Assistant Professor
College Hall
Department
Applied Behavior Analysis
Mailing Address
235 Wellesley Street
Weston, MA 02493
About
About
Professor Karsina has spent 30 years of working with children and adults with ASD and developmental disabilities.
Education
PhD., Behavior Analysis, Western New England College, Springfield, MA.
MS, Applied Behavior Analysis, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
BA, Political Philosophy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Classes Taught
Applied Behavior Analysis: Behavior Assessment
Applied Behavior Analysis: Ethical Practice in ABA
Applied Behavior Analysis: Principles and Concepts I
Applied Behavior Analysis: Principles and Concepts II
Publications
Karsina, A., Thompson, R. H., Rodriguez, N. M., & Vanselow, N. R. (2012). Effects of Differential Reinforcement and Rules with Feedback on Preference for Choice and Verbal Reports. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 28, 31-57.
Vanselow, N. R., Thompson, R. H., & Karsina, A. (2011). Data-based decision making: The impact of data variability, training, and context. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44, 767-780.
Karsina, A., Thompson, R. H., & Rodriguez, N. M. (2011). The effects of a history of differential reinforcement on preference for choice. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 95, 189-202.
Groskreutz, N. C., Karsina, A., Miguel, C. F., & Groskreutz, M. P., (2010). Using complex auditory-visual samples to increase learning efficiency within match-to-sample trials. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43, 131-136.
Editing Credits
Prof. Karsina has served as a guest reviewer for The Behavior Analyst, Behavioral Interventions, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior and the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Presentations
The Many Roles of Feedback in BCBA Supervision (and Our Lives), invited talk at the BABAT Social, Weston, MA, April, 2023
Is Applied Behavior Analysis Good? Webinar presented through Regis College, Weston MA, March, 2023.\
Implications of the new ethical code. Webinar presented through the New England Center for Children, Southborough, MA, February, 2021.