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Dr. Chris Ninness

Abbreviated Vitae

Professor
Department of Human Services
cninness@sfasu.edu

Ph.D. Ph.D., Texas Woman's University, 1978, Psychology
Ph. D. University of North Texas. 1982. Education
M. S. University of North Texas, 1974, Psychology
B.S. University of North Texas, 1972, Psychology

Refereed Publications

Ninness, C., McCuller G , & Ozenne, L. (2000). School & Behavioral Psychology: Research in Human-Computer Interactions, Functional Assessment and Data-Based Treatment. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Ninness, C., Glenn, S., & Ellis, J. (1993). Assessment and Treatment of Emotional or Behavioral Disorders. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Ninness, C. & Glenn, S. (1988). Applied Behavior Analysis and School Psychology: A Research Guide to Principles and Procedures. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Chapter in Edited Book:

Ninness, H.A.C., McCuller, G., & Ninness, S. K. (1999). Functional analysis utilizing four term contingency. In D. A. Sabatino & B. L. Brooks (Eds.) Contemporary Interdisciplinary Interventions for Children with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders (pp. 505-531). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic.

Journal Publications Recently Invited:

Ninness, C., Wilbourn, T., Roberts, J., Krell, D. & Richman, G. (in press). Electronic distribution of behavior analytic research revisited. Behavior and Social Issues.

Rumph, R., Ninness, C.,McCuller, G., Holland, J., Ward, T. and Wilbourn, T. (in-press). The Shame of American EducationÓ Redux. Behavior and Social Issues.

Articles:

Ninness, C., Barnes-Holmes, D. Rumph, R., McCuller, G., Ford, A., Payne, R., Ninness, S., Smith, R., Ward, T., & Elliott, M. (in press). Transformation of Mathematical and Stimulus Functions. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Rumph, R., Ninness, C., McCuller, G., Ninness, S. (2005). Twenty years later. Commentary on Skinner s Why we are not acting to save the world? , Behavior and Social Issues, 14, 1-6.

Ninness, C., Rumph, R., McCuller, G., Harrison, C., Ford, A. & Ninness, S. (2005). A functional analytic approach to computer-interactive mathematics. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 1-22.

Ninness, C. Rumph, R., McCuller, G., Harrison, C., Vasquez, E., Ford, A., Ninness, S. & Bradfield, A. (2005). A relational frame and artificial neural network approach to computer-interactive mathematics. The Psychological Record, 55, 561-570.

Jones, T.B., Sherman, R.B., Ninness, C., Hallman, P. (2005). The Relationship Between GRE Scores and Performance on the Texas Standard Principal Examination for the Certification of Educators in Texas. Educational Leadership Review, 6, 26-3.1

Lauter, J., & Ninness, C. (2003). AXS and SOM: A new statistical approach for treating within-subject, time-varying, multivariate data collected using the AXS Test Battery. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

Ninness, C., Newton, R., Saxon, J., Rumph, R., Bradfield, A., Harrison, C., Vasquez, E. & Ninness, S. (2002). Small Group Statistics: A Monte Carlo Comparison of Parametric and Randomization Tests. Behavior and Social Issues, 12, 53-63.

Ninness, C., Rumph, R., Vasquez, E., Bradfield, A., (2002) Multivariate Randomization Tests for Small-n Behavioral research. Behavior and Social Issues, 12, 64-74.

Kenney, M., Ninness, H.A.C., Rumph, R., Bradfield, A. & Cost, H (2002) Paradoxical patterns in the measurement of hyperactivity. Behavior and Social Issues, 12, 40-52.

Ninness, H.A.C., Rumph, R., McCuller, G., Bradfield, A., Saxon, J., Calliou, M. & Ninness, S.K. (2001), The Effect of Computer Emitted Speech Inflections During Verbal-Interactive Responding.The Psychological Record, 51, 561-570.

Rumph, R. and Ninness, H.A.C. (2001). The promise of the design of culture. Behavior and Social Issues, 11, 23-25.

Ninness, H.A.C., Ozenne, McCuller, G., Rumph, R., & Ninness, S.K. (2000). Fixed interval responding during computer-interactive problem solving. The Psychological Record, 50, 387-401.

Ninness, H.A.C., Shore, T. & Ninness, S.K. (1999). Shaping verses instructing verbal rules during computer-interactive problems solving. The Psychological Record, 49, 629-644.

Ninness, H.A.C., Ninness, S. K., Sherman, S. & Schotta C. (1998). Augmenting computer Interactive self-assessment with and without feedback. The Psychological Record, 48, 601-616.

Ninness, H. A. C. & Ninness, S. K. (1999) Contingencies of superstition: fallacious rules and irrelevant responding during second-order schedules of reinforcement. The Psychological Record, 49, 221-243.

