Anna Linnehan
Profile
Dr. Linnehan began her career as a professional chemist and has a passion for improving the lives of others through science. Her research utilizes a behavioral contingency analytic account of emotions, paired with instructional design to teach emotional concepts to develop programs to help individuals identify and problem solve their own emotions and emotional behavior.
Education
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
B.A.
Chemistry
1999
Endicott College
M.Ed.
Autism and Applied Behavior Analysis
2017
Endicott College
Ph.D.
Applied Behavior Analysis
2022
Research
Dr. Linnehan`s clinical and research interests center on teaching emotions, using concept analysis to define important and socially significant terms, the application of nonlinear contingency analysis to a variety of presenting challenges, using AI in novel ways, and disseminating strategies to use in serving the neurodivergent community.
Courses
Graduate:
ABA510 Conceptual Issues in Applied Behavior Analysis
ABA512 Verbal Behavior
ABA554 Behavior Change Procedures
ABA585 Thesis I: Thesis Proposal and Development
ABA572 Thesis II: Investigation and Report Writing
ABA698 Thesis III: Presentation and Defense
ABA699 Comprehensive Review
Undergraduate:
ABA100: Basic Principles of ABA
Accomplishments
Awards
- 2022. Endicott College Conceptual Excellence Award
Publications
- Layng, T. V. J. & Linnehan, A. L. (2023) Some factors underlying children’s relational responding: The role of the intradimensional and interdimensional abstract tact and autoclitic frame. Perspectives on Behavior Science.
- Layng, T. V. J., & Linnehan, A. L. (2023). Decisions and judgements in ambiguous situations: A conceptual introduction to signal detection theory. Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
- Linnehan, A. M., Abdel-Jalil, A., Klick, S., Amey, J., Yeich, R., & Hetzel, K. (2023). Foundations of Preemptive Compassion: A Behavioral Concept Analysis of Compulsion, Consent, and Assent. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 1-8.