Kendall Kastner

Dr. Kendall Kastner completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Unviersity of Nebraska Medical Center under the mentorship of Dr. Tara Fahmie, her Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis at Marquette University under the advisement of Dr. Stepahnie Hood, and her M.S. in Behavior Analysis at Marquette University under the advisement of Dr. Jeffrey Tiger. Kendall has worked in the field of behavior analysis for over 10 years. She has published and presented her work in several peer-reviewed journals and at local, national, and international conferences. Kendall has served as a guest reviewer for several journals including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis in Practice, and Education and Treatment of Children.

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Ph.D., Marquette University
• M.S., Marquette University
• B.A., Marquette University

Courses Taught EDABA 755

Kendall’s research centers on the assessment and treatment of challenging behavior, as well as foundational evaluations of behavior-analytic practices. Her work spans both applied and translational methodologies and has been published in journals, including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis in Practice, Behavior Modification, and the Journal of Education and Treatment of Children, in addition to a book chapter contribution. Her scholarship addresses critical areas such as treatment relapse, functional assessment methodology, measurement systems, and systematic evaluations of widely implemented behavior-analytic interventions.

• Melanson, I. J., Fahmie, T. A., & Kastner, K. M. (2025). The potential evocative effect of leisure item omission in the attention and escape conditions of a functional analysis. Behavior Analysis in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-025-01060-1
• Kastner, K. M., Hood, S. A., and Mitteer, D. R. (2025). An evaluation of durability during and following delay-and-denial tolerance. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.70007
• Gifford, M. R., Tiger, J. H., Michael, J. H., Kastner, K. M. (2024). Consistent visual analysis of multielement data. Behavior Modification. https://doi.org/10.1177/01454455231212263
• Kastner, K. M., Tiger, J. H., & Gifford, M. R. (2023). A comparison of fixed and incrementing reinforcement durations during demand fading procedures. Journal of Education and Treatment of Children. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43494-023-00087-9
• Tiger, J. H. & Kastner, K. M. Rituals and stereotypies. (2023) In Clinical Handbook of ADHD Assessment and Treatment Across the Lifespan. New York: Springer.

• PI for CHRI Research Grant, Child Health Research Institute: $14,611 to conduct research for the grant titled “Quality of Life as Perceived by Clients of ABA Services.”