Behavior Analysis Clubs and Student Organizations
Behavior analysis clubs are one way of promoting greater student involvement in behavior analysis at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. A number of behavior analysis clubs or student organizations currently exist on university campuses across the country. Forming a behavior analysis club or organization is a great way to:
- Establish a community of behavior analysts on your campus
- Participate in activities to promote behavior analysis
- Educate the campus and surrounding community about behavior analysis
- Raise funds for other behavior analysis activities (i.e., to help with the cost of attending conferences)
For further information about clubs and organizations, their goals and activities or if you have questions about how to start a behavior analysis club or organization, contact the club presidents listed below.
ABA Club, California State University, Fresno
The ABA Club at CSU Fresno currently has approximately 20 undergraduate and graduate students. The goals of the club include raising awareness of behavior analysis among the campus community and local community and to increase student involvement in behavior analysis. Current activities include bringing in guest speakers and fundraising to offset the costs for students attending behavior analysis conferences.
Contact
- Ankhesenamun Ball, ABA Club president
- Department of Psychology
- California State University, Fresno
- 5310 N. Campus Drive, PH #11
- Fresno, CA 93720
- Phone: (559) 278-2691
Behavior Analysis Student Association (BASA), University of North Texas
The purpose of BASA is to forge a community of behavior analysis students, promote fellowship among both undergraduate and graduate students, and promote behavior analysis in the community. These goals are accomplished by inviting speakers to UNT, planning social events for the students, and community projects. Current activities include fundraising to underwrite the costs of bringing in at least one nationally prominent speaker each year. Fundraisers in the past have included bake sales and Department T-shirt sales.
Contact
- Medea Rawls, President, BASA
- Department of Behavior Analysis
P.O. Box 310919 - University of North Texas
- Denton, TX 76203-0919
- Phone: (940) 565-2274
Vanderbilt Association for Behavior Analysis (VABA), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
VABA assists students and faculty interested in Behavior Analysis with accessing and affecting the larger behavior analytic community through sponsorship of well-known and contemporary speakers in the field and by providing opportunities to prepare for and attend behavior analytic meetings and conferences. In addition, these opportunities are enhanced by the dissemination of new research-based technology, additional information important to application, and with interest-specific opportunities for collaboration and brainstorming on behavior analytic research. VABA also provides skill-building opportunities to the larger community we serve by offering workshops, continuing education, and user-friendly materials directed at enhancing the quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness, as well as those who serve supportive roles for these individuals. By engaging in these services and supporting students in pursuit of careers in behavior analytic research and practice, we hope to advance the overall performance of our members as such that they are able to benefit the Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, the field of Behavior Analysis, and the greater Community as a whole.
Contact
- A. Pablo Juárez, VABA President, or Craig H. Kennedy,
Faculty Advisor - Vanderbilt Association for Behavior Analysis (VABA)
- Department of Special Education
- Box 328 Peabody
- Vanderbilt University
- Nashville, TN 37203
Behavioral Science Research Group (BSRG), University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
The Behavioral Science Research Group consists of approximately 30-40 members and meets every other week. Each semester the group selects a book to read or selects a topic of discussion. For each meeting, members submit a discussion question from the assigned reading to the designated discussion leader, who then guides the conversations at the meeting. The purpose of BSRG is to expose undergraduate students to a wide array of topics explored in behavior analysis. The meetings are formatted to give students practice with the design of a graduate student seminar, and BSRG also gives members practice in writing and analyzing discussion questions. The group also engages in fundraising activities to help defray the costs for students attending the MABA and ABA conferences. Please check out the BSRG Web page below.
Contact
- Carla Hames Lagorio, President, or Gregory Madden, Faculty Advisor
- Behavioral Science Research Group
- Department of Psychology
- University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire
- 105 Garfield Ave.
- Eau Claire, WI 54702
- Phone: (715) 836-5733
- Webpage: http://psyc.uwec.edu