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Curriculum Vitae
Last updated: 5/1/2026
Doctor of Philosophy: School Psychology and Applied Behavior Analysis
Educational Specialist: School Psychology
Master of Arts: School Psychology
Advanced Graduate Study Program: Applied Behavior Analysis
Bachelor of Arts: Psychology
Munroe-Meyer Institute/University of Nebraska Medical Center
Cherry Hill Township Public Schools
Advoserv of New Jersey; Advoserv of Delaware
Assistant Professor
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Research Fellow
APA-Approved Post-Doctoral Fellow
Behavior Analyst, School Psychologist
Clinical Assessor and Evaluator
Behavior Analyst
Independent Consultant
Clinical Consultant, Instructional Coach, Staff Trainer
Assistant Professor
Lecturer, Practicum Supervisor
Lecturer
Clinical Supervisor
Teaching Assistant
Works Published in 2026 (n = 2)
Gilroy, Shawn P, Tincani, Matt, Podlesnik, Christopher A (2026). Recommendations and guidance for enhancing systematic reviews of single-case experimental design research. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 59(3). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.70064.
Gilroy, Shawn Patrick (2026). "Technology and Computer Programming in Behavior Analysis: Historical Trends and Guidance for Behavior Analysts." In Digital Technologies in Behavior Science (Routledge), pp. 3--16.
Works Published in 2025 (n = 6)
Gilroy, Shawn P, Rzeszutek, Mark J, Koffarnus, Mikhail N, Reed, Derek D, Hursh, Steven R (2025). Adaptive purchase tasks in the operant demand framework. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. DOI: 10.1037/pha0000757.
Gilroy, Shawn P, Tucker, Raymond P, Hill, Ryan M, Anestis, Michael D, Bryan, Craig J, Bauer, Brian W (2025). Conditions that increase the perceived likelihood of temporary restriction of firearm access: An investigation in male firearm owners. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 55(2). DOI: 10.1111/sltb.13149.
Gilroy, Shawn P, Ledford, Jennifer R, Elliott, Tyler-Curtis C, Ayres, Kevin M, McGill, Felicia (2025). Extending the Single Case Analysis and Review Framework (SCARF-UI): A review and discussion. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 58(4). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.70033.
Levins, Parker, Gilroy, Shawn P (2025). Extending token economy systems with the operant demand framework. Journal of Behavioral Education, 34(4). DOI: 10.1007/s10864-024-09556-6.
Waits, River A., Gilroy, Shawn P. (2025). Development and evaluation of a simultaneous bilingual communication intervention protocol for autistic children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 58(4). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.70038.
Gilroy, Shawn P (2025). "Practical applications of the Operant Demand Framework." In Handbook of Operant Behavioral Economics (Elsevier), pp. 131--147.
Works Published in 2024 (n = 2)
Tincani, Matt, Gilroy, Shawn P, Dowdy, Art (2024). Extensions of open science for applied behavior analysis: Preregistration for single-case experimental designs. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 57(4). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.2909.
McComas, Jennifer J., Jimenez-Gomez, Corina, Gilroy, Shawn P. (2024). "Practical applications of the Operant Demand Framework." In Behavior Analysis: Translational Perspectives and Clinical Practice (Guilford Publications), pp. 356--371.
Works Published in 2023 (n = 10)
Gelino, Brett W., Salzer, Allyson R., Harsin, Joshua D., Naude, Gideon P., Gilroy, Shawn P., Reed, Derek D. (2023). Tobacco-free policy reduces combustible tobacco byproduct on a large university campus. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(1). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.967.
Gilroy, Shawn P., McCleery, Joseph P., 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). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.989.
Gilroy, Shawn P., Hantula, Donald A. (2023). Exact solutions for area-based delay discounting analyses. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 31(4). DOI: 10.1037/pha0000638.
Gilroy, Shawn P. (2023). Interpretation(s) of essential value in operant demand. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 119(3). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.845.
Podlesnik, Christopher A., Ritchey, Carolyn M., Waits, Jo, 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). DOI: 10.1007/s40614-022-00361-y.
Traina, Ivan, Mannion, Arlene, Gilroy, Shawn P., Leader, Geraldine (2023). Systematic Review of Job Transition Programs Addressed to Youths With Intellectual Disability. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 29(2). DOI: 10.1177/14779714231170528.
