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Dr. Kathryn J. Saunders

Ph.D., Psychology
University of Florida

Senior Scientist, Institute for Life Span Studies
Courtesy Associate Professor, Applied Behavioral Science

University of Kansas
Life Span Institute at Parsons
2601 Gabriel Parsons, Kansas 67357
(620) 421-6550 Ext.1891
ksaunders@ku.edu

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Areas of Interest

Stimulus control

Basic cognitive skills related to language and academics

Conditional discrimination and stimulus classes

Early reading skills

Mental retardation


Funded Projects

Recombinative Generalization of within Syllable Units in MR (PI)

Laboratory Models of Maladaptive Escape Behaviors (Dean Williams, PI)


Representative Publications and Presentations

Saunders, K. J., O’Donnell, J., Vaidya, M., & Williams, D. C. (2003). Recombinative generalization of within-syllable units in nonreading adults with mental retardation. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, 95-99.

O’ Donnell, J., & Saunders, K. J. (2003). Equivalence relations in individuals with language limitations and mental retardation. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 80, 131-157.

Mueller, M. M., Olmi, D. Joe, & Saunders, K. J. (2000). Recombinative generalization of within-syllable units in prereading children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33, 515-531.

Williams, D. C., Johnston, M. D., & Saunders, K. J. (in press). Intertrial sources of stimulus control and delayed matching-to-sample performance in humans. Manuscript accepted pending revision in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.

Saunders, K. J., & Williams, D. C. (1998). Stimulus-control procedures. In K. A. Lattal & M. Perone (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in human operant behavior (pp. 193-228). New York: Plenum.


Awards and Service

Fellow, Division 25 of the American Psychological Association

Board of Directors, Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Associate Editor, Board of Editors: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Grant Reviewer, NIH BBBP2, SBIR Special Emphasis Panel

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