Episode 32 - SLEEEEP!!! w/ Dr. Chunying (Sandy) Jin

Meet Your Podcast Guest

Dr. Chunying (Sandy) Jin, Ph.D. BCBA-D, currently teaches at the California State University, Northridge. She received her doctoral degree in Behavior Analysis from Western New England University, under the mentorship of Dr. Gregory Hanley, and has been applying the principles of learning to improve the lives of individuals for over ten years. Prior to her current post, she served as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Eastern Connecticut State University and co-directed the children’s sleep program at Western New England University. She received her B.S. and M.S. training in psychology with an emphasis in behavior analysis from the University of California, San Diego, and the California State University, Los Angeles, where she worked with Dr. Edmund Fantino and Dr. Hank Schlinger. She has published in areas such as the assessment and treatment of sleep problems in young children and function-based interventions for severe problem behavior associated with autism. Dr. Jin’s scholarly and clinical interests include sleep problems, behavioral medicine, behavioral pediatrics, child development, early life skills, sustainable behavior, and function-based interventions.