Our Team

CSESA is a collaboration among researchers located at seven of the leading research and development centers related to developmental disabilities in the United States, as well as guidance from an advisory board with expertise in autism, secondary education, adolescence, and implementation.

Principal Investigators
Sam Odom
Kara Hume

Principal Investigators
Leann Smith
Marsha Mailick

Principal Investigators
Laura Hall
Bonnie Kraemer

Principal Investigator
Sally Rogers

Principal Investigators
Diane Browder
David Test

Principal Investigators
Sharon Vaughn
Colleen Reutebuch

Principal Investigator
Erik Carter

Team Members

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Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, UNC-CH

Principal Investigators

Investigators

Suzanne Kucharczyk

Jessica Dykstra Steinbrenner

Project Coordinator

Jessica Dykstra Steinbrenner

Project Staff

April Clinard

Kathy Fallin (at UNC-Charlotte)

Yolanda Perkins

Administrative Assistant

Victoria Waters

Information Technology Staff

Jeff Alpi

Andrea Ross

Graduate/Research Assistants

Tara Regan

Dana Rusher (at UNC-Charlotte)

Alice Verstrat

Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Co-Principal Investigator

Investigators

Marsha Mailick Seltzer

Project Coordinator

Project Staff

Sara Jeglum

Renee Makuch

Tracy Mazzeo

Mary Moua

Heather Reader

Jennifer Schaefer

Tammera Severtson

San Diego State University

Co-Principal Investigator

Project Coordinators

Chris Brum

Shayla Green

Project Staff

Xochitl Archey

Marianne Bernaldo

Natalie Hoxie

Megan Ledoux

Shannon Leinert

Stephanie Lopez

Sara McDaniel

Beth Pavez

Administrative Assistants

Paul Justice

Franell Prather

Carolyn Veseliny

Advisory Board

Scott Badesch, President & COO of Autism Society of America

Geri Dawson, Former Chief Science Officer of Autism; Professor at Duke University

Bill East, Executive Director of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education

Tony Gentry, Assistant Professor in Occupational Therapy, Director of Assistive Technology for Cognition Lab

Peter Gerhardt, Executive Director of the EPIC School, Paramus, NJ; Organization for Autism Research

Shawn Henry, Executive Director of Ohio Center on Autism and Low Incidence

Rob Horner, Professor at University of Oregon

Lori Ireland, Founder of Extraordinary Ventures, a Chapel Hill non-profit that provides employment for individuals on the spectrum

Lee Kern, Professor at Lehigh University and PI of Center for Adolescent Research in Schools

Gary Mesibov, Former Director of TEACCH Autism Program, Professor Emeritus at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Cathy Pratt, Director of Indiana Resource Center on Autism

John Robison, Author, speaker, and consultant

Ralf Schlosser, Professor in Speech Language Pathology at Northeastern University

Paul Shattuck, Associate Professor at Drexel University

John Thomas, Training consultant, formerly with Autism Society of North Carolina & NC Department of Instruction