Catalina N. Rey, PhD, BCBA-D

Integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (iCASD)
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450

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Professional Summary

Catalina N. Rey, PhD, BCBA-D, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Munroe-Myer Institute’s Early Intervention program in the Integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (iCASD). She received her master’s degree in Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) and PhD in behavior analysis from Florida Institute of Technology. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Kennedy Krieger Institute and another one at the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health at the University of Vermont.

Education

PhD, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, 2016
MS, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, 2010
BA, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2008

Courses Taught

• Assessment and treatment of children with ASD, including problem behavior and skill acquisition
• Translational research
• Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior
• Relapse
• Women’s health

Publications from PubMed

Selected Publications (within the last 5 years)

• Rey, C. N., Betz, A. M., Sleiman, A. A., Kuroda, T., & Podlesnik, C. A. (in press). Adventitious reinforcement during long-duration DRO exposure. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
• Rey, C. N., Betz, A. M., Sleiman, A. A., Kuroda, T., & Podlesnik, C. A. (in press). The role of adventitious reinforcement during differential reinforcement of other behavior: A systematic replication. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.678
• Sleiman, A. A., Betz. A. M., Rey, C. N., & Blackman, A. L. (in press). Effects of token manipulation on responding within a token economy implemented with children with autism. Education and Treatment of Children.
• Nevill, R. E., Rey, C. N., Javed, N., Rooker, G., Yoo, Hyojeong, & Zarcone, J. (2020). The development, reliability, and validity of the Social Impact of Repetitive Behavior Scale in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 13(2), 127-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/19315864.2020.1725695
• Rey, C. N., Badger, G. J., Melbostad, H. S., Wachtel, D., Sigmon, S. C., MacAfee, L. K., Dougherty, A. K., & Heil, S. H. (2020). Perceptions of long-acting reversible contraception among women receiving medication for opioid use disorder in Vermont. Contraception, 101(5), 333-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2020.01.010
• Bouton, M. E., Broomer, M., Rey, C. N., & Thrailkill, E. A. (2020). Unexpected food outcomes can return a habit to goal-directed action. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 169, 107163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2020.107163
• Rey, C. N., Thrailkill, E. A., Goldberg, K. L., & Bouton, M. E. (2020). Relapse of operant behavior after response elimination with an extinction or an omission contingency. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 113(1), 124-140. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.568
• Heil, S. H., Melbostad, H. S., Rey, C. N. (2019). Innovative approaches to reduce unintended pregnancy and improve access to contraception among women who use opioids. Preventive Medicine, 128, 105794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105794
• Rey, C. N., Kurti, A. N., Badger, G. J., Cohen, A. H., & Heil, S. H. (2019). Stigma, discrimination, treatment effectiveness, and policy support: Comparing behavior analysts’ views about drug addiction and mental illness. Behavior Analysis in Practice,12(4), 758-766. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-019-00345-6
• Liddon, C., Kelley, M. E., Rey, C. N., Abel, A., & Ribeiro, A. (2018). A translational analysis of ABA and ABC renewal of operant behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 51(4), 819-830. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.496
• Kelley, M. E., Nadler, C. B., Rey, C., Cowie, S., & Podlesnik, C. A. (2017). Noncontingent reinforcement competes with response performance. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 107(3), 343-353. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.255
• Wilder, D. A, Lipschultz, J. L., Kelley III, D. P., Rey, C., & Enderli, A. (2015). An alternative measure of research productivity among behavior analytic graduate training programs: A response to Dixon et al. (2015). Behavior Analysis in Practice, 8(2), 156-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-015-0075-y
• Kelley III, D. P., Wilder, D. A., Carr, J. E., Rey, C., Green, N., & Lipschultz, J. (2015). Research productivity among practitioners in Behavior Analysis: Recommendations from the prolific. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 8(2), 201-206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-015-0064-1

Professional Affiliations

• Association for Behavior Analysis International
• College on Problems of Drug Dependence
• Florida Association for Behavior Analysis
• Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy
• Vermont Association for Behavior Analysis
• Black Applied Behavior Analyst (Advocate/Ally member)