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Rachel

Thomas

Rachel Thomas

Rachel Thomas

Affiliate Faculty
  • Address: 2101 Waterview Pkwy Richardson, TX 75080
Biography

Rachel R. Thomas, Ph.D., BCBA-D earned her Doctorate of Philosophy in Applied Behavior Analysis from Caldwell University (2023) and her Masters of Science degrees in Applied Behavior Analysis and Organizational Behavior Management from Florida Institute of Technology (2019). She earned her BCBA in May 2020 and BCBA-D in January 2024. Originally from Pennsylvania, Rachel has multiple years of experience working in public schools while serving in roles ranging from paraprofessional to classroom teacher in support classrooms for students diagnosed with autism. Currently, she serves as both affiliate assistant faculty at the Dallas-ground campus and as a district BCBA for EMS-ISD. Her research interests are in OBM-related topics (i.e., staff training, staff preference, public speaking, and networking/connection building skills).

Education History
Degree Institution Year
Ph.D. Caldwell University, Caldwell, NJ 2023
M.S. Florida Tech, Melbourne, FL 2019
B.A. University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 2007
Professional Memberships
Role Organization
Full Member Association for Behavior Analysis International
Full Member Texas Association for Behavior Analysis
Full Member OBM Network
Full Member ABAI Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group
Presentations
Title Location Date
Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group (VB-SIG) Student Paper Winners Present Their Findings [Symposium] "An evaluation of clicker feedback as positive or corrective feedback: A preliminary study to increase correct sentence emission while public speaking" Washington DC 05/24–26/2025
Using Treatment Packages and Component Analyses to Teach University Students Graphing and Citation Formatting [Symposium] "Remote teaching of AB graphs in Microsoft® Excel" Denver, CO 05/27–29/2023
Translational Evaluations of Response Persistence and Relapse [Symposium] "Translational evaluation of super-resurgence and mitigation techniques" Ponte Vedra, FL 09/18–21/2019
Recent Research on Token Economies and Conditioned Reinforcers [Symposium] "Using auditory extinction cues to mitigate resurgence" Bonita Springs, FL 09/12–15/2018
Publications
Journal

Milata, E. M., Reeve, S. A., Reeve, K. F., Dickson, C. A., & Thomas, R. R. (2026). Examining the presence of generalization within video feedback procedures for individuals with intellectual developmental disorders: A literature review. Behavioral Interventions, 41 (3), e70112.

Thomas, R. R., Reeve, S. A., Reeve, K. F., Vladescu, J. C., & Kisamore, A. N. (2025). A systematic review of brief, nonvocal auditory feedback across fields. Behavioral Interventions, 41 (1), e70066.

Mondati, A. D., Reeve, S. A., Vladescu, J. C., DeBar, R. M., & Thomas, R. R. (2025). Remote teaching of AB graphs in Microsoft Excel. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 18,96–108.

Piper, A., Reeve, S. A., Deshais, M. A., Nirgudkar, A., Milata, E. M., Hickey, C. R., Thomas, R. R., & Stiuso, M. (2024). An evaluation of Social Stories™ to teach classroom social skills to children with an intellectual disability. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 59 (3), 323–339.

Cymbal, D., Wilder, D., Thomas, R., & Ertel, H. (2020). Further evaluation of the validity and reliability of the Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Human Services. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 40 (3–4), 249–257.

Wilder, D., Ertel, H., & Thomas, R. (2020). Further analysis of modifications to the three-step guided compliance procedure to enhance compliance among children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53 (4), 2339–2348.

Shvarts, S., Jimenez-Gomez, C., Bai, J., Thomas, R., Oskam, J., & Podlesnik, C. (2020). Examining stimuli paired with alternative reinforcement to mitigate resurgence in pigeons and children. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 113 (1), 214–231.

Wilder, D., Ertel, H., Hodges, A. C., Thomas, R, & Luong, N. (2019). The use of auditory feedback and edible reinforcement to decrease toe walking among children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53 (1), 554–562.

Cruz, N., Wilder, D., Phillabaum, C., Thomas, R., Cusick, M., & Gravina, N. (2019). Further evaluation of the Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Safety (PDC-Safety). Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 39 (3–4), 266–279.