Research

A large and interdisciplinary group of UNT researchers collaborate on a variety of projects. This page lists the UNT faculty who research neurodiversity and their related area/s of research.

College of Education

Department of Educational Psychology

Brenda L. Barrio, Ph.D
ASD, Special Education

Miriam Chacon Boesch, Ph.D
ASD, Special Education

Robin Henson, Ph.D
ASD

Pamela Peak, Ph.D
Learning Disabilities

Anne Rinn-McCann, Ph.D
ADHD

Megan Rojo, Ph.D
Learning Disabilities

Melissa Savage, Ph.D
ASD, Developmental Disabilities

Department of Teacher Education and Administration

Mila Rosa Librea Carden, Ph.D
Special Education

Barbara Pazey, Ph.D
Developmental Disabilities

Angela Randall, Ph.D
Learning Disabilities

Department of Counseling and Higher Education

Peggy Ceballos, Ph.D
ASD

Cynthia K. Chandler, EdD
Mental Health

Dee C. Ray, Ph.D
ASD, ADHD, Developmental Disabilities

Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation

Andrew Colombo-Dougovito, Ph.D
ASD

Jerraco Johnson, Ph.D
ASD

M. Jean Keller, EdD
Developmental Disabilities

Tao Zhang, Ph.D
ASD

College of Health and Public Service

Department of Applied Behavior Analysis

Shahla Ala'i-Rosales, Ph.D
ASD

Samantha Bergmann, Ph.D
ASD

Joseph Dracobly, Ph.D
ASD

Kenda Morrsion, Ph.D
ASD

Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology

Kamakshi Gopal, Ph.D
ASD

Lauren Mathews, M.S.
ASD

Sharon Miller, Ph.D
ASD

Erin Schafer, Ph.D
ASD

Department of Public Administration

Nathan Hutson, Ph.D
ASD

Department of Rehabilitation and Health Services

Rachita Sharma,Ph.D
ASD

Julia Heck, Ph.D
ASD

Bradley McDaniels, Ph.D
ADHD, Developmental Disabilities

Elias Mpofu, EdD
ASD, Developmental Disabilities, ADHD

Lucy Gafford, M.S.
ASD

 

College of Information

Department of Information Science

Brady Lund, Ph.D
ASD

Daniella Smith, Ph.D
ASD

Department of Learning Technologies

Demetria Ennis-Cole, Ph.D
ASD

Deborah Cockerham, Ph.D
ASD, ADHD

Karen R. Johnson, Ph.D
ASD

Fred McMahan, Ph.D
Epilepsy

Tandra Tyler-Wood, Ph.D
ASD, Learning Disabilities

 

College of Visuals Arts and Design

Department of Design

Natalie Ellis, Ph.D
ASD, Developmental Disabilities

Zahid Islam, Ph.D
ASD

 

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Department of Psychology

Patricia Kaminski, Ph.D
ADHD

 

College of Engineering

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Lin Li, Ph.D
Epilepsy

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Serdar Bodzag, Ph.D
ASD

Rodney Nielsen, Ph.D
ASD

Saraju Mohanty, Ph.D
Epilepsy

Department of Electrical Engineering

Elias Kougianos, Ph.D
Epilepsy

Gayatri Mehta, Ph.D
Learning Disabilities, ASD, ADHD

 

College of Science

Department of Biological Sciences

Nicoladie Tam. Ph.D
ADHD

Department of Chemistry

Bill Acree, Ph.D
Epilepsy

Department of Mathematics

Jianguo Liu, Ph.D
Epilepsy