Postdoctoral Fellow
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Shengtian Wu, PhD, BCBAShengtian Wu earned a bachelor’s degree in general psychology at Yanbian University in China in 2010. He earned a doctoral degree in school psychology at Mississippi State University in August 2019. He earned BCBA during graduate study. He provided Applied Behavior Analysis services to children with and without disabilities in public schools, alternative schools, and clinic settings. The services included behavioral assessments and interventions, parent training, teacher consultations, Positive Behavior Support at schools, and academic assessments and interventions. Shengtian will provide around 8 hours’ BCBA supervision to eight master’s students per year across behavioral and mental health programs grant funded through the University of Utah School Psychology program.
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Feeding Clinic Coordinator
Lauren Perez, MEd, BCBALauren Perez earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona in 2016. She earned her Master’s in Education in Educational Psychology at the University of Utah in 2017, and is currently working on her doctoral degree in educational psychology at the University of Utah. She also earned her BCBA during graduate study and supervises graduate students as well as Registered Behavioral Technicians (RBTs) across Utah. Lauren has provided behavior analytic services to individuals in public and specialized schools, as well as in various clinical settings. She is currently working as a school psychologist intern in Canyons School District and is the Coordinator of the UNI Neurobehavior HOME Program’s Interdisciplinary Feeding Clinic. In addition to her academic and professional endeavors, Lauren enjoys engaging students in the school psychology and behavior analytic community and is the U of U student representative for the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and the Utah Association for Behavior Analysis (UtABA). Her research interests include behavior analytic intervention and analysis, Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS), as well as teacher and parent training. In her free time, Lauren enjoys taking her Springer spaniel on adventures in the mountains.
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Training and Development Specialist
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Christina Hesley, MEdChristina Hesley earned a bachelor’s degree in Special Education with an emphasis in mild moderate disabilities at the University of Utah in 2004. During her undergraduate career, she worked as a special education teacher for 14 years in a variety of school and clinical settings K-12. She earned a master's degree in Applied Behavior Analysis at the University of Kentucky in May 2019. She has provided teacher trainings in public, private, and charter school settings in the area of PBIS, behavior, and academic interventions. Christina has also worked in a clinical setting providing parent training and conducting functional assessments. Her master's thesis was a single case research study targeting decreasing food selectivity in children in a preschool setting. Christina is currently one of the leadership staff members on the Behavior Response Support Team (BRST) providing services across six schools in Granite School District
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Lab Coordinator
Cara Duchene, JD
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Cara Duchene has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a JD from Brigham Young University and is a certified mediator in the state of Utah. Most recently she worked for the American Psychological Association in Washington, DC in their Education Government Relations Department and is now pursuing a Master's in Education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She currently works as an estate-planning attorney, freelance photographer, teaching assistant, coordinator for the Mountain Plains Prevention Technology Transfer Center, and as the Administrative Lab Coordinator for the UTTEC Lab, in addition to accruing hours working towards her licensure as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor.
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