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