Behavior Management Program Team

Melanie Bachmeyer-Lee, PhD, LP, BCBA-D
Director
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Dr. Bachmeyer is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and a licensed psychologist and board certified behavior analyst at the doctoral level. She earned a master's degree in educational psychology with an emphasis in applied behavior analysis from Georgia State University and a doctoral degree in school psychology from the University of Iowa. She completed a predoctoral internship in the pediatric feeding disorders and behavioral pediatrics clinics at the University of Iowa Children's Hospital and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research has been published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis in Practice, Behavioral Interventions, and Clinical Pediatrics. Dr. Bachmeyer is a past president of the North Carolina Association for Behavior Analysis and recipient of the Fred Keller Excellence in Behavior Analysis Award from the North Carolina Association for Behavior Analysis.

Ryan Blejewski, MA, LPA, BCBA
Program Coordinator
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Ryan is a part-time faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and a board certified behavior analyst. He earned a Master’s of Science in clinical psychology with an emphasis in applied behavior analysis from the University of North Carolina Wilmington under the supervision of Dr. Carole Van Camp. He completed an internship at Central Regional Hospital in Butner, North Carolina where he provided clinical services to individuals with various mental health disorders. He worked at the New England Center for Children in Massachusetts providing clinical services to children and adolescents with severe problem behavior.