Pronouns

he/him/his

Educational History

Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

M.A. in Developmental Psychology, George Mason University

B.S. in Psychology, Virginia Tech

Professional Highlights

• Academic Leadership: Serves as Program Director and Assistant Professor at Shenandoah University (2024–Present). Previously held leadership roles at The Chicago School, including Program Chair (2023–2024) and Interim Department Chair (2022–2023).
• Distance Learning Innovation: Secured four competitive Comprehensive Programs Addressing Distance Learning Educational Strategies Grants (2019–2023) totaling $11,443 to develop e-learning systems, programmed instruction, and artificial intelligence software integrations.
• Clinical Supervision & Administration: Over a decade of clinical experience, including roles as a Behavior Specialist at The Ivymount School and Interim Regional Manager at Matthew’s Center, where he directed 1:1 staff and provided certified supervision for BCBA candidates.
• Institutional Service: Active contributor to university governance, serving on the Institutional Review Board (IRB) across multiple institutions (2018–Present) and the College of Arts and Sciences Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (IDE) Committee at Shenandoah University.

Research

• Jeudy, D., Andrews, M., Mittleman, C., & Beck, C. (2025). Changing the narrative: A contextual behavioral science approach to colorism. Journal of Colorism Studies, 6(1), 1-27.
• Mittelman C. (2022). Creating responsive asynchronous instructional sequences using PowerPoint for Microsoft 365®. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16(1), 1-22.
• Levy, S., Siebold, A., Vaidya, J., Truchon, M., Dettmering, J., & Mittelman, C. (2021). A look in the mirror: How the field of behavior analysis can become anti-racist. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 1-14.
• Levy, S., Dettmering, J., Vaidya, J., Siebold, A., Mittelman, C., & Garner, J. (2019). Addressing social and global issues: Viewing the Syrian refugee crisis through a behavior analytic lens. Behavior and Social Issues, 28, 77-98.

Fields of Expertise

• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA): Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D), Certification # 1-11-7982.
• Instructional Design & E-Learning: Expertise in programmed instruction, Precision Teaching, SAFMEDS, and asynchronous course sequencing.
• Verbal Behavior & Fluency Training: Extensive coursework and research deployment focused on behavioral taxonomy, verbal conditioning, and skill acquisition.
• Socially Responsive Behavior Analysis: Conceptual application of behavior analytics to anti-racism, colorism, and community-level social systems.
• Clinical Supervision & Crisis Intervention: Experienced in parent training, educational consultation, and designing/monitoring functional behavioral assessments and Individualized Education Plans (IEPs).