Education

• Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
• M.A. University of California, Los Angeles
• B.A. California State University, Northridge

• Specialty Areas: Best practices in teaching application of behavior analytic concepts to students, parents, and professionals in behavioral services. Appropriate assessment and evidence-based behavior change procedures when working with children & adolescents with learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Developmental Disabilities (i.e., Autism, & Mental Retardation) and co-occurring behavioral problems and/or Anxiety.

Courses Taught

• Psy 321/L Experimental Psychology
• Psy 350 Principles of Learning and Behavior
• PSY 551 A Becoming a BCBA®: Professional & Certification Issues •
• PSY 552 Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis
  
• Psy 629 Behavior Modification

Selected Publications and Presentations

Greitemeyer, T., & Kazemi, E. (2007). Asymmetrical consequences of behavioural change through reward and punishment, European Journal of Social Psychology, 38 (2), 246-259.

Kazemi, E., & Hodapp, R.M. (2006). Transition from adolescence to young adulthood: The special case of Prader-Willi Syndrome. In M.G. Butler, P.K.D. Lee, & B.Y.M. Whitman (Eds.), Management of Prader-Willi syndrome (3rd edition). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Hodapp, R.M., Kazemi, E., Rosner, B. A., & Dykens, E.M., (2006). Behavioral and emotional problems in adolescents with Mental Retardation. In D.A.Wolfe & E.J. Mash (Eds.), Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in Adolescents New York, NY : Guilford.

Kazemi, E., & Weiner, B. (in preparation). Reported parental disciplinary tactics to enhance academic and behavioral performance: An attributional approach.

Thaler, N., Kazemi, E. & Huscher, C. (submitted). Developing a rubric for assessment of student learning outcomes using undergraduate psychology students’ written research manuscripts.

Kazemi, E., Rice, B., Allameh, S. & Soffer. G (in preparation). Teaching Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis through Self-Directed Projects.

Research and Interests

Dr. Kazemi received her Ph.D. from UCLA and is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and the Academic Director of the BCBA Program at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). She teaches courses on Applied Behavior Analysis, Learning and Behavior, and Research Methodology to undergraduate and undergraduate students. Dr. Kazemi has worked with individuals with disabilities and/or their parents in the past 13 years in various settings. Her experience includes working at Area Board 10, the UCLA Behavior Genetics Clinic, and the Lili Claire Family Resource Center. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and has worked extensively with children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional problems, genetic disorders, autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and those with learning disabilities. She serves as a consultant with community behavioral agencies focusing on outcome based programming, staff training, and professional ethics. Her research interests involve 1) knowledge and needs of ABA staff; 2) cross-cultural differences in parents’ perceptions of autism and behavior analysis, 3) effective methods in teaching applied behavior analysis to staff and/or students, 4) parental disciplinary tactics; and 5) factors contributing to co-occurrence of emotional and/or behavioral problems in adolescents with disabilities. Dr. Kazemi continues to publish and present her research with her students at conferences