Autism Research Faculty

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 Autism SIG at ASDDsig@gmail.com.

Last updated: October 2025

Researcher & Website link	Institution	State	Department	Degree Program	Are you accepting students for Fall 2026 entry?	Additional Website	Social Media Page
Abbey Eisenhower	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Alayna Park	University of Oregon	OR	Psychology	Clinical Psychology Ph.D.	unknown
Amanda Brandone	Lehigh	PA	Psychology	Cognitive Psychology – PhD	unknown
Amanda Jensen Doss	UMiami	FL	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Amanda Williford	University of Virginia	VA	Education & Human Development	Clinical Psychology – PhD	no
Amy Cohen	University of Illinois	IL	Psychology	Clinical-Community Psychology – PhD	unknown
Amy M. Drahota	Michigan State University	MI	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD; Ecological-Community Psychology – PhD	unknown
Amy Vaughan Van Hecke	Marquette University	WI	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Anastasia Dimitropoulos	Case Western Reserve	OH	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD; Development, Cognitive, & Affective Sciences – PhD	No	Website	https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61580004160905
Andrea Wieckowski	Drexel University	PA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – Master’s & PhD	Yes
Andrew Roach	Georgia State University	GA	Psychology	School Psychology PhD	unknown
Angela Scarpa	Virginia Tech	VA	Psychology	Clinical Science – PhD	No	Website	https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaTechAutism/
Anibal Guitierrez	University of Miami	FL	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Ashley Johnson Harrison	University of Georgia	GA	Educational Psychology	Education Psychology PhD (School Ph.D.)	Yes	Website	https://www.instagram.com/caarelab1/
Blanche Wright	U of Oregon	OR	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Bonnie Klein-Tasman	UW-Milwaukee	WI	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	No
Brendan Rich	Catholic University of America	DC	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Bridget Dever	Lehigh	PA	Education & Human Services	School Psychology PhD & EdS	unknown
Brooke Ingersoll	Michigan State University	MI	Psychology	Clinical Science – PhD	No	Website
Caitlin Clements	University of Notre Dame	IN	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD; Developmental Psychology – PhD	No	Website
Caroline Richter	University of Alabama, Birmingham	AL	Psychology	Developmental Psychology – PhD	Yes	Website
Cassandra Newsom	University of Alabama, Birmingham	AL	Neurobiology, School of Medicine	Graduate Biomedical Sciences PhD	unknown
Catherine Bradshaw	University of Virginia	VA	Education & Human Development	Clinical & School Psychology – PhD	unknown
Charis Wahman	Michigan State University	MI	Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education	School Psychology PhD	unknown
Christina McDonnell	University of Wyoming	WY	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	No
Christina Simmons	Rowan University	NJ	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Christine Delgado	UMiami	FL	Psychology	unknown	unknown
Connie Kasari	UCLA	CA	Psychiatry	Human Development & Psychology – PhD	unknown
Connor Kerns	University of British Columbia	Canada	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Courtenay (Marsi) Barrett	Michigan State University	MI	Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education	School Psychology – PhD	unknown
Courtney Baker	Tulane	LA	Psychology	School Psychology – PhD	unknown
Daniel Kennedy	Indiana University	IN	Psychological & Brain Sciences	Clinical Science – PhD	unknown
Daniel M. Bagner	Florida International University	FL	Psychology	Clinical Science – PhD	unknown
Daniel Messinger	University of Miami	FL	Psychology	Developmental Psychology – PhD	unknown
David Beversdorf	University of Missouri	MO	Psychological Sciences, Neurology, Radiology	Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program- PhD; Psychological Sciences (Cognition & Neuroscience)-PhD	Yes
David Mandell	University of Pennsylvania	PA	Psychiatry	Clinical Psychology – PhD	Yes		Threads @dasama68
Deborah Drabick	Temple University	PA	Psychology & Neuroscience	Psychology – PhD	unknown
Deborah Fein	University of Connecticut	CT	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Denise Chavira	UCLA	CA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Diana Robins	Drexel University	PA	AJ Drexel Autism Institute	Clinical Psychology – PhD; Public Health	No	Website
Elisabeth Dykens	Vanderbilt	TN	Psychological Sciences	Clinical Science – PhD	no
Elizabeth Brestan-Knight	Auburn University	AL	Psychological Sciences	Clinical Psychology- PhD	unknown
