She teaches in the graduate programs in special education and is a faculty advisor for the graduate programs in Behavior Disorders and Autism. Courses she is typically responsible for include Advanced Behavior Management, Advanced Studies in Applied Behavior Analysis, Advanced Studies in Behavior Disorders, as well as several courses in the Autism program. Dr. Stichter's research interests center around the prevention of challenging behavior and concomitant increase in prosocial behavior through identification and modification of setting factors within educational and community contexts. Areas of specialization include: autism, behavioral disorders, social competence, functional and structual analysis as well as applied behavior analysis.