Baffa joins Georgia Southern from Utah Valley University where she served as a lecturer of autism studies. Prior to teaching in higher education, she founded Integrated Behavior and Educational Services and Training (2006-2014), an in-home and school site applied behavior analysis program development and delivery service for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She earned a doctorate in autism and intellectual disabilities from Teachers College at Columbia University. Her research interests include the impact of student engaged research on retention rates, cultural implementation of behavioral supports, enhanced goal setting and self-advocacy among college students with ASD and impact of Autism on sibling and marital relations.