- Assistant Professor, Career Track
- Director, Online Psychology Degree Program
Education
- Ph.D. Baylor University, 2024
Biography
Classes Taught
- PSYCH 328: Behavior Modification
- PSYCH 333: Fundamentals of Psychological Disorders
Areas of Interest
- ASD and Developmental Disabilities
- Equivalence Based Instruction and Music
- Telehealth and ABA
- Social skills for individuals with ASD
Selected Publications
- Swensson, R.M., Akers, J.S., Austin, M., Liu, R., Swafford, L.B. & Gerow, S. (2024) Teaching children with autism spectrum disorder to mand for answers to questions via telehealth: A caregiver implementation. Behavioral Interventions. doi: 10.1002/bin.2015
- Swafford, L., Akers, J.S., Swensson, R., Carlson, J. (2023). A systematic review of caregiver-mediated interventions for autistic adolescents: Implication for social validity. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi: 10.1007/s40489-024-00432-7
- Akers, J.S., Davis, T.N., McGinnis, K.M. & Swensson, R.M. (2022) Effectiveness of Remote Delayed Performance Feedback on Accurate Implementation of Caregiver Coaching. Journal of Behavioral Education.
- Gerow, S., Radhakrishnan, S., Akers, J. S., McGinnis, K., & Swensson, R. (2021). Telehealth parent coaching to improve daily living skills for children with ASD. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/jaba.813
- Miller, A. C., Cox, R. E., Swensson, R. M., Oliveira, J. S. C. D., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2021). Effects of blocking echoic responses on tact emergence following stimulus pairing. European Journal of Behavior Analysis. doi: 10.1080/15021149.2021.1896070