Emily Jones	Queens College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York			Clinical Psych PhD	no
Eric Dubow	Bowling Green State University	OH	Pyschology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	yes
Erin Kang	Montclair State University	NJ	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	yes	Website
Gabriel Dichter	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	NC	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	no
Giacomo Vivanti	Drexel University	PA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Hannah Rea	West Virginia University	WV	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	Yes
Heather Henderson	University of Waterloo	Canada	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Inga-Marie Eigsti	University of Connecticut	CT	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	Yes	Website
Inna Fishman	San Diego State University / University of California		Neuropsychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Jan Blacher	University of California, Riverside	CA	Psychology	Special Education – PhD; School Psychology – PhD	unknown
Jane Roberts	University of South Carolina	SC	Psychology	School Psychology – PhD; Clinical-Community Psychology – PhD	unknown
Jason Downer	University of Virginia	VA	Psychology	Clinical & School Psychology – PhD	unknown
Jeffrey Wood	University of California Las Angles (UCLA)	CA	Psychology	Human Develpment & Psychology – PhD	unknown
Jennifer Gillis Mattson	SUNY Binghamton	NY	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Jessica Bradshaw	University of South Carolina	SC	Psychology	Clinical-Community Psychology – PhD	unknown
Jillian Wiggins	San Diego State University /University of California San Diego	CA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Joanna Kim	Arizona State University	AZ	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
John Richey	Virginia Tech	VA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
John Weisz	Harvard	MA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	no
Jordan Albright	University of South Alabama	AL	Psychology	Clinical & Counseling Psychology – PhD	Yes	Website	X – @JordanAAlbright, Bsky – @jordanalbright.bsky.social, Instagram – @cosma.researchlab
Julia Mendez	University of North Carolina Greensboro	NC	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Kara Hume	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	NC	Education	School Psychology – PhD	unknown
Karen Dobkins	Univeristy of California San Diego (UCSD)	CA	Psychology	Experimantal Psychology – PhD	Yes
Karen Pierce	Univeristy of California San Diego (UCSD)	CA	Neurosciences	Neuroscience – PhD	unknown
Katherine Gotham	Rowan University	NJ	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	Maybe	Website	@RowanCSM, @RowanPsych
Katie McLaughlin	Harvard	MA	Psychology	Psychology – PhD	unknown
Katherine (Katie) Walton	The Ohio State University	OH	Psychology	Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Psychology – PhD	Yes
Kim Zlomke	University of South Alabama	AL	Psychology	Clinical and Counseling Psychology – PHD	unknown
Kristen Hawley	University of Missouri	MO	Psychological Sciences	Clinical Psychology – PhD	Yes
Kristie Guest	University of Alabama – Birmingham	AL	Psychology	Medical/Clincal Psychology – PhD	unknown
Kristin A. Long	Boston University	MA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	No
Kristin Christodulu	SUNY Albany	NY	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Kristin Rispoli	Michigan State	MI	Education	School Psychology PhD	No
Laura Klinger	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	NC	Psychiatry	Clinical Psychology – PhD	No
Lauren Bishop-Fitzpatrick	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	Social Work	Social Work – MSW	unknown
Lauren Brookman-Frazee	SDSU/UCSD JDP	CA	Psychiatry	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Lauren Moskowitz	St. John’s University	NY	Psychology	School Psychology – PsyD/Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Lauren Quetsch	University of Arkansas	AR	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Leann Smith DaWalt	Wisconsin	WI	unknown	unknown	unknown
Loisa Bennetto	University of Rochester	NY	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Marianne Barton	University of Connecticut	CT	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Mark Strauss	University of Pittsburgh	PA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Martin Volker	Michigan State	MI	Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education	School Psychology PhD	unknown
MaryAnn Romski	Georgia State University	GA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Matthew Lerner	Drexel University	PA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	Yes		https://bsky.app/profile/matthewdlerner.bsky.social
