Research

Research on neurodiversity is conducted throughout UNT by faculty from multiple disciplines. This page lists the faculty member, their college and department, and their area(s) of neurodiversity research.

List of publications and presentations

College	Department	Faculty Name & Title	ND Research Area
College of Health and Public Service	Rehabilitation and Health Services	Brenda L. Barrio, Ph.D	ASD, Special Education
College of Education	Educational Psychology	Miriam Chacon Boesch, Ph.D	ASD, Special Education
College of Education	Teacher Education and Administration	Mila Rosa Librea Carden, Ph.D	Special Education
College of Education	Counseling and Higher Education	Peggy Ceballos, Ph.D	ASD
College of Education	Counseling and Higher Education	Cynthia K. Chandler, EdD	Mental Health
College of Education	Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation	Andrew Colombo-Dougovito, Ph.D	ASD
College of Education	Educational Psychology	Robin Henson, Ph.D	ASD
College of Education	Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation	Jerraco Johnson, Ph.D	ASD
College of Education	Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation	M. Jean Keller, EdD	Developmental Disabilities
College of Education	Educational Psychology	Smita Mehta, Ph.D	ASD
College of Education	Teacher Education and Administration	Barbara Pazey, Ph.D	Developmental Disabilities
College of Education	Educational Psychology	Pamela Peak, Ph.D	Learning Disabilities
College of Education	Teacher Education and Administration	Angela Randall, Ph.D	Learning Disabilities
College of Education	Counseling and Higher Education	Dee C. Ray, Ph.D	ASD, ADHD, Developmental Disabilities
College of Education	Educational Psychology	Anne Rinn-McCann, Ph.D	ADHD
College of Education	Educational Psychology	Megan Rojo, Ph.D	Learning Disabilities
College of Education	Educational Psychology	Melissa Savage, Ph.D	ASD, Developmental Disabilities
College of Education	Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation	Tao Zhang, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology	Kamakshi Gopal, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology	Lauren Mathews, M.S.	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology	Sharon Miller, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology	Erin Schafer, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Behavior Analysis	Shahla Ala'i-Rosales, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Behavior Analysis	Samantha Bergmann, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Behavior Analysis	Traci Cihon, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Behavior Analysis	Joseph Dracobly, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Behavior Analysis	Kenda Morrison, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Behavior Analysis	Karen Toussaint, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Behavior Analysis	Manish Vaidya, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Public Administration	Nathan Hutson, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Rehabilitation and Health Services	Constance Richard, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Rehabilitation and Health Services	Kaiqi Zhou, Ph.D.	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Rehabilitation and Health Services	Rachita Sharma, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Rehabilitation and Health Services	Julia Heck, Ph.D	ASD
College of Health and Public Service	Rehabilitation and Health Services	Bradley McDaniels, Ph.D	ADHD, Developmental Disabilities
College of Health and Public Service	Rehabilitation and Health Services	Elias Mpofu, EdD	ASD, Developmental Disabilities, ADHD
College of Health and Public Service	Rehabilitation and Health Services	Lucy Gafford, M.S.	ASD
College of Information	Information Science	Brady Lund, Ph.D	ASD
College of Information	Information Science	Daneilla Smith, Ph.D	ASD
College of Information	Learning Technologies	Demetria Ennis-Cole, Ph.D	ASD
College of Information	Learning Technologies	Deborah Cockerham, Ph.D	ASD, ADHD
College of Information	Learning Technologies	Karen R. Johnson, Ph.D	ASD
College of Information	Learning Technologies	Fred McMahan, Ph.D	Epilepsy
College of Information	Learning Technologies	Tandra Tyler-Wood, Ph.D	ASD, Learning Disabilities
College of Visual Arts and Design	Interior Design	Jeannine Vail	Neurodivergent Diagnosis
College of Visual Arts and Design	Design	Natalie Ellis, Ph.D	ASD, Developmental Disabilities
College of Visual Arts and Design	Design	Zahid Islam, Ph.D	ASD
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences	Psychology	Patricia Kaminski, Ph.D	ADHD
College of Engineering	Computer Science and Engineering	Serdar Bozdag, Ph.D	ASD
College of Engineering	Computer Science and Engineering	Rodney Nielsen, Ph.D	ASD
College of Engineering	Electrical Engineering	Elias Kougianos, Ph.D	Epilepsy
College of Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	Lin Li, Ph.D	Epilepsy
College of Engineering	Electrical Engineering	Gayatri Mehta, Ph.D	Learning Disabilities, ASD, ADHD
College of Engineering	Computer Science and Engineering	Saraju Mohanty, Ph.D	Epilepsy
College of Science	Biological Sciences	Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D	ADHD
College of Science	Chemistry	Bill Acree, Ph.D	Epilepsy
College of Science	Mathematics	Jianguo Liu, Ph.D	Epilepsy