Dr. Odessa Luna is an assistant professor in the Department of Community Psychology Counseling, and Family Therapy at St. Cloud State University, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in applied behavior analysis. She has worked and conducted research in a variety of settings with vulnerable populations (public schools, a university clinic, foster homes, in-patient psychiatric hospital, and juvenile residential treatment facility).
One of her research interests includes how to train students, staff, parents, and teachers to implement practical procedures to decrease challenging behavior and increase appropriate behavior in less-than-optimal settings. Dr. Luna is also interested in behavior-analytic supervision, open educational resources in higher education, and culturally responsive and anti-racist teaching practices.
Dr. Luna loves spending time with her husband, son, and her dog. She also loves baking cookies and brownies and trying out new recipes, and she hopes to try her hand at gardening!
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Odessa Luna
Dr. Odessa Luna is an assistant professor in the Department of Community Psychology Counseling, and Family Therapy at St. Cloud State University, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in applied behavior analysis. She has worked and conducted research in a variety of settings with vulnerable populations (public schools, a university clinic, foster homes, in-patient psychiatric hospital, and juvenile residential treatment facility).
One of her research interests includes how to train students, staff, parents, and teachers to implement practical procedures to decrease challenging behavior and increase appropriate behavior in less-than-optimal settings. Dr. Luna is also interested in behavior-analytic supervision, open educational resources in higher education, and culturally responsive and anti-racist teaching practices.
Dr. Luna loves spending time with her husband, son, and her dog. She also loves baking cookies and brownies and trying out new recipes, and she hopes to try her hand at gardening!