Jennifer Fritz, Ph.D.

Biography

Jennifer Fritz, Ph.D.,  is an associate professor in the Department of Clinical, Health and Applied Sciences, where she teaches courses in behavior analysis and is coordinator of the undergraduate certificate program in behavior analysis.

Dr. Fritz also serves as Director of the Severe Behavior Disorders Research Clinic at UHCL's Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities and of the Behavior Analysis Program at Texas Children's Hospital's Autism Center where graduate and undergraduate students learn valuable clinical skills in the assessment and treatment of behavior disorders. She also directs the Functional Analysis and Intervention Research Lab in which graduate students conduct and discuss research related to behavior disorders.

Dr. Fritz serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, is the Secretary of the Behavior Analysis Public Policy Group – Texas, and is the Program Chair for the Professional Track of the Texas Association for Behavior Analysis annual conference. In the past, she has served as President of TxABA, as Program Chair of the Autism Track for the TxABA annual conference, and as co-chair of the Autism Track for the Association for Behavior Analysis International.