Howard P. Wills


Howard Wills
  • Senior Scientist, Juniper Gardens Children's Project
  • Professor, Department of Educational Psychology

Contact Info

913-321-3143 ext. 2618
Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Suite 300
444 Minnesota Ave
Kansas City, KS 66101-2942

Biography

Dr. Howard Wills is a Senior Scientist at Juniper Gardens Children’s Project (JGCP) and a Professor in the Educational Psychology Department at the University of Kansas (KU). He received his doctoral training at KU and also has an M.B.A. from KU. His current research interests include evidence-based academic and behavioral interventions for students with challenging behavior. He also develops and evaluates classroom engagement interventions and technology based self-monitoring to support children and adults with disabilities. Over 25 years at JGCP, Dr. Wills has been fortunate to have been Principal or Co-Principal Investigator for over $79 million in competitive external grant funding. This work has been carried out with colleagues across the country and has been widely published. Among his current projects, Dr. Wills is leading work to scale up the classroom engagement intervention of CW-FIT.

Education

Ph.D. in Developmental and Child Psychology, Human Development and Family Life, The University of Kansas, 2002
MBA, The University of Kansas, 2006
B.S. in Psychology, Baker University, 1995

Research

Research Interests

  • Evidence-based academic and behavioral interventions for students with challenging behavior.
  • Development and evaluation of multi-tiered systems of support and classroom management interventions.
  • Technology based self-monitoring to support children and adults with disabilities. 
  • Community-engaged research utilizing single-case and randomized control group designs

Selected Publications