger –rbelangerkenny@verizon.net – (mentor: Susan Sonnenschein)
• Amy Benson –amybenson97@yahoo.com – (mentor: Susan Sonnenschein) – Children’s math development.
• Katherine Bohner –kbohner1@umbc.edu – (mentor: Steve Pitts) – Psychophysiology of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), in particular examining differences in the cardiovascular functioning of children with and without this disorder. Psychometric evaluation of the current DSM classification of ADHD (i.e., bifactor model)
• Anna Burns –annaburns@hotmail.com – (mentor: Laura Stapleton)
• Abbey Carreau-Webster –carreau@kennedykrieger.org – (mentor: John Borrero) – Evaluation of methods to improve the assessment and treatment of severe behavior disorders as well as factors that influence risky-choice in human decision making
• Maria Finger-Elam –mariaf1@umbc.edu – (mentor: Linda Baker)
• Kate Flynn –kflynn3@umbc.edu – (mentor: David Schultz) Early intervention for children with behavior problems, especially those at risk for later social and psychological difficulties
• Michelle Frank-Crawford –crawfordm@kennedykrieger.org – (mentor: John Borrero) – Assessment and treatment of behavior problems for individuals with intellectual disabilities, particularly identification/prevention of conditions under which treatment degradation occurs
• Nicole Hausman –hausman@kennedykrieger.org – (mentor: John Borrero) – Applied behavior analysis, assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior, and childhood obesity
• Catherine Lee –cklee4@gmail.com – (mentor: Susan Sonnenschein) – Children’s math development.
• Christy Leung –leung1@umbc.edu – (mentor: Charissa Cheah) – The role of culture in parenting, parent-child relationships, and socio-emotional development of children and adolescents and how migration experience plays a role in the adaption and acculturation processes of immigrant family
• Heather Lewis –hlewis2@umbc.edu – (mentor: Susan Sonnenschein) – Educational development in early childhood, parental influences on children’s educational development
• Amber Mendres –aemendres@umbc.edu – (mentor: John Borrero) – Intellectual disabilities, behavior analysis, assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior, translational research
• Shari Metzger –smetz2@umbc.edu – (mentor: Susan Sonnenschein) – Schooling and educational development, children’s conceptions of mathematics and how those conceptions relate to motivation, home experiences, and achievement; curriculum development and evaluation.
• Brian Morrison –bmorri3@umbc.edu – (mentor: David Schultz)
• Manica Ramos –manica1@umbc.edu – (mentor: Susan Sonnenschein)
• Laura Rose –laurose1@umbc.edu – (mentor: Charissa Cheah) – Parenting, attachment, peer relationships and developmental delays from infancy through early childhood.
• Laura Scaletti –lascalet@umbc.edu – (mentor: Susan Sonnenschein)
• Kelly Sheperd –sheperd1@umbc.edu – (mentor: Charissa Cheah) – Parenting practices in various at-risk contexts, such as adolescent parents, drug using women, or parents of medically fragile intants; how these contexts influence the development of both the parent and child.
• Mary Shuttlesworth –mshutt1@umbc.edu – (mentor: David Schultz) – Social and emotional development in children, especially preschool children; prevention of behavior problems, espeically with low-income and/or minority children.
• Madiha Tahseen –madiha3@umbc.edu – (mentor: Charissa Cheah) – Factors that promote positive socio-emotional development and well-being among immigrant parents and their adolescents.
• Barbara Tomlian –barb8@umbc.edu – (mentor: John Borrero) – Improving behaviorally based interventions for individuals with severe problem behavior; interventions for communication deficits of children with autism spectrum disorders.
• Joy Thompson –jthomps1@umbc.edu – (mentor: Susan Sonnenschein) – Early childhood education; short- and long-term educational outcomes of children from low-income and minority backgrounds; evaluation of educational interventions targeting children from low-income backgrounds; application of research to policy.
• Kelly Todd Schmidt –todd@gl.umbc.edu – (mentor: Susan Sonnenschein) – Infancy/early childhood, parenting, early intervention for children with special needs.
• Lisa Toole –toole@kennedykrieger.org – (mentor: John Borrero) – Assessment and treatment of severe behavior disorders, early childhood education and early intervention, and peer tutoring.
• Andrew Yu –weiyu1@umbc.edu – (mentor: Charissa Cheah) – Acculturation, parent, immigrant children’s social and emotional development, early intervention and policy.
• Jing Yu –jy6@umbc.edu – (mentor: Charissa Cheah) – How culture, parenting beliefs and practices, and child’s temperament interact to influence child’s socio-emotional development; the adjustment and acculturation of immigrant parents and children.
• Nan Zhou –zn1@umbc.edu – (mentor: Charissa Cheah) – The role of culture in socio-emotional development of children, parent-child relationships, and parenting.

