Biography
My current career comes after 25 years of a previous career teaching business and accounting and raising a family. I am a Utah native, but found a new second home in Philadelphia before coming to BYU.
Research Interests
Autism, Disabilities, ADHD, Interdisciplinary Treatment and Support, Gifted and Talented, Models of Service DeliveryTeaching Interests
School Psychology and AutismEducation
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Clinical autism evaluations for phenotyping , Consultation, community outreach, hospital quality improvement initiatives related to autism, Center for Autism Research (2013)
- APA Internship, Child Psychology , Autism, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2012)
- PhD Educational Psychology, School Psychology , Autism, University of Utah (2012)
- MS Educational Psychology, School Psychology , Autism, University of Utah (2009)
- BS Business Management, General Business , Accounting and Economics, Brigham Young University (1982)
Licenses and Certifications
- Center for Autism and the Developing Brain-Cornell Weill/New York Presbyterian/Westchester Division, Research Reliability-- Autism Diagnostic Observation System (ADOS-2) (2014 - Present)
- State of Utah, Licensed Psychologist (2013 - Present)
- National Association of School Psychologists, Nationally Certified School Psychologist (2013 - Present)
- Utah State Office of Education, Licensed Educator (School Psychologist) (2011 - Present)
Honors and Awards
- Autism Hero, Autism Resources of Utah County Coalition (ARUCC) (2019 - Present)
- Friend to Speech Language Pathology Award, Utah Speech and Hearing Association (2019 - Present)
- Best of 2020 (Top Ten Articles), Pediatrics (Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics) (2020 - 2020)
- School Psychology Professor of the Year, 2016 BYU School Psychology Graduating Cohort (2013 - 2016)
- School Psychology Professor of the Year, BYU School Psychology Program, 2015 Graduating Cohort (2014 - 2015)
Memberships
- Utah Association for Behavior Analysis (2017 - Present)
- Faculty Women's Association, BYU (2013 - Present)
- International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) (2007 - Present)
- American Psychological Association (2006 - Present)
- National Association of School Psychologists (2006 - Present)
- Utah Association of School Psychologists (2006 - Present)
- Utah Psychological Association (2006 - Present)
- Utah Association for Gifted Children (1989 - 2011)
Professional Citizenship
- Committee/Council Member, Utah Association for Behavior Analysis (2017 - Present)
- Conference-Related Role, ADOS Official Training Workshop (2015 - Present)
- Member, Autism Resources of Utah County Coalition (2014 - Present)
- Other, Utah Regional Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (2014 - Present)
- Committee/Council Chair, Autism Translational Research Workshop: Best Practices in Autism: Autism in Adolescence (2013 - Present)
- Board Member, Utah Association of School Psychologists (2018 - 2020)
- Committee/Council Chair, Utah Network for Early Autism Response (2015 - 2020)
- Conference-Related Role, International Meeting for Autism Research, Pre-Conference (2014 - 2015)