Tucker, Raymond P., Powers, Jeff, Pardue-Bourgeois, Sarah, Oakey-Frost, Nicolas, Moscardini, Emma H., Gilroy, Shawn P., Capron, Daniel W., Bryan, Craig J., Anestis, Michael D. (2023). Vehicle Firearm Storage: Prevalence and Correlates in a Sample of Male Firearm Owners. Archives of Suicide Research, 27(2). DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2021.2020698.
Waits, Jodie A., Choi, Kwon, Gilroy, Shawn P. (2023). A Systematic Review and Reflection on the Dimensions of Diversity Represented in Behavior Analytic Research. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 10(4). DOI: 10.1007/s40489-022-00312-y.
Gilroy, Shawn P., Picardo, Rochelle, Feck, Cassie, Levins, Parker, Waits, Jo (2023). "School-Based Interventions for Students with Autism." In Matson, Johnny L. (Ed.), Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis for Children with Autism (Springer International Publishing), pp. 157--171. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-27587-6_8.
Kaplan, Brent A., Gilroy, Shawn P., DeHart, W. Brady, Brown, Jeremiah M., Koffarnus, Mikahil N. (2023). "Data handling: ethical principles, guidelines, and recommended practices." In Research Ethics in Behavior Analysis (Elsevier), pp. 191--214. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-90969-3.00006-2.
Works Published in 2022 (n = 6)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Waits, Jodie A., 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). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.731.
Gilroy, Shawn P., 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). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.735.
Gilroy, Shawn P., 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). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.758.
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). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.724.
Gilroy, Shawn P., Strickland, Justin C., Naude, Gideon P., Johnson, Matthew W., Amlung, Michael, 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. DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.806944.
Leader, Geraldine, Dooley, Emma, Whelan, Sally, Gilroy, Shawn P., Chen, June L., Farren Barton, Autumn, Coyne, Rory, 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). DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2021.1964005.
Works Published in 2021 (n = 7)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Tucker, Raymond P., Bauer, Brian W., Patros, Connor H. G. (2021). Contemporary methods in delayed discounting: Applications for suicidology with simulation. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 51(1). DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12666.
Gilroy, Shawn P., Waits, Jodie A., Feck, Cassie (2021). Extending stimulus preference assessment with the operant demand framework. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(3). DOI: 10.1002/jaba.826.
Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Schwartz, Lindsay P., Reed, Derek D., Hursh, Steven R. (2021). A zero-bounded model of operant demand. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 115(3). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.679.
Kaplan, Brent A., Franck, Christopher T., McKee, Kevin, Gilroy, Shawn P., Koffarnus, Mikhail N. (2021). Applying Mixed-Effects Modeling to Behavioral Economic Demand: An Introduction. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 44(2). DOI: 10.1007/s40614-021-00299-7.
Leader, Geraldine, O'Reilly, Mairead, Gilroy, Shawn P., Chen, June L., Ferrari, Chiara, Mannion, Arlene (2021). Co-morbid 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). DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2020.1770354.
Lewis, Elizabeth M., Heimberg, Richard G., Gilroy, Shawn P., Buckner, Julia D. (2021). The Impact of Brief Mindfulness Training on Post-event Processing Among Individuals With Clinically Elevated Social Anxiety. Behavior Therapy, 52(4). DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2020.10.002.
Ritchey, Carolyn M., Mizutani, Yuto, Kuroda, Toshikazu, Gilroy, Shawn, 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). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.716.
Works Published in 2020 (n = 6)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Reed, Derek D. (2020). Interpretation(s) of elasticity in operant demand. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 114(1). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.610.
Gilroy, Shawn P., 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). DOI: 10.1007/s10802-020-00619-6.
Hannula, Courtney, Jimenez-Gomez, Corina, Wu, Weizhi, Brewer, Adam T., Kodak, Tiffany, Gilroy, Shawn P., Hutsell, Blake A., Alsop, Brent, 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. DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2020.101659.
Kuroda, Toshikazu, Gilroy, Shawn P., Cancado, Carlos R.X., Podlesnik, Christopher A. (2020). Effects of punishing target response during extinction on resurgence and renewal in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behavioural Processes, 178. DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104191.
Leader, Geraldine, Tuohy, Elaine, Chen, June L., Mannion, Arlene, 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). DOI: 10.1007/s10803-019-04357-7.
Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Bullock, Christopher E., Waits, Jodie A. (2020). "Current use and development of FOSS in Behavior Analysis: Modern Behavioral Engineering.", pp. 1--20.
Works Published in 2019 (n = 6)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Ford, Haley L., Boyd, R. Justin, O'Connor, Julia T., Kurtz, Patricia F. (2019). An Evaluation of Operant Behavioural Economics in Functional Communication Training for Severe Problem Behaviour. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 22(8). DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2019.1646342.
Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Reed, Derek D., Hantula, Donald A., Hursh, Steven R. (2019). An exact solution for unit elasticity in the exponential model of operant demand.. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 27(6). DOI: 10.1037/pha0000268.
Gilroy, Shawn P., 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). DOI: 10.1007/s40614-019-00202-5.
Kaplan, Brent A., Gilroy, Shawn P., Reed, Derek D., Koffarnus, Mikhail N., Hursh, Steven R. (2019). The R package beezdemand: Behavioral Economic Easy Demand. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 42(1). DOI: 10.1007/s40614-018-00187-7.
Kirkpatrick, Bernadette, Gilroy, Shawn P., 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. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.01.032.
Mannion, Arlene, White, Keeley, Porter, Emily, Louw, Julia, Kirkpatrick, Bernadette, Gilroy, Shawn P., Leader, Geraldine (2019). "Psychosis." In Matson, Johnny L. (Ed.), Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities (Springer International Publishing), pp. 869--893. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-20843-1_46.
Works Published in 2018 (n = 5)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Kaplan, Brent A., Reed, Derek D., Koffarnus, Mikhail N., Hantula, Donald A. (2018). The Demand Curve Analyzer: Behavioral economic software for applied research. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 110(3). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.479.
Gilroy, Shawn P., 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). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.318.
Gilroy, Shawn P., Leader, Geraldine, 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). DOI: 10.1002/aur.2025.
Gilroy, Shawn Patrick, Kaplan, Brent A., 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). DOI: 10.1007/s40489-018-0136-6.
Mathews, Therese L., Vatland, Christopher, Lugo, Ashley M., Koenig, Elizabeth A., Gilroy, Shawn P. (2018). Training Peer Models to Promote Social Skills: Considerations for Practice. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 33(3). DOI: 10.1177/1088357617735814.
Works Published in 2017 (n = 2)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Franck, Christopher T., Hantula, Donald A. (2017). The discounting model selector: Statistical software for delay discounting applications. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 107(3). DOI: 10.1002/jeab.257.
Gilroy, Shawn P., McCleery, Joseph P., 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). DOI: 10.1007/s40489-017-0115-3.
Works Published in 2016 (n = 1)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Hantula, Donald A. (2016). Inherently irrational? A computational model of escalation of commitment as Bayesian Updating. Behavioural Processes, 127. DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2016.02.017.
Works Published in 2015 (n = 1)
Gilroy, Shawn P., Lorah, Elizabeth R., Dodge, Jessica, Fiorello, Catherine (2015). Establishing deictic repertoires in autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 19. DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2015.04.004.
Works Published in 2014 (n = 2)
Lorah, Elizabeth R., Gilroy, Shawn P., Hineline, Philip N. (2014). Acquisition of peer manding and listener responding in young children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(2). DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2013.10.009.
Lorah, Elizabeth R., Crouser, Julie, Gilroy, Shawn P., Tincani, Matt, Hantula, Donald (2014). Within Stimulus Prompting to Teach Symbol Discrimination Using an iPad Speech Generating Device. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 26(3). DOI: 10.1007/s10882-014-9369-1.
Works Published in 2013 (n = 1)
Lorah, Elizabeth R., Tincani, Matt, Dodge, Jessica, Gilroy, Shawn, Hickey, Anna, Hantula, Donald (2013). Evaluating Picture Exchange and the iPadTM as a Speech Generating Device to Teach Communication to Young Children with Autism. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 25(6). DOI: 10.1007/s10882-013-9337-1.
Works Published in 2012 (n = 1)
Wine, Byron, Gilroy, Shawn, Hantula, Donald A. (2012). Temporal (In)Stability of Employee Preferences for Rewards. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 32(1). DOI: 10.1080/01608061.2012.646854.