PROFESSIONAL AND STUDENT AWARDS
Congratulations to our Professional and Student Award Winners!
2023 VB SIG Awards
Clinical Supervisor Award
Francesca degli Espinosa,
Ph.D., BCBA-D, CPsychol
ABA Clinic Itd Southampton, UK
Student Grant Winners
1st Place Winner: Jacqueline Pecoraro
Grant Project Title: Comparison of RIP and RCP Conditioning Procedures on Vocalizations in Children with Autism and Minimal Echoic Repertoire
Affiliation: University of Missouri, St. Louis
Advisor: Dr. Andresa De Souza
2nd Place Winner: Sara Sato
Grant Project Title: The Development of Social Referencing Through Establishing Faces and Voices as Conditioned Reinforcers for Children with Autism
Affiliation: Endicott College
Advisor: Dr. Caio Miguel
3rd Place Winner: Sydney Stern
Grant Project Title: The Potential Role of the Echoic in Facilitating Tact Acquisition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Affiliation: California State University, Sacramento
Advisor: Dr. Caio Miguel
Student Paper Winners
1st Place Winner: John R. Wooderson
Paper Title: Retention of emergent Korean vocabulary following foreign tact training and overlearning
Affiliation: University of Technology Sydney, Australia & The Kameleon Group, Australia
Advisor: Dr. Kristy Young
2nd Place Winner: Vanessa Lee
Paper Title: Intraverbal Bidirectional Naming as Problem-Solving During the Formation of Equivalence Classes
Affiliation: California State University, Sacramento
Advisor: Dr. Caio Miguel
3rd Place Winner: Todd Owen
Paper Title: Toward Establishing a Qualifying Autoclitic Repertoire in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute
Advisor: Dr. Nicole M. Rodriguez
2022 AWARD WINNERS
DR. ALICE SHILLINGSBURG
Clinical Supervisor in Verbal Behavior
DR. SARAH FRAMPTON
Early Career Researcher Award
TATIANA ZHIRNOVA
Student Paper Competition - 1st place
DR. ADRIENNE JENNINGS
Student Paper Competition - 2nd place
DR. VIDESHA MARYA
Student Paper Competition - 3rd place
ELIJAH RICHARDSON
Student Grant Award - 1st place
TIANJIAO LI
Student Grant Award - 2nd place
THEA SKAU ENGELL
Student Grant Award - 3rd place
2021 AWARD WINNERS
DR. NICOLE RODRIGUEZ
Clinical Supervisor in Verbal Behavior
DR. JUDAH AXE
Excellence in Teaching
EVAN Z. SCHLEIFER-KATZ
Student Paper Competition
LEWIS BIZO
Student Paper Competition
ADRIENNE M. JENNINGS
Student Paper Competition
KRISTIN ALBERT
Student Grant Award
VIDESHA MARYA
Student Grant Award
ZOE SIDERAS
Student Grant Award
2020 AWARD WINNERS
DR. CAIO MIGUEL
Jack Michael Award
DR. CAITLIN DELFS
Clinical Supervisor in Verbal Behavior
DR. JASON BOURRET
Excellence in Teaching
DANIELLE LAFRANCE
Student Paper Competition
APARNA NARESH
Student Paper Competition
FERNANDA ODA
Student Paper Competition & Student Grant Award
SANDHYA RAJAGOPAL
Student Grant Award
SHANNON LUOMA
Student Grant Award
2019 AWARD WINNERS
DR. JACK MICHAEL
(DR. MARK SUNDBERG PICTURED)
Honorary Award for Excellence in Teaching
DR. CAIO MIGUEL
Excellence in Teaching
DR. APRIL KISAMORE
Early Career Researcher
DR. EMILY SWEENEY-KERWIN
(DR. VINCE CARBONE PICTURED)
Clinical Supervisor
REAGON E. COX
Student Paper Competition
PRIYA P. PATIL
Student Paper Competition
TALI RUDY ZALTZMAN
Student Paper Competition
SARAH E. FRAMPT
Student Grant Award
MICHAEL A. ARAGON
Student Grant Award
REBECCA KAY RODRIGUEZ
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(DR. SAMANTHA BERGMANN PICTURED)
Student Grant Award