Jennifer J. McComas

University of Minnesota
Jennifer J. McComas, Ph.D. is Professor of Special Education and holds the Rodney S. Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning Endowed Chair at the University of Minnesota where she is the faculty lead of the Collaborative Action for Radical Equity in Applied Behavior Analysis (CARE ABA) lab. She is former Editor in Chief of the Journal of Behavioral Education and former Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Her research focuses on systematic and individualized analysis and intervention for supporting successful academic and social behavior. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and results published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. She co- coordinates the University of Minnesota Master’s program in special education with an emphasis in applied behavior analysis, recently co-authored a chapter titled, Beyond Cultural Responsivity: Applied Behavior Analysis Through a Lens of Cultural Humility, and co-authored the soon-to-be-released ABAI Practice Guidelines, title, Beginner’s Guide to Dismantling Ableism in ABA Practice: Where Do We Go From Here?