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Christopher Krebs

Associate Professor
Psychological Science
Biography

Dr. Krebs is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst whose research focuses on the application of behavioral principles to address problems of social significance with specific focus on behavior reduction, decision making and impulsive behavior, education, and health. He earned his doctorate at West Virginia University and gained postdoctoral experience at the Center for Addiction Research at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Prior to coming to Eastern, he taught and mentored students as the Site Director of the Comprehensive Autism Clinic in San Diego and as an Assistant Professor at Florida Institute of Technology.

Research Interests
  • Decision making and impulsive behavior
  • Health, sport, and fitness
  • Application of behavioral principles to address problems of social significance
Of Note

Dr. Krebs is especially interested in working with students on research projects and his students have earned awards and shared their work at conferences and in publication.

Teaching Interests
  • Behavior Analysis
  • Single-Case Design
  • Behavioral Pharmacology
Publications

(underline denotes student authors)

Otalvaro, P.A, Krebs, C.A., Brewer, A.T., Leon, Y., Steifman, J.S. (Accepted). Reducing Requests for Attention by Adults with Intellectual Disabilities using a DRL Schedule. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. doi: 10.1002/jaba.603.

Ford, D., Krebs, C.A., Guidry, S. (May 2019). Joint Control used to Teach Following Multi-Step Directions with Conditional Discriminations. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. Chicago, IL.

McAllen, L.M., Krebs, C.A. (May 2018). Decreasing Food Selectivity in Children with Autism using Video Modeling and Role Play. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. San Diego, CA.

Nyein, K., Krebs, C.A. (May 2018). Self-Tailored Deposit Contracts Increase Minutes Exercised in Adults. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. San Diego, CA.