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Dr. Stephanie Hood

She/Her/Hers

Assistant Professor

Stephanie Hood is an assistant professor in the Master’s of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis program and Psychology department at Marquette University. She earned a Bachelor’s of Applied Science in Psychology and Special Education at the University of Minnesota- Duluth. She earned a Master’s of Science in Behavior Analysis and Therapy from Southern Illinois University- Carbondale. She received her Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis from the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute. She sits on the editorial board for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Her current research interests are related to determining the extent to which efficacious teaching procedures produce socially important behavior change and promote maintenance and generalization. Her primary line of research is related to the development of efficacious and preferred treatment procedures to increase advanced conversation, social, and job skills.

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Research Interests

  • Improving advanced conversation and social skills

  • Improving vocational skills

  • Prevention of problem behavior, anxiety, and depression

  • Strategies to promote skill generalization and maintenance

  • Identification of barriers to treatment integrity

  • Objectively determining client’s preference for intervention and teaching strategies

  • Identification and remediation of barriers to treatment integrity


Graduate and undergraduate students are mentored by Dr. Hood to develop their own research interest within this broad framework. Students are mentored through the research process toward publications and professional presentations.

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