Foundational Coursework | Biweekly Learning Series
9 Sessions | 4 Months
About the Series
Black Behavior Analysis exists because Black people have always had to understand behavior within and outside of oppressive systems. Long before behavior analysis became formalized as a discipline, Black communities were engaged in behavioral study as a matter of survival. We analyzed the behavior of enslavers, slave patrols, police, educators, and state actors. We anticipated threats during the Civil Rights Movement, refined collective strategies to resist, and studied our own behavior exemplified by Harriet Tubman and others whose decisions required behavioral precision.
This learning series engages seminal, published works by Black Behavior scholars and elders to critically examine how behavior analysis and have intersected with Black communities.
We will explore behavior analysis as:
A site of harm
A method of survival
A potential framework for liberation
Each session will overview one topic and complete a deep dive into the article.
Course Topics
What’s Your Praxis? Finding Liberation With and in Behavior Analysis
Radical Black Behaviorism
Is Behavior Therapy a Threat to Black Clients?
Learned Helplessness
Medical Distrust in Black Communities
Assessment of Social Skills: A Black Perspective
Treatment of Social Skills: A Black Perspective
Academic Improvement Through Behavioral Interventions
Behavior Modification and Black Communities
Each topic engages peer-reviewed scholarship and historically grounded critique while examining applied implications for contemporary practice.
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