Curriculum Vitae
Last updated 12/1/2024
Educational History
Doctor of Philosophy: School Psychology and Applied Behavior Analysis
Co-Advisor: Catherine Fiorello, Ph.D.NCSPABPPLP
Co-Advisor: Matthew Tincani, Ph.D.BCBA-D
Dissertation: Developing Technology to Establish Deictic Repertoires in Autism
Temple UniversityCompleted: 2015
Educational Specialist: School Psychology
Advisor: Barbara Bole-Williams, Ph.D.NCSP
Rowan UniversityCompleted: 2010
Master of Arts: School Psychology
Advisor: Roberta Dihoff, Ph.D.BCBA-D
Rowan UniversityCompleted: 2008
Advanced Graduate Study Program: Applied Behavior Analysis
Advisor: Mary Lou Kerwin, Ph.D.BCBA-D
Rowan UniversityCompleted: 2008
Bachelor of Arts: Psychology
Specialization: Child Behavior Sciences (Applied Behavior Analysis)
Rowan UniversityCompleted: 2007
Practica and Training History
Munroe-Meyer Institute/University of Nebraska Medical Center
APPIC Internship: Behavioral/Developmental Pediatrics
July 2014-August 2015
Cherry Hill Township Public Schools
NASP Internship
February 2009-May 2009September 2009-June 2010
Advoserv of New Jersey; Advoserv of Delaware
BACB Internship
September 2007-August 2009
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor
School Psychology Program
Behavior Analysis Program
Louisiana State UniversityAugust 2018-Present
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Research Fellow
Assistive Technologies in Autism and Intellectual Disability (ASSISTID)
Seventh Framework Program of European Community (FP7)
United Nations (UNESCO)Marie Skłodowska-Curie FoundationSeptember 2016-August 2018
APA-Approved Post-Doctoral Fellow
Outpatient Neurobehavioral Unit (NBU)
Kennedy Krieger InstituteJohns Hopkins School of MedicineSeptember 2015-August 2016
Behavior Analyst, School Psychologist
Devereux CARESMarch 2013-June 2014
Clinical Assessor and Evaluator
Devereux Neuropsychological ClinicJanuary 2012-June 2014
Behavior Analyst
Elwyn SEEDLINGSAugust 2012-June 2013
Independent Consultant
Devereux Community ServicesAugust 2010-April 2013
Clinical Consultant, Instructional Coach, Staff Trainer
Childrens Hospital of PhiladelphiaAugust 2009-July 2012
Teaching History
Assistant Professor
PSYC 7973: School-based Behavior Interventions
PSYC 7949: Behavioral Perspectives on Lifespan Development
PSYC 7668: Practicum in School Psychology
PSYC 7669: Practicum in School Psychology
PSYC 7165: Psychoeducational Assessment
PSYC 4176: Advanced Child Development
PSYC 2076: Introduction to Child Psychology
PSYC 2000: Introduction to Psychology
Louisiana State UniversityFall 2018-Present
Lecturer, Practicum Supervisor
Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis
Clinical Practicum in Applied Behavior Analysis
University of GalwaySpring 2017, Fall 2018
Lecturer
Basic Principles of Behavior
Rowan UniversityFall 2013, Spring 2014
Clinical Supervisor
Academic, Behavioral Consultation
Temple UniversitySpring 2011, Spring 2012
Teaching Assistant
Educational Assessment, Pre-service Teachers
Temple UniversityFall 2010, Spring 2011
Works Published in 2024 (n = 5)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Tucker, Raymond P., Hill, Ryan M., Anestis, Michael D., Bryan, Craig J., and Bauer, Brian W. (In Press). Conditions that increase the perceived likelihood of temporary restriction of firearm access: An investigation in male firearm owners. Forthcoming in Suicide and Life-threatening Behavior.
Gilroy, Shawn P., Rzeszutek, Mark J., Koffarnus, Mikhail N., Reed, Derek D., and Hursh, Steven R. (In Press). Adaptive Purchase Tasks in the Operant Demand Framework. Forthcoming in Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.
Levins, Parker and Gilroy, Shawn P. (2024). Extending Token Economy Systems with the Operant Demand Framework. Journal of Behavioral Education. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10864-024-09556-6
Tincani, Matt, Gilroy, Shawn P., and Dowdy, Art (2024). Extensions of Open Science for Applied Behavior Analysis: Preregistration for Single Case Experimental Designs. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 57(4), 808-820. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jaba.2909
Has PreprintCites: 2
McComas, Jennifer J., Jimenez-Gomez, Corina, and Gilroy, Shawn (2024). Translational approaches to choice. In: Roane, H. S., Craig, A. R., Saini, V., and Ringdahl, J. E. Behavior analysis: Translational perspectives and clinical practice. The Guilford Press.
