Dr. Jennifer Bruzek Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction Contact 301 Sparkman DriveWilson HallRoom 131Huntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map 256.824.6232jennifer.bruzek@uah.edu Biography Curriculum Vitae Education NRSA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University, 2007-2009 Ph.D., Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas, 2007 M.Ed., Applied Behavior Analysis, Temple University, 2001 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Temple University, 1998 Honors & Awards 2020 New Faculty Research Award, "Teaching Young Children How to Approach Dogs Safely Using Behavioral Skills Training", $10,000 2020 Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services Office of Special Education Programs, "Specialized Partnership in Education Curricula in Applied Learning" (Project SPECIAL), unfunded 2019-2024 Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services Office of Special Education Programs, "Visual Impairment and Applied Behavior Learning Experiences" (Project VIABLE), $1,029,438 2015-2017 University Travel and Self-Improvement Grant, Jacksonville State University, $3000 2017 Faculty Research Award, Jacksonville State University 2015 Faculty Research Grant, Jacksonville State University Faculty Research Committee, $2500 2004-2006 Travel Grant, Graduate School, University of Kansas, $2000 Affiliations 1999-present Association for Behavior Analysis International 2014-present Association of Professional Behavior Analysts 2014-present Alabama Association for Behavior Analysis 2007-2014 Tennessee Association for Behavior Analysis 2004-2007 Kansas Association for Behavior Analysis 2002-2004 Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis 2001-2002 European Analysis of Behavior Group 1999-2001 Delaware Valley Association for Behavior Analysis Recent Publications Drossel, C., Bruzek, J., & VanPutten, R. (in press). Behavioral gerontology. In A. Maragakis, C. Drossel, & T. Waltz (Eds.), Applications of behavior analysis in healthcare and beyond. Springer. Bruzek, J.L. and Bayles, M. (2020). Antecedent Interventions. In S. Hupp and J. Jewell (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of child and adolescent development. New York: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119171492.wecad079 May, M. E., Kennedy, C. H., & Bruzek, J. L.(2012). Stereotypic behavior disorder. Handbook of evidence-based practice in clinical psychology, Volume 1: Child and adolescent disorders (pp. 455-476). New York: Wiley & Sons. May, M. E., Kennedy, C. H., & Bruzek, J. L. (2012). Stereotypic behavior disorder. Handbook of evidence-based practice in clinical psychology, Volume I: Child and adolescent disorders (pp. 455-476). New York: Wiley & Sons. McPheeters, M. L., Warren, Z., Sathe, N., Bruzek, J. L., Krishnaswami, S., Jerome, R. N., & Veenstra-VanderWeele, J. (2011). A systematic review of medical treatments for children with autism spectrum disorders. Pediatrics, 127(5), e1312-e1321. Thompson, R. H., Bruzek, J. L., & Cotnoir-Bichelman, N. M. (2011). The role of negative reinforcement in infant caregiving: An experimental simulation. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(2), 295-304. Warren, Z., Veenstra-VanderWeele, J., Stone, W., Bruzek, J. L., Nahmias, A. S., Foss-Feig, J. H., & McPheeters, M. L. (2011). Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 26 (Prepared by the Vanderbilt Evidence-Based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10065-I). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Bruzek, J. L., Thompson, R. H., & Peters, L.(2009). Resurgence of infant caregiving responses. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,92(3), 327-43.
