Program Committee Chairs

Jennifer Gregg, Ph.D.

Jennifer Gregg, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at San Jose State University and a Clinical Psychologist at California Cancer Care. She is a peer-reviewed trainer in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which she began delivering, studying, and training in 1997. She is the author of dozens of scholarly papers in contextual behavioral science, and serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. Her specialty is the application of ACT to medically ill populations, with an emphasis on cancer and end-of-life.

Matthew Boone, LCSW

Matthew S. Boone, LCSW, is a social worker, writer, trainer, and public speaker who specializes in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). He is a peer-reviewed ACT trainer and a former consultant for the VA ACT for Depression training rollout. He is the editor of the book Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work: Evidence-Based Interventions and Emerging Applications.

 

 

RFT and Behavior Analysis Track Chair: Jonathan Tarbox, Ph.D., BCBA-D

Dr. Jonathan Tarbox is the Program Director of the Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis program at the University of Southern California, as well as Director of Research at FirstSteps for Kids. Dr. Tarbox is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Behavior Analysis in Practice and serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals related to autism and behavior analysis. He has published four books on autism treatment, is the Series Editor of the Elsevier book series Critical Specialties in Treating Autism and Other Behavioral Challenges, and an author of well over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters in scientific texts. His research focuses on behavioral interventions for teaching complex skills to individuals with autism, applications of Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) inside of applied behavior analysis, and applications of applied behavior analysis to issues of diversity and social justice. 

If you have questions about your submission(s), please contact Jennifer and Matthew. 

Committee members:

Niloofar Afari
Priscilla Almada
John Blackledge
Marie-France Bolduc
Joseph Ciarrochi
Rachel Collis
Hubert Czupała
Charlotte Dack
JoAnne Dahl
Beate Ebert
Nuno Ferreira
Victoria Follette
Manuel Garayar
Brandon Gaudiano
David Gillanders
Andrew Gloster
Nic Hooper
Jack Jacobsen
Maria Karekla
Karen Kate Kellum
Valerie Kiel
Andreas Larsson
Lou Lasprugato
Jenna LeJeune
Michael Levin
Rhonda Merwin
Eric Morris
Miranda Morris
Kate Morrissey Stahl
Brian Mundy
Amy Murrell
Manuela O'Connell
Fabián Olaz
Ray Owen
Nanni Presti
Benjamin Ramos
Hank Robb
Ann Rost
Graciela Rovner
Benjamin Schoendorff
levin Schwartz
Laura Silberstein-Tirch
Wanda Smith
Joanne Steinwachs
Jill Stoddard
Tom Szabo
Dennis Tirch
Sheri Turrell
Kevin Vowles
Ross White
Joann Wright