ADP Students’ Awards & Honors

• Adia Garrett (2007).  UMBC Dissertation Fellowship
• Adia Garrett (2007). American Educational Research Association/Institute of Educational Sciences Dissertation Fellowship
• Andrew Yu (2007, 2009) Bronfenbrenner Travel Award for attendance at meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
• Christy Leung (2008). Society for Research in Adolescence, Junior Mentor Award
• Kelly Sheperd (2008). Society for Research in Adolescence, Junior Mentor Award
• Madiha Tahseen (2008). 1st Prize UMBC Graduate Student Research Conference
• Kelly Sheperd (2008). UMBC Graduate Student Association Jessica Soto-Perez Annual Memorial Award (Honorable Mention)
• Sevgi Bayram Ozdemir (2009). SRCD Travel Award, Bronfenbrenner Travel Award for attendance at meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
• Christy Leung (2009). SRCD Travel Award
• Stacy Buckingham Howes (2009). SRCD Travel Award
• Manica Ramos (2009) Latino Caucus Travel Award for attendance at SRCD
• Joy Thompson (2009) Latino Caucus Travel Award for attendance at SRCD
• Kelly Sheperd (2009, 2010). 1st Prize UMBC Graduate Student Research Conference: Inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, Golden Key Honor Societies
• Joy Thompson (2009). APA’s Public Interest Policy Intern (for 2009-2010)
• Joy Thompson (2009). Bronfenbrenner Travel Award for attendance at meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
• Amber Mendres (2010). Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis Student Award
• Amber Mendres (2010). UMBC Graduate Student Association Research Grant
• Kelly Todd Schmidt (2010). UMBC Dissertation Fellowship
• Sevgi Bayram Ozdemir (2010). Jacobs Foundation Young Scholar Travel Award for attendance at ISSBD
• Christy Leung  (2010). Jacobs Foundation Young Scholar Travel for attendance at ISSBD
• Nan Zhou (2010,2011) Jacobs Foundation Young Scholar Award to attend the 2010 ISSBD Meeting in Lusaka; 1st Prize UMBC Graduate Student Research Conference (2011)

