Keith D. Allen, PhD, BCBA-D
Director, Munroe-Meyer Institute Academic Affairs
Professor, MMI Department of Psychology
Licensed Psychologist
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Keith D. Allen, PhD, BCBA-D, is a professor of psychology and the director of academic affairs at the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation and at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He received a master's degree in applied behavior analysis from Western Michigan University, completed his doctorate in child clinical psychology from West Virginia University and did his residency at University of Mississippi Medical Center. His research and clinical interests include behavioral parent training, pain and stress-related disorders in children, and management of everyday common childhood behavioral issues in school, home and primary care settings.
Allen is co-director of the Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology, one of the largest internship consortiums in the country. He has published over 100 scientific papers and chapters on interventions with children with behavioral health concerns and he has published a book on the science and practice of parent training, published by American Psychological Association. He has been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Education and has been recognized as both a Distinguished Researcher and as an Outstanding Teacher of the Year at UNMC.
- Residency: University of Mississippi Medical Center.
- PhD: West Virginia University, 1987.
- MS: Western Michigan University, 1983.
- BA: College of Wooster, 1980.
Specialty Certifications
- Doctoral: Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
Dr. Allen provides patient care services in the Department of Psychology at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Clinic Location: Munroe-Meyer Institute
Allen’s research interests include applications of antecedent interventions to improve treatment adherence of parents of children with developmental disabilities.
- Lill, J. D., Shriver, M. D., & Allen, K. D. (2021). Stimulus Preference Assessment Decision-Making System (SPADS): A decision-making model for practitioners. Behavior Analysis in Practice.
- Kupzyk, S. & Allen, K.D. (2019). A review of strategies to increase comfort and compliance with medical/dental routines in persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. https://rdcu.be/bf1P6
- Behavioral pediatrics.
- Basic principles in applied behavior analysis.
- Single case experimental designs.
- Applied behavior analysis.
- Behavioral pediatrics.
- Developmental disabilities.
- Stress related disorders.
- Pain management.
- Parent training.
- American Psychological Association (full member); Division of Clinical Psychology (Division 12).
- Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.
- Association for Behavior Analysis.
- Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.
- Nebraska Psychological Association.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450
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