Craig H. Kennedy

Professor of Special Education and Pediatrics; Chair, Department of Special Education

Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1992

Craig H. Kennedy is Chair of the Special Education Department at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University and a Professor of Special Education and Pediatrics. He is also the Director of the Behavior Analysis Clinic at the John F. Kennedy Center on Human Development.

From 1992-1996 he was a faculty member in the Department of Special Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. From 1996-1997 he was a faculty member in the Departments of Psychiatry and Clinical Pharmacology at the Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Kennedy's research and development interests focus on children and youth with intellectual/developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders. This work focuses on assessment and intervention of mechanisms underlying aberrant development. Much of his current work focuses on analyses of gene-brain-environment interactions associated with the development of problem behaviors such as aggression, self-injury, and stereotypy.

Dr. Kennedy has served as an associate editor for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, and Journal of Behavioral Education, and as an editorial board member for numerous peer-reviewed journals. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, conference co-chair for TASH, and on the scientific content committee of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities World Congress. He is also the recipient of the B. F. Skinner award from the American Psychological Association (Division 33) and the Alice Hayden award from TASH. Dr. Kennedy has served as principal investigator on a number of research and leadership projects funded by the US Department of Education and National Institutes of Health.

He has authored or co-authored over 150 books, chapters and journal articles in the areas of behavioral analysis, behavioral neuroscience, intervention, and assessment and has made hundreds of invited presentations at local, state, national and international meetings and at universities throughout the world.

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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Behavior Analysis Clinic

Project LINK: Integrating health, education, and psychological evaluations of problem behavior. Field-initiated research grant, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. PI.

Tennessee technical assistance and resources for enhancing deaf-blind supports (TREDS). Technical assistance grant, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. PI.

Leadership training in low-incidence disabilities: Integrating research and practice. Leadership preparation grant, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. PI.

Project ACCESS: Peer support strategies for inclusive schools. Direct research grant, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services. PI.

Polysomnographic phenotypes in developmental disabilities. R03 research grant, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health. PI.

Behavioral research scientists in developmental disabilities. Doctoral training program grant, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health. Co-Director

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