Rate My Professor Kayla Bates-Brantley

Dr. Kayla Bates-Brantley serves as Associate Professor and School Psychology Program Coordinator at Mississippi State University in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Foundations. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Mississippi State University in 2013, graduating Magna Cum Laude, followed by a Master of Arts in Psychology in 2017 and a Doctor of Philosophy in School Psychology in 2019, both from the University of Southern Mississippi. Her graduate work included a pre-doctoral internship at the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2018-2019 and a post-doctoral fellowship at Will’s Way LLC in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, starting in 2019. She joined Mississippi State University as Assistant Professor in 2020, advancing to Associate Professor.

Dr. Bates-Brantley specializes in single-subject research designs in education, academic interventions, behavioral consultation in schools, early interventions for autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities, parent training via applied behavior analysis, and improving rural behavioral health access for youth. She holds licenses as a Psychologist in Mississippi, Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral, Nationally Certified School Psychologist, and Mississippi state certifications. Her scholarly contributions include peer-reviewed publications such as "The Classroom Password: A Class-Wide Intervention to Increase Academic Engagement" (Dart et al., 2016, Psychology in the Schools), "Utilizing Text-Generative AI for Creating Oral Reading Fluency Probes" (Sidwell et al., 2024, Intervention in School and Clinic), "Generalization and Maintenance of Caregivers' Effective Instruction Delivery Following Group Behavioral Skills Training" (LaBrot et al., 2022, Behavioral Interventions), "Single-Case Design Emphasis in APA-Accredited School Psychology Programs" (Sidwell et al., 2024), and "Teaching Future Teachers to Conduct Trial-Based Functional Analyses Using Video Modeling and Video Feedback" (Sorrell et al., 2025, Behavioral Interventions). She has secured over $2.8 million in grants for school psychology initiatives. Recognized with the Emerging Leader Award from the Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs in 2023 and selected as a 2025 Editorial Fellow for School Psychology Review, Dr. Bates-Brantley actively participates in professional organizations including APA Division 16, ABA International, NASP, and Trainers of School Psychologists. She teaches graduate courses on assessment, intervention, and research designs.