Ninness, H.A.C., Ellis, J., & Ninness, S. K. (1999). Self-assessment as a reinforcer during computer interactive math performance: An experimental analysis. Behavior Modification, 23, 403-418.

Ninness, H.A.C. & Ninness, S. K. (1998). Superstitious math performance: Interactions between rule-governed and scheduled contingencies. The Psychological Record, 48 45-62.

Fisher, W. W., Ninness, H. A. C., & Owen, J., & Piazza, C. (1996). On the reinforcing effects of the content of verbal behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29, 235-238.

Ninness, H.A.C., Fuerst, J., & Rutherford, R. (1995). A descriptive analysis disruptive behavior during pre- and post-unsupervised self-management by students with SED: a within study replication. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 3, 230-240.

Ninness, H.A.C., Ellis, J., Miller, B., Baker, D., Rutherford, R. (1995). The effects of self-management on the transfer of aggression replacement skill in the absence of supervision. Behavior Modification, 19, 464-490.

Ninness, H.A.C., Richman, G., Jaquess, D. & Vittemberga, G. (1995). Facilitating objective-setting in behavior therapy through social mediation. Behavior and Social Issues, 5, 13-19.

Ninness, H.A.C., Roberts, J., Krell, D. & Richman, G. (1994). Electronic distribution of behavior analytic publications. Behavior and Social Issues, 4, 97-99.

Ninness, H.A.C., Fuerst, J., Rutherford, R., & Glenn, S. (1991). The effects of self-management training and reinforcement on the transfer of improved conduct in the absence of supervision. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24, 499-508.

Ninness, H.A.C. (1985). The effects of contingency management strategies on Bender Gestalt indicators of emotionally disturbed children. Child Study Journal, 15, 13-28.

Ninness, H.A.C. (1983). Modification of an electronic tactile signalin apparatus to produce audio cues for monitoring classroom behavior. Behavioral Engineering, 9, 21-26.

Ninness, H.A.C. (1982). Two and one half year follow up on the effects of elimination of subvocalization with electromyographic feedback. Behavioral Engineering, 8, 5-10.

Ninness, H.A.C. (1981). An electronic tactile signaling apparatus for sampling covert verbal behavior. Behavioral Engineering, 7, 57-61.

Ninness, H.A.C. (1980). The effects of elimination of subvocalization with electromyographic feedback. Behavioral Engineering, 6, 77-90.

Non-Refereed Publications

Ninness, H.A.C., Rumph, R., Bradfield, A. (2001). Small Group Statistics for School Psychologists: On-Line Randomization and Permutation Tests. The Texas School Psychologist.

Presentations

Ninness, C., Rumph, R., McCuller, G., Ford, A., & Ninness, S. (2005, May). Transformation of Mathematical and Stimulus Functions: The Value of Formula Elegance. “Contributed Paper” to be presented at the International Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.

Ninness, C., Rumph, R., McCuller, G., Harrison, C., Hancock-Akin, E., Ford, A., Capt, A. & Ninness, S. (2004, May). A functional-analytic and neural network approach to mathematical relations. “Contributed Paper” presented at the International Association for Behavior Analysis, Boston, MA.

Rumph, R., Ninness, C., McCuller, G., Harrison, C., (2004, May) Twenty Year Later:Commentary on Skinner’s “Why Are We Not Acting to Save the World.” “Contributed Paper” presented at the International Association for Behavior Analysis, Boston, MA.

McCuller, G., Harrison, C. Ninness, C., Rumph, R., Creel, C. (2004, May) Using stimulus equivalence procedures to teach geographic relations. “Poster” presented at the International Association for Behavior Analysis, Boston, MA.

Ninness, C., Rumph, R., McCuller, G., Bradfield, A., Harrison, C., Vasquez, E. & Ninness, S.(2003, May). Artificial Neural Network Analysis of Derived Relational Frames. Paper for International Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Convention San Francisco.

Ninness, H.A.C., Collyer, D. & Heflin, J. Transfer and Maintenance of Self-Management and Aggression Replacement Skills by Behaviorally Disordered Adolescents. Association for Behavior Analysis International May 1993 Chic. IL

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Ninness, C., Barnes-Holmes, D., Rumph, R., McCuller, G., Ford, A., Holland, J., & Ninness, S., (2006, May). Transformations of Web-Based Trigonometric and Stimulus Functions: Accelerating the Acquisition of Derived Complex Mathematical Relations. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Ninness, H.A.C., Rumph, R. , McCuller, G., Bradfield, A., Saxon, J. and Calliou, M., Newton, R., Ninness, S. K. (2001, May) Shaping Verbal Selections with Voice-Interactive Software. 2001 Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis. New Orleans.

Rumph, R., Ninness, H.A.C., McCuller, G. (2001, May). The case Against the Standardization of Education. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis. New Orleans.

