Hugo Curiel

Dr. Hugo Curiel is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Western Michigan University. He earned his B.A. and M.A. from California State University, Fresno. He then earned his Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis from Western Michigan University. Dr. Curiel is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. His initial practitioner training was primarily in the area of early intervention for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental/intellectual disabilities. He has worked with families in various environmental settings (e.g., home, clinic), and his Spanish/English bilingualism has allowed him to work with families of diverse cultural backgrounds. His primary area of research lies within the area of stimulus preference assessments and reinforcer assessments. Currently, his focus is on integrating technology with well-established stimulus preference and reinforcer assessment procedures. Dr. Curiel is also interested in assessing (a) diversity of authorship and editorial participation in behavior-analytic journals and (b) evaluating efficient skill acquisition procedures (e.g., matrix training). Though these are his current areas of interest, he is open to other areas of behavior-analytic research.

Dr. Curiel will be considering graduate applications for fall 2025.

Peer-Reviewed Publications 

Curiel, E. S. L., & Curiel, H. (2024). Videos as reinforcers for preschoolers with autism. Behavioral Interventions. Advanced online. https://doi.org/10.100023334 

Li, A., Curiel, H., & *Cardoso Sao Mateus, C. (2024). Participation of Latina women as authors in behavior analytic research [Special Issue]. Behavior Analysis in Practice. Advanced online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-024-00951-z

Curiel, H., Curiel, E. S. L., *Ryan, J., *Rotta, K., Roca, A., & Poling, A. (2024). Geographic affiliation and collaborative research in the Mexican, European, and Brazilian journal of behavior analysis. European Journal of Behavior Analysis. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15021149.2024.2324509 

Curiel, H., Curiel, E. S. L., *Villanueva, S., *Ayala, C.E. G., & *Cadigan, A. S. (2024). Multiple-stimulus-without-replacement preference assessment tool and its predictive validity. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 57(1), 226–235. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.1037

Curiel, H., & Curiel, E. S. L. (2023). International publication trends in basic, applied, and conceptual behavior-analytic journals. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(3), 618–622. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.991

Curiel, E. S. L., Kranak, M. P., Fielding, C., Curiel, H., & Miller, M. (2022). Behavior analysis in college classrooms: A scoping review. Behavioral Interventions, 38(1), 219-254. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.1910

Curiel, H., Curiel, E. S. L., & Poling, A. (2022). European Journal of Behavior Analysis: Women, men, and authorship. European Journal of Behavior Analysis. Advance online. https://doi.org/10.1080/15021149.2022.2077058 

Rotta, K., Li, A., Curiel, E. S. L., Curiel, H., & Poling, A. (2022). Women in behavior analysis: A review of the literature. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15(2), 592–607. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00642-z

Curiel, H. (2022). Authors, editors, and gender in the Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology: An update. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 30(6), 997–1000. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha00004999 

 Curiel, H., Curiel, E. S. L., Rizzi, G., & Poling, A. (2021). Gender of authors in the Brazilian Journal of Behavior Analysis. Brazilian Journal of Behavior Analysis, 17(2), 264–271. https://doi.org/10.18542/rebac.v17i2.11695

Curiel, E. S. L., & Curiel, H. (2021). Teaching receptive money identification using matrix training: A preliminary investigation. Behavioral Interventions, 36(3), 572–582. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.1794

Li, A., Curiel, H., & Poling, A. (2021). Citations of Murray Sidman’s work in JEAB: Evidence of a long and large contribution [Special issue]. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 115(1), 31–35. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.634

Curiel, H., Curiel, E. S. L., & Poling, A. (2021). Systematic identification of video preferences and reinforcers in children with autism. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000203

Curiel, H., Curiel, E. S. L., & *Cadign, A. S. (2020). Video preferences and their reinforcing effects. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 20(4), 267–274. https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000202

Curiel, H., Curiel, E. S. L., Roca, A. & Poling, A. (2020). Gender of Mexican journal of behavior analysis authors: Changes over time. Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis, 46(1), 96–108. https://doi.org/10.5514/rmac.v46.i1.76956 

Curiel, H., Curiel, E. S. L., *Adame, A., & Li, A. (2020). Multiple-stimulus-without-replacement preference assessment tool. Behavioral Interventions, 35(4), 680–690. https://doi.org/10.1002/BIN.1732

Curiel, E. S. L., Curiel, H., & Li, A. (2020). Generative time telling in adults with autism and other developmental disabilities: A matrix training approach. Behavioral Interventions, 35(2), 295–305. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.1714

Mahoney, A., Li, A., Curiel, H., Plattner, C., & Poling, A. (2019). Self- and cross-citations in the journal of applied behavior analysis and the journal of experimental analysis of behavior: 2004–2017. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52(4), 1130–1139. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.585

Curiel, H., & Poling, A. (2019). Web-based stimulus preference assessment and reinforcer