Rachelle Yankelevitz, PhD

Rachelle Yankelevitz is a BCBA-D (Board-Certified Behavior Analyst – Doctoral) and experimental psychologist. In the YELO lab (Yankelevitz Experimental Learning Opportunities lab), recent work has focused on human-animal interactions such as teaching children safety skills around dogs, and what dogs understand about human faces.

Other recent projects center on human decision-making processes from both basic and applied perspectives, using behavioral economics to understand risk-taking and impulsivity. Her teaching interests include learning, basic and applied behavior analysis, comparative psychology, behavioral economics, and statistics & research methods.

Education

Post Doctoral Fellow, Oregon Health & Science University, 2009-2011
Ph.D. University of Florida, 2009
M.S. University of Florida, 2006
B.S. University of Florida, Psychology, 1999
B.S. University of Florida, Business Administration, 1999

Areas of Specialization: Applied behavior analysis, basic behavior analysis, experimental psychology, behavioral economics, learning, statistics, animal behavior, and human-animal interactions.