Autism Research Faculty – Autism Spectrum and Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Group

The Graduate Training Initiative has compiled this comprehensive database of faculty who provide doctoral-level training in autism assessment and intervention. It is our hope that this database will be a unique and useful resource for prospective graduate students who are interested in pursuing doctoral training with a clinical and/or research focus in autism and/or developmental disabilities.

Each faculty member’s name is linked to their department or lab website, where you can find additional information.

If you would like to find out if a faculty member is taking students, or have any questions for a specific faculty member, please contact that faculty member directly.

If you have any edits or suggestions for the database below, please contact the ASDD SIG at [email protected].

Researcher	Institution	State	Department	Are you able serve as a faculty advisor for graduate students?	Degree Program (if applicable)
Michael Allesandri	University of Miami	FL	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Natacha Akshoomoff	SDSU/UCSD JDP	CA	Psychiatry	No	N/A
Vanessa Bal	Rutgers University	NJ	Applied Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD; Clinical Psychology – PsyD; Applied Psychology – Masters
Marianne Barton	University of Connecticut	CT	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Karen Bearss	University of Washington	WA	Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	No	N/A
Loisa Bennetto	University of Rochester	NY	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
David Beversdorf	University of Missouri	MO	Psychology	Yes	Neuroscience – PhD
Lauren Bishop-Fitzpatrick	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	Social Work	Yes	Social Work
Jan Blacher	University of California, Riverside	CA	Psychology		Special Education – PhD/School Psychology – PhD
Lauren Brookman-Frazee	SDSU/UCSD JDP	CA	Psychiatry	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Alice Carter	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	Psychology	No	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Leslie Carver	SDSU/UCSD JDP	CA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Kristin Christodulu	SUNY Albany	NY	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Caitlin Clements	University of Notre Dame	IN	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD; Developmental Psychology – PhD
Amy Cohen	University of Illinois	IL	Psychology	Yes	Clinical-Community Psychology – PhD
Thompson Davis	University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa	AL	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Gabriel Dichter	UNC-Chapel Hill	NC	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Karen Dobkins	SDSU/UCSD JDP	CA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Amy M. Drahota	Michigan State University	MI	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD; Ecological-Community Psychology – PhD
Inge-Marie Eigsti	University of Connecticut	CT	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Abbey Eisenhower	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Deborah Fein	University of Connecticut	CT	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Kate Fiske	Rutgers University	NJ	Psychology		Clinical Psychology – PsyD
Kimberly A. Gilbert	Hofstra	NY	Psychology	No	School-Community Psychology – PsyD
Jennifer Gillis	SUNY Binghamton	NY	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Katherine Gotham	Rowan University	NJ	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Laura Graham Holmes	Hunter College	NY	Social Work	No*	Social Welfare – PhD
Frank Haist	SDSU/UCSD JDP	CA	Psychiatry	No	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Heather Henderson	University of Waterloo	Canada	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Sean Inderbitzen	Northlakes Community Clinic	WI	Behavioral Sciences	No	N/A
Brooke Ingersoll	Michigan State University	MI	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Jana Iverson	University of Pittsburgh	PA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Ashley Johnson Harrison	University of Georgia	GA	Psychology	Yes	School Psychology – PhD
Connie Kasari	UCLA	CA	Psychiatry	Yes	Human Develpment & Psychology – PhD
Erin Kang	Montclair State University	NJ	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Connor Kerns	University of British Columbia	Canada	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Bonnie Klein-Tasman	UW-Milwaukee	WI	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Ami Klin	Emory University	GA	Psychology	No	N/A
Laura Klinger	UNC-Chapel Hill	NC	Psychiatry	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Robert Koegel	Stanford University	CA	Psychiatry		Education- PhD; Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology – PhD
Nicole Kreiser	Eastern Virginia Medical School	VA	Psychology	No	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Robert LaRue	Rutgers University	NJ	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PsyD
Matthew Lerner	Stony Brook University	NY	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Kristin A. Long	Boston University	MA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Molly Losh	Northwestern University	IL	Psychology	Yes	Communication Sciences and Disorders – PhD; Clinical Psychology – PhD
Johnny Matson	Louisiana State University	LA	Psychology	No	N/A
Micah Mazurek	University of Virginia	VA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Christina McDonnell	University of Wyoming	WY	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Daniel Messinger	University of Miami	FL	Psychology	Yes	Developmental Psychology – PhD
Matthew W. Mosconi	The University of Kansas	KS	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Child Psychology – PhD
Lauren Moskowitz	St. John’s University	NY	Psychology	Yes	School Psychology – PsyD/Clinical Psychology – PhD
Ralph-Axel Mueller	SDSU/UCSD JDP	CA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Ashley Muskett	Children’s National/GW School of Medicine	DC	Neuropsychology	No	N/A
Rebecca Neal-Beevers	University of Texas – Austin	TX	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Lauren Quetsch	University of Arkansas	AR	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Nancy Raitano Lee	Drexel University	PA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
John Richey	Virginia Tech	VA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Robert Rieske	Idaho State University	ID	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Jane Roberts	University of South Carolina	SC	Psychology	Yes	School Psychology – PhD
Diana Robins	Drexel University	PA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Raymond Romanczyk	SUNY Binghamton	NY	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Angela Scarpa	Virginia Tech	VT	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Science – PhD
Laura Schreibman	SDSU/UCSD JDP	CA	Psychology	No	N/A
Robert Schultz	University of Pennsylvania	UT	Psychiatry	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD; Experimental Psychology – PhD; Cognitive Neuroscience – PhD
Kimberly Sloman	Florida Institute of Technology	CA	Psychology	No	N/A
Mikle South	Emory University	GA	Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	No	N/A
Nicole Stadnick	University of California, San Diego	CA	Psychiatry	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Wendy Stone	University of Washington	WA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Mark Strauss	University of Pittsburgh	PA	Psychology		Clinical Psychology – PhD
Theodore Tomeny	University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa	AL	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Jeanne Townsend	SDSU/UCSD JDP	CA	Psychology	No	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Amy Vaughan Van Hecke	Marquette University	WI	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Ty Vernon	UC Santa Barbara	CA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical and School Psychology – PhD
Giacomo Vivanti	Drexel University	PA	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Susan White	University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa	AL	Psychology	Yes	Clinical Psychology – PhD
Jeffrey Wood	UCLA	CA	Psychology	Yes	Human Develpment & Psychology – PhD
Kim Zlomke	University of South Alabama	AL	Psychology	Yes	Clinical and Counseling Psychology – PHD
				*Cannot formally take a graduate student, but am willing to be a mentor