Works Published in 2023 (n = 9)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Picardo, Rochelle, Feck, Cassie, Levins, Parker, and Waits, Jo (2023). School-Based Interventions for Students with Autism. In: Matson, Johnny L. Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis for Children with Autism. Springer International Publishing, Cham.
Gilroy, Shawn P., McCleery, Joseph P., and Leader, Geraldine (2023). A delayed intervention start randomized controlled trial of high- and low-tech communication training approaches for school-age autistic children with co-occurring intellectual disability. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(3), 593-606. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jaba.989
Has PreprintCites: 4
Gilroy, Shawn P. (2023). Interpretation(s) of essential value in operant demand. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 119(3), 554-564. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jeab.845
Gilroy, Shawn P. and Hantula, Donald A. (2023). Exact solutions for area-based delay discounting analyses. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 31(4), 849-860. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pha0000638
Kaplan, Brent A., Gilroy, Shawn P., DeHart, W. Brady, Brown, Jeremiah M., and Koffarnus, Mikahil N. (2023). Data handling: ethical principles, guidelines, and recommended practices. In: Research Ethics in Behavior Analysis. Elsevier.
Cites: 3
Traina, Ivan, Mannion, Arlene, Gilroy, Shawn P., and Leader, Geraldine (2023). Systematic Review of Job Transition Programs Addressed to Youths With Intellectual Disability. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 29(2), 583-619. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14779714231170528
Cites: 3
Podlesnik, Christopher A., Ritchey, Carolyn M., Waits, Jo, and Gilroy, Shawn P. (2023). A Comprehensive Systematic Review of Procedures and Analyses Used in Basic and Preclinical Studies of Resurgence, 1970–2020. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 46(1), 137-184. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40614-022-00361-y
Gelino, Brett W., Salzer, Allyson R., Harsin, Joshua D., Naudé, Gideon P., Gilroy, Shawn P., and Reed, Derek D. (2023). Tobacco-free policy reduces combustible tobacco byproduct on a large university campus. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(1), 86-97. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jaba.967
Tucker, Raymond P., Powers, Jeff, Pardue-Bourgeois, Sarah, Oakey-Frost, Nicolas, Moscardini, Emma H., Gilroy, Shawn P., Capron, Daniel W., Bryan, Craig J., and Anestis, Michael D. (2023). Vehicle Firearm Storage: Prevalence and Correlates in a Sample of Male Firearm Owners. Archives of Suicide Research, 27(2), 479–493. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2021.2020698
Cites: 5
Works Published in 2022 (n = 8)
Gilroy, Shawn P. and Picardo, Rochelle (2022). Applications of operant demand to treatment selection III: Consumer behavior analysis of treatment choice. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 118(1), 46-58. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jeab.758
Gilroy, Shawn P., Strickland, Justin C., Naudé, Gideon P., Johnson, Matthew W., Amlung, Michael, and Reed, Derek D. (2022). Beyond Systematic and Unsystematic Responding: Latent Class Mixture Models to Characterize Response Patterns in Discounting Research. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16, 806944. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.806944
Gilroy, Shawn P. and Feck, Cassie C. (2022). Applications of operant demand to treatment selection II: Covariance of evidence strength and treatment consumption. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 117(2), 167-179. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jeab.735
Gilroy, Shawn P., Waits, Jodie A., and Kaplan, Brent A. (2022). Applications of operant demand to treatment selection I: Characterizing demand for evidence‐based practices. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 117(1), 20-35. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jeab.731
Gilroy, Shawn P. (2022). Hidden equivalence in the operant demand framework: A review and evaluation of multiple methods for evaluating nonconsumption. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 117(1), 105-119. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jeab.724
Ritchey, Carolyn M., Gilroy, Shawn P., Kuroda, Toshikazu, and Podlesnik, Christopher A. (2022). Assessing human performance during contingency changes and extinction tests in reversal-learning tasks. Learning & Behavior, 50(4), 494-508. https://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13420-022-00513-9
Cites: 5
Waits, Jodie A., Choi, Kwon, and Gilroy, Shawn P. (2022). A Systematic Review and Reflection on the Dimensions of Diversity Represented in Behavior Analytic Research. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 10(4), 643-659. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40489-022-00312-y
Leader, Geraldine, Dooley, Emma, Whelan, Sally, Gilroy, Shawn P., Chen, June L., Farren Barton, Autumn, Coyne, Rory, and Mannion, Arlene (2022). Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms, Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Sleep Problems, Challenging Behavior, Adaptive Behavior, and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 25(4), 217-228. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2021.1964005
Cites: 10
Works Published in 2021 (n = 7)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Waits, Jodie A., and Feck, Cassie (2021). Extending stimulus preference assessment with the operant demand framework. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(3), 1032-1044. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jaba.826
Has PreprintCites: 7
Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Schwartz, Lindsay P., Reed, Derek D., and Hursh, Steven R. (2021). A zero‐bounded model of operant demand. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 115(3), 729-746. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jeab.679
Gilroy, Shawn P., Tucker, Raymond P., Bauer, Brian W., and Patros, Connor H. G. (2021). Contemporary methods in delayed discounting: Applications for suicidology with simulation. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 51(1), 19-26. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12666
Has PreprintCites: 1
Lewis, Elizabeth M., Heimberg, Richard G., Gilroy, Shawn P., and Buckner, Julia D. (2021). The Impact of Brief Mindfulness Training on Postevent Processing Among Individuals With Clinically Elevated Social Anxiety. Behavior Therapy, 52(4), 785-796. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2020.10.002
Cites: 17
Leader, Geraldine, O’Reilly, Mairéad, Gilroy, Shawn P., Chen, June L., Ferrari, Chiara, and Mannion, Arlene (2021). Comorbid Feeding and Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Challenging Behavior, Sensory Issues, Adaptive Functioning and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 24(1), 35-44. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2020.1770354
Has PreprintCites: 36
Ritchey, Carolyn M., Mizutani, Yuto, Kuroda, Toshikazu, Gilroy, Shawn, and Podlesnik, Christopher A. (2021). Examining effects of training duration on humans' resurgence and variability using a novel touchscreen procedure. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 116(3), 344-358. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jeab.716
Has RepositoryCites: 7
Kaplan, Brent A., Franck, Christopher T., McKee, Kevin, Gilroy, Shawn P., and Koffarnus, Mikhail N. (2021). Applying Mixed-Effects Modeling to Behavioral Economic Demand: An Introduction. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 44(2-3), 333-358. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40614-021-00299-7
Has PreprintCites: 39
Works Published in 2020 (n = 6)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., and Reed, Derek D. (2020). Interpretation(s) of elasticity in operant demand. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 114(1), 106-115. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jeab.610
Gilroy, Shawn P. and Kaplan, Brent A. (2020). Modeling Treatment-Related Decision-Making Using Applied Behavioral Economics: Caregiver Perspectives in Temporally-Extended Behavioral Treatments. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48(5), 607-618. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00619-6
Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Bullock, Christopher E., and Waits, Jodie A. (2020). Current use and development of FOSS in Behavior Analysis: Modern Behavioral Engineering. Introduction to software development for behavior analysts, 2, 1–20.
Cites: 2
Kuroda, Toshikazu, Gilroy, Shawn P., Cançado, Carlos R.X., and Podlesnik, Christopher A. (2020). Effects of punishing target response during extinction on resurgence and renewal in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behavioural Processes, 178, 104191. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104191
Has PreprintCites: 22
Leader, Geraldine, Tuohy, Elaine, Chen, June L., Mannion, Arlene, and Gilroy, Shawn P. (2020). Feeding Problems, Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Challenging Behavior and Sensory Issues in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50(4), 1401-1410. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04357-7
Cites: 175
Hannula, Courtney, Jimenez-Gomez, Corina, Wu, Weizhi, Brewer, Adam T., Kodak, Tiffany, Gilroy, Shawn P., Hutsell, Blake A., Alsop, Brent, and Podlesnik, Christopher A. (2020). Quantifying errors of bias and discriminability in conditional-discrimination performance in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Learning and Motivation, 71, 101659. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lmot.2020.101659
Has PreprintCites: 7
Works Published in 2019 (n = 6)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Reed, Derek D., Hantula, Donald A., and Hursh, Steven R. (2019). An exact solution for unit elasticity in the exponential model of operant demand.. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 27(6), 588-597. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pha0000268
Gilroy, Shawn P., Ford, Haley L., Boyd, R. Justin, O’Connor, Julia T., and Kurtz, Patricia F. (2019). An Evaluation of Operant Behavioural Economics in Functional Communication Training for Severe Problem Behaviour. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 22(8), 553-564. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2019.1646342
Has PreprintCites: 12
Gilroy, Shawn P. and Kaplan, Brent A. (2019). Furthering Open Science in Behavior Analysis: An Introduction and Tutorial for Using GitHub in Research. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 42(3), 565-581. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40614-019-00202-5
Has PreprintCites: 41
Kirkpatrick, Bernadette, Gilroy, Shawn P., and Leader, Geraldine (2019). Qualitative study on parents’ perspectives of the familial impact of living with a child with autism spectrum disorder who experiences insomnia. Sleep Medicine, 62, 59-68. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2019.01.032
Cites: 25
Kaplan, Brent A., Gilroy, Shawn P., Reed, Derek D., Koffarnus, Mikhail N., and Hursh, Steven R. (2019). The R package beezdemand: Behavioral Economic Easy Demand. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 42(1), 163-180. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40614-018-00187-7
Mannion, Arlene, White, Keeley, Porter, Emily, Louw, Julia, Kirkpatrick, Bernadette, Gilroy, Shawn P., and Leader, Geraldine (2019). Psychosis. In: Matson, Johnny L. Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities. Springer International Publishing, Cham.
