Women in Behavior Science

Ruth Anne Rehfeldt, PhD, BCBA-D, is currently Dean at Waubonsee Community College. She has a 20+ year history of mentoring graduate students in behavior analysis, and has won a number of awards for her teaching and research while a faculty member at Southern Illinois University. Ruth Anne served as Editor for The Psychological Record, President for the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI), and is Fellow of both the Association for Behavior Analysis International and the Association for Contextual Behavior Science. Her research has focused on interventions for teaching language and cognitive skills in a variety of populations and settings.Traci M. Cihon was an associate professor at the University of North Texas while this volume was completed. She is the current editor of Behavior and Social Issues, an active member of the Behaviorists for Social Responsibility Special Interest Group of ABAI, and maintains an active research agenda related to include culturo behavior science and behavioral systems analysis, social behavior and social action, behavioral approaches to education (e.g., language acquisition, reading instruction, Precision Teaching), and interdisciplinary collaboration.Erin B. Rasmussen is Professor of Experimental Psychology at Idaho State University. Her research interests are broadly in the area of behavioral economics and behavioral pharmacology. Her specific work, which has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, focuses on behavioral economic factors that influence food-based choice related to obesity in both humans and rats.

• Part 1: Beginning 1. Planting Seeds: Learning, Growing, and Thriving in Graduate School Ally Salzer, Jovonnie Esquierdo Leal & Kathryn Roose 2. The Job SearchCorina Jimenez-Gomez & Sarah Richling3. The First Years of the Job: What My CV Doesn’t Tell YouShrinidhi Subramaniam4. Building Values-Consistent Repertoires of Gender Marginalized AcademicsEmily K. Sandoz, Janani Vaidya, Brooke M. Smith, Jade Campbell & Karen Kate Kellum5. Mentoring Relationships: Finding a Mentor, Being Mentored, and Mentoring Others. Erin Rasmussen, Sierra Baca-Zeff, and Morgan Musquez6: Mentoring, Mothering, Sistering, and Friending: Building a Caring Mentoring Community Stephanie Peterson, Cynthia Anderson & Jennifer WolgemuthPart 2: Striving and Surviving 7. Scholarship Expectations and Practices across the Academic LandscapeKelly Banna, Amy L. Odum & Erin B. Rasmussen8. PromotionsRocio Rosales9. Understanding the Importance of Intersectionality in Advancing Community-Engaged Scholarship and Increasing DiversityJomella Watson-Thompson & Eric C. Thompson10. Family Career Balance: Professional and Personal Repertoires Shaped with Love, Enthusiasm, and Strong Models Martha Hubner and Luiza Hubner11: Spiritual Activsim Paula Danquah-Brobby12. The Experiences of a Female Scientist in the Global Network.Louise McHugh & Lynn Farrell13. TransitionsAriana D’Arms, Amoy Kito Hugh-Pennie, & Denise Ross14. Chapter Title: Sickness, Health, and Love: Managing Life and Work Demands Julie SlowiakChapter 15. LeisureWendy Donlin Washington & Casey Irwin HelveyPart 3: Thriving 16. Making Something Out Of Nothing or Very Little: A Tale of How to Plant Seeds of Behavior Analysis, How to Cultivate Them, and Enjoy Watching Them Grow and Multiply.Zuilma Gabriela Sigurðardóttir17. Expanding Traci M. Cihon18. Staying Motivated: An Intermezzo Ruth Anne Rehfeldt19. A Cross-Continental Journey through Academia; Life Partners, Tensions, and the People Who Influenced My PathLise Roll-Pettersson20. A Northeast Journey Toward Values-Based LivingAdel Najdowski21. Promoting Prosociality and Compassion in Competitive EnvironmentsKarola Dillenburger22. Reflections on Loss and GriefTraci M. Cihon23. Capitalizing on Applied Behavior Analysis Within Our Retirement Years Beth Sulzer-Azaroff