Dr. Candace Schell is an Associate Professor of Special Education and a Doctoral level Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She obtained her undergraduate and graduate degrees in special education from Missouri State University with her undergraduate studies focusing on mild/moderate cross-categorical special education, and graduate studies specializing in severe developmental disabilities and autism. After six years working in special education in the public schools, she left Missouri to obtain her Ph.D. in special education with a focus in applied behavior analysis, positive behavioral interventions and supports, and emotional and behavioral disorders from the University of Arizona. Dr. Schell's research centers on the effect of function-based interventions on student behavior to support positive social and academic outcomes for students with, and at-risk for, emotional and behavioral disorders, with particular interest in fidelity of implementation of these intervention approaches.