Associate Professor
Department of Child and Family Studies
College of Behavioral and Community Sciences
kcrosland@usf.edu | 813.974.5023
Kimberly Crosland received her Ph.D. in Developmental and Child Psychology from the University of Kansas in 2002. She is currently a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and an Assistant Professor in the Applied Behavior Analysis Master's Program in the Department of Child and Family Studies at the University of South Florida. Dr. Crosland was the research director for the Behavior Analysis Services Program (BASP) from 2006 thru 2008 which was a statewide behavior analytic initiative to provide training and technical support for children and families in foster care. Prior to coming to USF, Dr. Crosland was a clinician at the Kennedy Krieger Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital where she provided treatment evaluations for young children with autism and other developmental disabilities who were displaying challenging behaviors. She is currently the Principal Investigator for a federally funded grant to develop a function-based assessment and intervention model for decreasing runaway behavior and improving educational outcomes of youth in foster care. Dr. Crosland's professional interests are in the area of behavioral assessment, research design, child welfare interventions, autism, and developmental disabilities.