Recent Presentations

• 2011-2012
• 2010-2011
• 2009-2010
• 2008-2009
• 2007-2008
• 2006-2007

Recent Journal Articles

• DeLeon, I. G., Toole, L. M., Gutshall, K. A., & Bowman, L. G.  (2005). Individualized sampling parameters for behavioral observations: Enhancing the predictive validity of competing stimulus assessments.  Research in Developmental Disabilities, 46, 440-455.
• Garrett, A., Mazzocco, M., & Baker, L. (2006). Development of the metacognitive skills of prediction and evaluation in children with and without math disabilities. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 21,77-88.
• Leung, C. Y.Y., & Barnett, J.E. (2008). Multicultural assessment and ethical practice. Independent Practitioner, 28, 139-143.
• Schultz, D., Ambike, A., Buckingham-Howes, S., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2008).  Experimental Analysis of Preschool Playmate Preferences as a Function of Smiles and Sex. Infant and Child Development, 17, 503-507.
• Black, M.M, Hager,E., Kristen,H., & Quigg, A.M. (2008). IOM-recommended changes in WIC food packages: Responses by WIC participants. The FASEB Journal, 22, 36.7-36.
• Ingvarsson, E.T., Kahng, S., & Hausman, N. L.  (2008). Some effects of noncontingent positive reinforcement on multiply controlled problem behavior and compliance in a demand context.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41, 435-440.
• Schultz, D., Buckingham-Howes, S., Stapleton, L., Izard, C. E., & Bear, G. G. (2009). Children’s Social Status as a Function of Emotionality and Attention Control.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 12, 169-181.
• Hurley,K.M., Black,M.M., Papas,M.A., Quigg, A.M. (2008). Variation in breastfeeding behaviors, perceptions, and experiences by race/ethnicity among a low-income statewide sample of Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC) participants. Maternal Child Nutrition, 4, 95-105.
• Hausman, N. L., Kahng, S., Fisher, A., Pace, Z., Webb, J., & Shumate, E., (2008). Factors contributing to weight loss in a family-based weight management program for children [Abstract].Obesity: A Research Journal,16(Suppl. 1), 233-234.
• Roscoe, E. M., Carreau, A., MacDonald, J., & Pence, S. (2008).  Further evaluation of leisure items in the attention condition of functional analyses.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41, 351-364.
• Hausman, N.L., Kahng, S.W., Farell, E., & Mongeon, C. (2009). Idiosyncratic functions: Severe problem behavior maintained by access to ritualistic behaviors. Education and Treatment of Children, 32, 77-87.
• Mills, C. B., Metzger, S. R., Foster, C. A., Valentine-Gresko, M. N.,& Ricketts, S. (2009). Development of color-grapheme synesthesia and its effect on mathematical operations. Perception, 38(4), 591-605.
• Hagopian, L. P., & Toole, L. M. (2009). Effects of response blocking and competing stimuli on stereotypic behavior. Behavioral Interventions, 24, 117-125.
• Black, M.M., Hurley, K.M., Oberlander, S.E., Hager, E.R., McGill, A.E., White, N.T., & Quigg, A.M. (2009). Participants’ comments on changes in the revised special supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children food packages: The Maryland food preference study. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 109, 116-123.
• Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y., Tahseen, M., & Schultz, D. (2009). Authoritative Parenting among Immigrant Chinese Parents of Preschoolers. Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 311-320
• Boot, L., Baker, L., Sonnenschein, S., Gurzick, D., & Sullivan, C. (2009). The Fieldtrip project: an online community featuring teen’s cellcam films sparked substantive peer discussion. Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal, 1, 79-88.
• DeLeon, I.G., Frank-Crawford, M.A., Gregory, M.K., & Allman, M.J. (2009). On the correspondence between preference assessment outcomes and progressive-ration schedule assessments of stimulus value.Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, 729-733.
• Mendres, A.E., & Frank-Crawford, M.A. (2009). A tribute to Sidney W. Bijou, pioneer in behavior analysis and child development: Key works that have transformed behavior analysis in practices. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 2, 4-10.
• Sonnenschein, S., Stapleton, L., & Benson, A. (2010). The relation between the type and amount of instruction and growth in children’s reading competencies. American Educational Research Journal, 47, 358-389.
• Schultz, D., Ambike, A., Logie, S.K., Bohner, K.E., Stapleton, L.M., et al. (2010) . Assessment of social information processing in early childhood : Development and initial validation of the Schultz Test of Emotion Processing- -Preliminary version. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38, 601-613.
• Schultz, D., Ambike, A., Stapleton, L.M., Domitrovich, C.E., Schaeffer, C.M., & Bartels, B. (2010). Development of a questionnaire assessing teacher perceived support for and attitudes about social and emotional learning. Early Education & Development, 21, 865-885.
• Mendres, A.E., & Borrero, J.C. (2010). Development and modification of a response class via positive and negative reinforcement: A translational approach. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43, 653-672.
• Yu, J., Zhu, L.Q., & Meng, Y.H. (2010). Death understanding and afterlife belief in preschoolers and adults.Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 18, 517-522.
• Yu, J., & Zhu, L. (2010). The development of children’s fair behavior – Evidence from game theory experiments. Advances in Psychological Science, 21, 1182-1188.
• Shin, J., Bayram-Ozdemir, S., Lee,J., & Cheah, C.S.L. (2010). The parenting practices and child outcomes of Korean immigrant mothers with different acculturative strategies. Korean Journal of Child Studies, 31, 1-17.
• Leon, Y., Hausman, N.L., Kahng, S. & Becraft, J. (2010). Further examination of discriminated functional communication. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43, 525-530.
• Cheah, C.S.L. & Sheperd, K.A. (2011). A cross-cultural examination of Aboriginal and European Canadian mothers’ beliefs regarding proactive and reactive aggression. Infant and Child Development, 20, 330-346.
• Bloom, S.E., Iwata, B.A., Fritz, J.N., Roscoe, E.M. & Carreau-Webster, A. (2011). Evaluation of a trial-based approach to functional analysis in classroom settings. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44, 19-31.
• DeLeon, I. G., Gregory, M. K., Frank, M. A., Allman, M. J., Wilke, A. E., Carreau-Webster, A. B., et al. (in press). Evaluating the influence of contingency on changes in reinforcer value. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
• Tahseen, M. & Cheah, C.S.L. (in press). A multi-dimensional examination of the acculturation and psychological functioning of immigrant Chinese mothers. International Journal of Behavioral Development.
• Shuttlesworth, M.E. & Zotter, D. (in press). Disordered eating in African American and Caucasian women: The role of ethnic identity. Journal of Black Studies.
• Buckingham-Howes, S., Oberlander, S.E., Hurley, K.M., Fitzmaurice, S. & Black, M.M. (in press). Trajectories of Adolescent Mother-Grandmother Psychological Conflict during Early Parenting and Children’s Problem Behaviors at Age 7. Journal of Child Clinical and Adolescent Psychology.
• Frank-Crawford, M.A., Borrero, J.B., Nguyen, L., Leon-Enriquez, Y., Carreau-Webster, A.B. & DeLeon, I.G, (in press). Disruption of high-probability behavior via the discriminative property of reinforcers.Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
• Trahan, M.A., Kahng, S., Fisher, A.B. & Hausman, N.L. (in press). Behavior anlalytic research on dementia in older adults. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
• Bowman, L.G., Hardesty, S.L., & Mendres, A.E. (in press). A functional analysis of crying. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
• Cheah, C.S.L., Bayram Özdemir, S. & Leung, C.Y.Y. (in press). Predicting the filial behaviors of Chinese Malaysian adolescents from perceived parental investments, filial emotions and parental warmth and support. Journal of Adolescence.