Ninness, H.A.C. (1988, May). A Training Package for Improving Generalization of Social/Affective Behaviors of Behaviorally Disordered Students presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis. M

Ninness, H.A.C. Teaching Self Management to Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents presented at: Association of Behavior Analysis May 1989 Mil., WC

Ninness, H.A.C. Self-Management of Aggression Replacement in SED students. National Association of School Psychologists March 1991 Dallas, TX

Ninness, H.A.C. Physical Aggression, Disruption, and Anger in the SED Student. Association for Behavior Analysis May 1991 Atlanta, GA

Ninness, H.A.C., Collyer, D. & Heflin, J. Transfer and Maintenance of Self- Management and Aggression Replacement Skills by Behaviorally Disordered Adolescents. Association for Behavior Analysis International May 1993 Chic. IL

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Ninness, H.A.C., Richman, G. & Jacquess, D. The Multiple Effects of Prescribing Behavior Objectives in Documenting Patient Progress. Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. 28th Annual AABT Community Special Interest Group (1994).

Ninness, H.A.C. & Ninness, S. K. Superstitious math performance: Interactions between rule-governed and direct-acting contingencies on three schedules of reinforcement. Association for Behavior Analysis International - 22nd Annual Convention. May 1996 San Francisco, CA

Ninness, H.A.C. & Ninness, S. K. Schedule control of self-generated instructions. Association for Behavior Analysis International- 24th Annual Convention. May 1998 Orlando,FL

Rumph, R., & Ninness, C. Accelerating the Acquisition of Derived Complex Mathematical Relations. Presentation given at the 2006 Regional Conference on Behavior Analysis, March 2006, Houston, TX.

Cook, A., McKaig, M., Ninness, H.A.C. & Brister, F. (2001) Assessment of Phonological Skills of Brazilian Portuguese Speakers. Texas Research Symposium on Language Diversity. Austin, TX, Feb. 23, 2001

Ninness, H.A.C. & Fuerst J. Applied Behavioral Analysis and the SED Student Texas Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities Conference. Nov. 1990 Dallas, TX

Ninness, H.A.C. & Fuerst J. Physical Aggression, Disruption, and Anger in the SED Student. Conference on Behavioral Disorders. Feb. 1991 Austin, TX

Ninness, H.A.C., Fuerst J., & Ninness, S. K. Functional Assessment of Emotional Disturbance. Conference on Behavioral Disorders Feb. 1994 Austin, TX

Ninness, H.A.C. Functional assessment of behaviorally disordered an aggressive children. Texas association of School Psychologists Conference Feb. 1995 Austin, TX

Smith, C., Backke, J., Fullerton, L. Marr, J. Ninness, C. (1996). On-the-job training of self-management by students with serious emotional disturbance National Coalition for At Risk Children and Youth Second Annual Conference, Denton, TX

Service Activities

Thesis Direction:
Michael Miller, Title: Self-Control as a Predictor of Juvenile Delinquency Conducted In affiliation with Criminal Justice Department at SFA

Mitchalina Kenney, Title: A Comparative Analysis of the Behavior Assessment Scale for Children and Functional Observations for Classrooms And Learners

Shannon Hightower Title: The Validity of Interventions Based on Descriptive Analyses of Problem Behaviors using a Computer-Interactive Observation System.

Lisa Ozene, Title: Computer Interactive Functional Analysis in Planning and Assessing the Effectiveness of a Behavioral Intervention.

Jane Coleman, Title: Effects of Functional Assessment and Contingency Contracting on Elementary Students with Hyperactive Behaviors.

Patricia Pisciotta, Title: Using Functional Assessment and Treatments Based on Direct Observations of Students Identified with Emotional Disturbance and Behavior Problems.

Madelaine Irwin, Title: Functional Assessment in the Schools: IDEA and Beyond.

Richard Newton, Title: Univariate Small Group Designs: A Computer Generated Comparison

Mary Lou Rodrigues, Title: A Question of Credibility: Issues of Uncontrolled Error Rates

Jamie Saxon, Title: Paired Observations in Small Group Designs: A Computer Generated Approach

Ashley Capt, Title: A Functional Analytic and Neural Network Approach to Computer- Interactive Mathematics Instruction and Assessment

Eleazar Vasquez, Title: A comparison of parametric and randomized multivariate statistics using Monte Carlo methods: A computer generated approach.

Advisory Council Department of Human Services

Tenure and Promotions Committe Department of Human Services.

University Research Council (2005-2006)

Awards

Teaching Excellence Award (2003)

Excellence in Research Award (2001)

Foundation Professor Faculty Achievement Award for Research (2004)

Texas Association Behavior Analysis Council Service Award (2004)

Exemplary Program Award for Mainstreaming SED students (1990)

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