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People

Director
Grace Iarocci, Ph.D., R. Psych. is Director of the Autism and Developmental Disorders Lab (ADDL), an Associate Professor of Psychology, and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar. I work closely with government and community agencies in BC to disseminate research information on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and influence policy on ASD and other developmental disabilities.
Email: giarocci@sfu.ca
Research Interests: We explore the ways that processes of attention may interfere or facilitate an individual’s ability to engage in a variety of social experiences ranging from detecting information from eyes and faces to interpreting subtle cues from complex social interactions involving several participants.
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Doctoral Students
Adrienne Rombough's Photo Adrienne Rombough, M.A. is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program at SFU.
Email: ahrombou@sfu.ca
Research Interests: autism, developmental disorders, social attention, gaze following, social competence, typical and atypical human development, social inclusion and family coping.
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Jennifer Barrie, M.A. is a doctoral student working in the ADDL and in the Laboratory for Affective and Developmental Neuroscience (LADN).
Email: jennifer_barrie@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Emotion processing, faces, event-related potentials (ERP), electroencephalography (EEG), brain imaging, autism, Asperger's syndrome.
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Jodi Yager, M.A. is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program at SFU.
Email: jodi_yager@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Understanding social competence in children and adolescents with ASD.
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Theo Elfers is a doctoral student in the Developmental/Clinical Psychology program at SFU.
Email: theo_elfers@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Development of social cognition, identity, and social competence
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Kyungjae Lee, M.S. is a doctoral student in the Interactive Arts and Technology program at SFU.
Email: kla8@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Face perception, assistive technology, computer animation, media effects, visual analytics
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Emily Gardiner, M.A. is a new doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology program at SFU.
Email: emily_gardiner@sfu.ca
Research Interests: early intervention, inclusion, family-centred practice, cultural sensitivity, social development processes in children with autism
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Kimberly Armstrong, M.A. is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program at SFU.
Email: kimberly_armstrong@sfu.ca
Research Interests: perceptual discrimination, visual attention, visual search processes, early identification, symptom domains
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Masters Students
 
No Photo Krista Johnston, B.A. is a new Masters student in the Clinical Psychology program at SFU.
Email: krista_johnston@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, neurotypical development, the use of technology in intervention, social and emotional functioning and development, the development and treatment of anxiety, the relationship between anxiety and social outcomes in high functioning youth with autism, and family functioning.
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Staff
Michael MacIsaac is an IT Consultant and Web Developer for the ADDL.
Email: michael.macisaac@gmail.com
Profile: Michael has been providing computing solutions and web development for the ADDL since January 2010.
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Sarah Hutchison, M.Sc. is the Lab Manager for the ADDL
Email: addl@sfu.ca
Profile: Sarah is a doctoral student and works part time in the lab.
Research Interests: development of executive function, language, second language learners, emotional regulation, and social understanding.
 
 

Collaborators

 		 Elina Birmingham, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at SFU
Email: ebirming@sfu.ca
Research Interests:  Social attention and perception in typical and atypical development