Robbie Hanson

Dr. Robbie Hanson serves as Research Faculty in the Department of Applied Behavior Analysis at The Chicago School's Online campus and holds a dual appointment as Senior Associate Researcher at the Verbal Behavior Research Laboratory, California State University, Sacramento. A doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D) with 15 years of clinical practice and 10 years of graduate teaching experience, she specializes in evidence-based interventions for neurodiverse populations and experimental analysis of verbal behavior.

Her academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis from Endicott College (2020)
• M.A. in Applied Behavior Analysis from Western Michigan University (2008)
• B.S. in Psychology from Central Michigan University (2006)

Dr. Hanson's research program centers on quantitative analysis of behavior, with particular emphasis on stimulus equivalence, bidirectional naming, and verbal behavior mechanisms. Her applied work addresses complex cases involving co-morbid diagnoses, functional behavior assessment for severe maladaptive behavior, and development of tailored interventions for individuals with autism, Down syndrome, and intellectual disabilities. This dual focus bridges experimental methodology with real-world clinical applications.

Analysis of her 11 publications (2021-2025) reveals consistent methodological innovation using go/no-go successive matching-to-sample procedures across auditory, visual, and cross-modal stimuli. Her work predominantly appears in specialized behavior analysis journals like The Analysis of Verbal Behavior and Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, with significant contributions to equivalence class formation and verbal behavior applications for populations with communication challenges.

With a decade of graduate course instruction, Dr. Hanson has mentored numerous behavior analysts though specific advisee names aren't documented in available materials. Her ongoing collaboration with CSU Sacramento's Verbal Behavior Research Laboratory drives current investigations into stimulus control and equivalence relations, maintaining strong connections between academic training and laboratory research.