Cites: 1
Works Published in 2018 (n = 5)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Leader, Geraldine, and McCleery, Joseph P. (2018). A pilot community‐based randomized comparison of speech generating devices and the picture exchange communication system for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 11(12), 1701-1711. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2025
Has PreprintCites: 49
Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Reed, Derek D., Koffarnus, Mikhail N., and Hantula, Donald A. (2018). The Demand Curve Analyzer: Behavioral economic software for applied research. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 110(3), 553-568. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jeab.479
Gilroy, Shawn Patrick, Kaplan, Brent A., and Leader, Geraldine (2018). A Systematic Review of Applied Behavioral Economics in Assessments and Treatments for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 5(3), 247-259. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40489-018-0136-6
Has PreprintCites: 25
Gilroy, Shawn P. and Hantula, Donald A. (2018). Discounting model selection with area‐based measures: A case for numerical integration. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 109(2), 433-449. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jeab.318
Has PreprintCites: 39
Mathews, Therese L., Vatland, Christopher, Lugo, Ashley M., Koenig, Elizabeth A., and Gilroy, Shawn P. (2018). Training Peer Models to Promote Social Skills: Considerations for Practice. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 33(3), 160-170. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1088357617735814
Cites: 19
Works Published in 2017 (n = 2)
Gilroy, Shawn P., McCleery, Joseph P., and Leader, Geraldine (2017). Systematic Review of Methods for Teaching Social and Communicative Behavior with High-Tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication Modalities. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 4(4), 307-320. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40489-017-0115-3
Has PreprintCites: 38
Gilroy, Shawn P., Franck, Christopher T., and Hantula, Donald A. (2017). The discounting model selector: Statistical software for delay discounting applications. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 107(3), 388-401. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jeab.257
Has RepositoryCites: 46
Works Published in 2016 (n = 1)
Gilroy, Shawn P. and Hantula, Donald A. (2016). Inherently irrational? A computational model of escalation of commitment as Bayesian Updating. Behavioural Processes, 127, 43-51. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2016.02.017
Has RepositoryCites: 12
Works Published in 2015 (n = 1)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Lorah, Elizabeth R., Dodge, Jessica, and Fiorello, Catherine (2015). Establishing deictic repertoires in autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 19, 82-92. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2015.04.004
Cites: 52
Works Published in 2014 (n = 2)
Lorah, Elizabeth R., Gilroy, Shawn P., and Hineline, Philip N. (2014). Acquisition of peer manding and listener responding in young children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(2), 61-67. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2013.10.009
Cites: 30
Lorah, Elizabeth R., Crouser, Julie, Gilroy, Shawn P., Tincani, Matt, and Hantula, Donald (2014). Within Stimulus Prompting to Teach Symbol Discrimination Using an iPad® Speech Generating Device. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 26(3), 335-346. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10882-014-9369-1
Cites: 61
Works Published in 2013 (n = 1)
Lorah, Elizabeth R., Tincani, Matt, Dodge, Jessica, Gilroy, Shawn, Hickey, Anna, and Hantula, Donald (2013). Evaluating Picture Exchange and the iPad™ as a Speech Generating Device to Teach Communication to Young Children with Autism. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 25(6), 637-649. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10882-013-9337-1
Cites: 215
Works Published in 2012 (n = 1)
Wine, Byron, Gilroy, Shawn, and Hantula, Donald A. (2012). Temporal (In)Stability of Employee Preferences for Rewards. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 32(1), 58-64. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2012.646854
Cites: 48