Matthew W. Mosconi	University of Kansas	KS	Psychology	Clinical Child Psychology – PhD	unknown
Melanie M. Domenech Rodriguez	Utah State University	UT	Psychology	Clinical-Counseling Psychology – PhD	unknown
Melissa Collier-Meek	Columbia University, Teachers College	NY	Psychology	School Psychology – PhD	unknown
Micah Mazurek	University of Virginia	VA	Psychology	Clinical and School Psychology – PhD	unknown
Michael Alessandri	University of Miami	FL	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Michelle Craske	UCLA	CA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Miya Barnett	University of California, Santa Barbara	CA	Psychology	Clinical-Counseling-School – PhD	unknown
Molly Losh	Northwestern University	IL	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD; Communication Sciences and Disorders – PhD	unknown
Nancy Raitano Lee	Drexel University	PA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Nicole Stadnick	University of California, San Diego	CA	Psychiatry	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Rajesh Kana	University of Alabama, Birmingham	AL	Psychology	Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience	Yes	Website
Ralph-Axel Mueller	SDSU/UCSD JDP	CA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Raymond Romanczyk	SUNY Binghamton	NY	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Rebecca Lieberman-Betz	University of Georgia	GA	Special Education/ School Psychology	School Psychology PhD	unknown
Rinad Beidas	Northwestern	IL	Arts and Sciences	Medical and Social Sciences	unknown
Robert Koegel	Stanford University	CA	Psychiatry	Education- PhD; Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology – PhD	unknown
Robert LaRue	Rutgers University	NJ	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PsyD	unknown
Robert Rieske	Idaho State University	ID	Psychology	Applied Psychology-PhD	unknown
Robert Schultz	University of Pennsylvania	PA	Psychiatry	Clinical Psychology – PhD; Experimental Psychology – PhD; Cognitive Neuroscience – PhD	No
Robin Panneton	Virginia Tech	VT	Psychology	Developmental Psychology – PhD	No
Rose Sevcik	Georgia State University	GA	Psychology	Developmental Psychology – PhD	unknown
Ruth Carper	San Diego State University / University of California	CA	Psychology	unknown	unknown
Sandra Barrueco	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	MD	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD; Clinical-Community Psychology – PhD	Yes
Sarah Edmunds	University of South Carolina	SC	Psychology	Clinical-Community PhD	Yes
Sarah Gray	Tulane University	LA	Psychology	School Psychology – PhD	No
Sarah O’Kelley	University of Alabama – Birmingham	AL	Psychology	Medical/Clincal Psychology PhD	unknown
Seyda Ozcaliskan	Georgia State University	GA	Psychology	Cognitive Sciences – PhD	unknown
Somer Bishop	University of California- San Fransisco UCSF	CA	Psychiatry	unknown	unknown
Susan Keane	UNC Greensboro	NC	Psychology	unknown	unknown
Susan White	University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa	AL	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Suzy Scherf	Penn State University	PA	Psychology	Developmental Psychology – PhD	Unknown	Website
Tammy Barry	Washington State University	WA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Ted Hutman	UCLA	CA	Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences	unknown	unknown
Theodore (Ted) Tomeny	University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa	AL	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	Yes	Website
Thompson (Tom) Davis	University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa	AL	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Timothy Fowles	University of Delaware	DL	Psychological & Brain Sciences	Clinical Science – PhD	unknown
Tricia King	Georgia State University	GA	Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience	Neuroscience – PhD	unknown
Ty Vernon	UC Santa Barbara	CA	Psychology	Clinical and School Psychology – PhD	unknown
Vanessa Bal	Rutgers University	NJ	Applied Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD; Clinical Psychology – PsyD; Applied Psychology – Masters	Yes	Website	http://facebook.com/lifespanasdlab
Wendy Stone	University of Washington	WA	Psychology	Clinical Psychology – PhD	unknown
Leslie Carver	UC San Diego/SDSU/UCSD JDP	CA	Psychology	Experimental Psychology – PhD; Clinical Psychology – PhD	No	Website	https://www.facebook.com/UCSD.DNLab/
Natalie Russo	Syracuse University	NY	Psychology	School Psychology – PhD	Yes	Website
Grace Lee Simmons	University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill	NC	TEACCH	Clinical Psychology – PhD	No
Shalini Sivathasan	Boston College	MA	Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology	Counseling Psychology – PhD	Yes	Website