Biography

Art Dowdy, PhD, BCBA-D is a faculty member at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he teaches in both the Applied Behavior Analysis and Special Education programs. He is the Principal Investigator of Project IMPACT-Autism: Internet-Based Model for Paraeducators to Augment Comprehensive Treatment for Autistic Learners, a federally funded research grant supported by the U.S. Department of Defense. Dowdy, a first-generation college graduate, has been fortunate to experience the professions of special education and applied behavior analysis both as a practitioner and researcher. Prior to his current appointment, Dowdy was a clinical Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D), implementing behavioral interventions for children with severe challenging behaviors. He has developed positive behavior intervention plans across school, home, and community settings to address challenging behavior and teach adaptive skills. Dowdy has also spent years as a certified special education teacher. He has presented meta-analytic and single-case experimental design research at both national and international conferences. Positioned at the intersection of special education and applied behavior analysis, Dowdy’s research has been published in Autism, Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis in Practice, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, and Perspectives on Behavior Science, among others. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Remedial and Special Education, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis in Practice, and Child and Family Behavior Therapy. Dowdy is currently accepting potential advisees interested in pursuing their master’s or PhD degrees and can be contacted at dowdy@temple.edu.