Kozue Matsuda
Bio:
Dr. Kozue Matsuda, BCBA-D, LBA is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst at the doctoral level and has been teaching online since 2014. She has more than 20 years of experience and expertise working with autism, behavior disorders, early intervention, special education, and positive behavior supports. Dr. Matsuda has been the CEO of Children•Center Inc., an ABA agency in Tokyo, Japan, since 2008, providing services to international and Japanese families through Japanese RBTs and BCBAs. She has also provided school-based behavior analytic services in Japanese local and international schools, including for assignments from the Metropolitan Tokyo government, since 2016. Dr. Matsuda teaches behavior analysis as a faculty member for VCS courses in Japan. In 2021 she joined Pepperdine University as an adjunct professor.
In New York, Dr. Matsuda currently serves as a member of the New York State Association for Behavior Analysis Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and is a full member of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. Her current research interests focus on applications of functional analysis methodology, remote clinical supervision, classwide interventions, cultural competency in behavior analysis, online teaching and professional development, acceptance and commitment training, and diversity (racism).
Abstract:
Chapter 36: RACISM
Applying Behavior Analysis to Dismantle Racism: From Ideas to Action
Our world faces an entrenched problem of prejudicial behaviors called racism. Despite ongoing efforts of advocacy and resistance, racism has persisted across generations and cultures. The chapter proposes ways that behavior analysts can learn about racism from a behavioral perspective, extend experimental analyses of prejudice, and intervene to reduce racism in varied settings. We aim to describe both traditional behavior-analytic and functional contextualist accounts of racism and summarize the limited related empirical and applied research. The review suggests combining traditional behavior-analytic methods with acceptance and commitment training techniques may attenuate racism more effectively.
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