Sandra M. Chafouleas, Ph.D.

University of Connecticut
Associate Professor, School Psychology
Research Scientist, Center for
Behavioral & Education Research


Dr. Chafouleas is an Associate Professor in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Chafouleas received her Ph.D. in School Psychology from Syracuse University and has been a licensed psychologist in Connecticut since 2001. Her primary areas of research interest involve school-based behavior assessment, as well as the application of evidence-based strategies in schools. She has authored over 60 articles, book chapters, and books. She currently serves as the Project Director on a grant funded through the U.S. Department of Education (Institute for Education Sciences) and also as Co-Training Director on a post-doctoral fellowship project funded by the U.S. Department of Education (Institute for Education Sciences). She has been an Associate Editor of School Psychology Review over the past four years, and currently serves as an editorial board member of Psychology in the Schools and ad hoc reviewer for a number of related journals. Prior to becoming a university trainer, she worked as a school psychologist and school administrator in a variety of settings dealing with children with behavior disorders.

Contact Dr. Chafouleas at:

Sandra.chafouleas@uconn.edu
Phone: 860-486-6868
www.cber.org

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Theodore J. Christ. Ph.D.

University of Minnesota
Associate Professor, School Psychology
343 Education Sciences Building


Dr. Christ is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities. Dr. Christ is engaged in research, teaching, and service related to assessment for the purpose of school-based problem solving and response to intervention. Dr. Christ is engaged with several research lines that examine and improve assessments that are designed to inform school-based service delivery. That includes research on Direct Behavior Ratings (DBR), Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM), Subskill Analysis of Reading Fluency (SARF), and other computer-based assessments. Dr. Christ has more than 60 publications, 50 presentations, and is associated with more than $3.7 million dollars in research-related funding.

Contact Dr. Christ at:
tchrist@umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-7068
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T. Chris Riley-Tillman, Ph.D.

East Carolina University
Associate Professor, School Psychology
Director of the School Psychology Program


Dr. Riley-Tillman received his Ph.D. in School Psychology from Syracuse University. Dr. Riley-Tillman is currently an Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in School Psychology and Pediatric School Psychology at East Carolina University. In his current position, Dr. Riley-Tillman provides training in assessment, intervention and consultation. He brings qualifications in the areas of applied behavior analysis, behavioral assessment, academic assessment and intervention, and the development and validation of assessment and intervention methodologies which are both empirically supported and feasible. His research interests involve social behavioral assessment, academic assessment/intervention, and consultation. He has authored over 60 articles, book chapters and books. Dr. Riley-Tillman serves as Co-Principal Investigator on Project VIABLE an IES-funded grant with goals to develop and evaluate procedures for direct behavior rating scales to effectively and efficiently measure student behavior. Dr. Riley-Tillman is currently serving as an Associate Editor for School Psychology Forum and board member of School Psychology Review. Prior to his work at East Carolina University, Dr. Riley-Tillman was a faculty member at Temple University where he was nominated for several teaching awards.

Contact Dr. Riley-Tillman at:
rileytillmant@ecu.edu
Phone: 252-328-1371
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Amy Briesch, Ph.D.

Northeastern University
Assistant Professor, School Psychology Program


Dr. Briesch is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University. She received her Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of Connecticut in 2009, subsequent to completing her pre-doctoral internship with Heartland Area Education Agency. Dr. Briesch’s primary research interests involve in role of student involvement in intervention design and implementation, use of self-management as an intervention strategy for reducing problem behaviors in the classroom, and identification and examination of feasible and psychometrically-sound measures for the formative assessment of student social behavior.

Contact Dr. Briesch at:
a.briesch@neu.edu
Phone: 617-373-8291
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Research Assistants

University of Connecticut

Rohini Sen email

Stephen P Kilgus email

Rose Jaffery email

Rishi Saripalle email


East Carolina University

Sayward Harrison email

Jessica Amon email

Shannon Brooks email

Ajlana Music email

University of Minnesota

Kate Jones email

Shannon Hutchinson email