Chengan Yuan PhD

Dr. Chengan Yuan is an assistant professor in special education and applied behavior analysis at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. His current research interests focus on improving treatment outcomes of early behavioral intervention for children with autism and related developmental disabilities through examining effective, efficient, and socially valid instructional strategies.

Dr. Yuan is also a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D) and has extensive experience in the international practice of behavior analysis. He has worked and conducted research with children too young adults with autism and developmental disabilities in New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, China, and the United States. He continues to collaborate and consult with international colleagues on research and clinical practice. In addition, Dr. Yuan taught behavior analysis courses at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He was also involved in developing and teaching the first online BCaBA course sequence for practitioners in China while he was studying at the University of Iowa.