Dr. C. Renee Renda, Ph.D., BCBA

Assistant Professor
 215 Ayers Hall
(256) 782-8125
crrenda@jsu.edu 

Dr. Renda is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and has provided clinical services to individuals with special needs. She serves as a supervisor for students seeking certification through the Behavior Analysis Certification Board and is interested in methods that promote high-quality supervision and training. Broadly, her research interests span the experimental analysis of behavior and applied behavior analysis. Much of her research has examined environmental variables that influence self-control and impulsive choice (delay discounting) using nonhuman models. Dr. Renda is currently studying behavior-analytic teaching strategies designed to improve academic performance in university students.

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Courses Taught

  • PSY 201 Principles of Psychology
  • PSY 220 Principles of Behavior Analysis
  • PSY 221 Behavior Analysis Lab
  • PSY 460/461 Instructional Practicum
  • PSY 508 Personnel Supervision and Management
  • PSY 521 Functional Assessment
  • PSY 530 Single-Subject Research Methods
  • PSY 599 Thesis

Academic/Research Interests

  • Self-control and impulsivity (delay discounting)
  • Behavior-analytic teaching strategies

Other Responsibilities

  • Faculty Advisor for the Behavior Analysis Club (BAC)
  • BCBA Supervisor
  • Codirector of Behavior Analytic Rodent Research (BARR) Lab

Education

  • Ph.D., Utah State University, Experimental and Applied Psychological Sciences, 2018
  • M.S., Jacksonville State University, Psychology, 2011
  • B.S., Jacksonville State University, Psychology, 2009
  • Board Certified Behavior Analyst, 2020

Publications and Presentations

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Olsen, L. H., & Renda, C. R. (2024). Stacking the Deck in the Learner’s Favor: Behavioral Skills Training Improves SAFMEDS Implementation [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Psychology, Jacksonville State University.

  • Renda, C. R., Rung, J. M., Peck, S., & Madden, G. J. (2021). Reducing Impulsive Choice VII: Effects of Duration of Delay-Exposure Training. Animal Cognition, 24, 11–21.

  • Renda, C. R., Rung, J. M., Hinnenkamp, J. E., Lenzini, S. L., & Madden, G. J. (2018). Impulsive choice and pre-exposure to delays: IV. Effects of delay- and immediacy-exposure training relative to maturational changes in impulsivity. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 109, 587–599.

  • Renda, C. R. & Madden, G. J. (2016). Impulsive choice and pre-exposure to delays: III. Four-month test-retest outcomes in male Wistar rats. Behavioral Processes, 126, 108–112.

  • Stein, J. S., Renda, C. R., Barker, S. M., Liston, K. J., Shahan, T. A., & Madden, G. J. (2015). Impulsive choice predicts anxiety-like behavior, but not alcohol or sucrose consumption, in male Long-Evans rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 39, 932–940.

  • Renda, C. R., Stein, J. S., & Madden, G. J. (2015). Working-memory training: Effects on delay discounting in male Long-Evans rats. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 103, 50–61.

  • Stein, J. S., Renda, C. R., Hinnenkamp, J. E., & Madden, G. J. (2015). Impulsive choice, alcohol consumption, and pre-exposure to delayed reward: II. Potential mechanisms. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 103, 33–49.

  • Craig, A. R., Maxfield, A. D., Stein, J. S., Renda, C. R., & Madden, G. J. (2014). Do the adjusting-delay and increasing-delay tasks measure the same construct-delay discounting? Behavioural Pharmacology, 25, 306–315.

  • Renda, C. R., Stein, J. S., & Madden, G. J. (2014). Impulsive choice predicts poor working memory in male rats. PloS One, 9(4), e93263.

  • Stein, J. S., Johnson, P. S., Renda, C. R., Smits, R. R., Liston, K. J., Shahan, T. A., & Madden, G. J. (2013). Early and prolonged exposure to reward delay: Effects on impulsive choice and alcohol self-administration in male rats. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 21, 172–180.

  • McKerchar, T. L., & Renda, C. R. (2012). Delay and probability discounting in humans: An overview. The Psychological Record, 62, 817–834.

Recent Presentations and Posters

  • Renda, C. R. (November 2023). How to stack the deck in the learner’s favor. Paper presented at Faculty Commons Research Symposium, Jacksonville, AL.
  • Olsen, L. H., & Renda, C. R. (October 2023). Stacking the deck in the learner’s favor: Behavioral skills training improves SAFMEDS implementation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Alabama Association for Behavior Analysis, Birmingham, AL.
  • Renda, C. R. (August 2023). Seek, find, and teach: Strategies for navigating the scholarly literature. Invited presentation for the Utah Association for Behavior Analysis, Orem, UT.
  • Renda, C. R. (September 2021). Lost in translation: Incorporating research literature into supervisory practices. Invited presentation for continuing education credits at the Semi-Annual Mini Conference for the Neurobehavioral Center for Growth, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • Renda, C. R. (June 2021). Writing effective progress updates for behavior support plans. Presentation for continuing education credits at Utah Behavior Services, Brigham City, UT.