Adjunct Faculty

Daemen University is a dynamic, independent, liberal arts institution committed to excellence in student centered learning. The University places special emphasis on preparing students for excellence in professional life, civic engagement, and on instilling and understanding that learning is an exciting lifelong journey. Students are encouraged to be creative, innovative, ethically minded leaders for an ever-changing, diverse, and interconnected world.

The Mission of Daemen University is to prepare students for life and leadership in an increasingly diverse and complex world through the integration of education and professional preparation. Daemen University is going beyond instrumental needs to foster the development of individuals who are dedicated to the health and well-being of local and global communities.

Purpose of Role

Research Methods and Experimental Design is a course designed to expand students' knowledge of measurement systems to solidify the foundational skills needed for understanding and utilizing research methods and experimental designs. Specifically, students will understand how to identify measurement selection procedures, as well as how to graphically display and analyze data.Students will understand the importance of Single Case Research Designs (SCRDs) and the ability to evaluate and implement them. Students will design evaluations of the influence of independent variables on dependent variables in representative SCRDs. Students will also review comparative, component, and parametric analyses. Additionally, students will design ethical evaluations of the effectiveness of interventions, state and plan for the unwanted effects of independent variables, and assess and interpret the threats to internal and external validity in experimental designs, including interobserver agreement, and reliability of the independent variable. Prerequisite or Corequisite: ABA 602.

The purpose of this position is to provide a volunteer in the role of a Teaching Assistant with education and training in teaching and instructional skills in the field of behavior analysis. This will also allow the individual an opportunity to gain valuable experience in teaching at the graduate level in order to obtain future teaching opportunities. This individual will serve in a Pre-Teaching Assistant role to a faculty member who is the instructor of record and will be the supervisor to this position

ABA 604: Research Methods and Experimental Design