Appiled Behavior Analysis — Program Director

Dr. Brown is the Director of Training and Programs in Applied Behavior Analysis at Hunter College. He is a founding member of the board of directors of the New Jersey Association for Behavior Analysis and is currently serving as President Elect. Before coming to Hunter College Dr. Brown served as the executive director of a private, non-profit program, serving individuals with autism. Dr. Brown completed his doctoral studies in the Learning Processes program at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. He has completed doctoral fellowships in autism intervention at the Princeton Child Development Institute and developmental disabilities at the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities.

Dr. Brown's research interests include the development of interventions to address communication deficits experienced by individuals with autism. In addition, he has conducted research on interventions used to reduce problem behavior among individuals with autism. His current research program is designed to evaluate the language content developed during script-fading interventions.