Current Research Vertical Team (RVT) members
Elizabeth (Liz) Bisi, MS
Email: eabisi@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2021
Hometown: Sacramento, California
Previous education: MS, Seattle Pacific University; BA, Scripps College
Practica: Seattle Children’s RUBI Program, Seattle Children’s SNACS Clinic, UW FAS-DPN, Swedish Primary Care, Issaquah, UW LEND Fellow
Research interests/dissertation topic: neurodevelopmental disabilities, motor and language development in children with ASD, sensory processing and integration, adaptive functioning, and social skill deficits
Tara Rutter, MS
Email: ruttert@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2022
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Previous education: MS, Seattle Pacific University; BA, University of California, San Diego
Practica:
University of Washington Autism Center Research Track; Seattle Children’s Autism Center, Seattle Children’s PEARL Clinic
Research interests/dissertation topic:
emotion recognition across modalities in young children with ASD, biological basis of neurodevelopmental disorders, affective prosody comprehension in children with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Julianne Myers, BA
Email: jmyers@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2023
Hometown: Mission Viejo, California
Previous education: BA, Reed College
Practica: Providence Hospital Autism Center
Research interests/dissertation topic: ASD, social attention, assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders, language and motor development, early identification
Vanessa Zhou, BA
Email: zhouv@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2023
Hometown: Issaquah, Washington
Practica: Providence Hospital Autism Center
Previous education: BA, University of Washington
Research interests: bilingualism and ASD, executive functioning, neuropsychological evaluations, cross-cultural psychology
Chloe Quinnett, BA
Email: quinnettc@spu.edu
Expected Completion Year: 2023
Hometown: Moscow, Idaho
Previous Education: BA, Whitworth University
Research Interests: Parent-child interaction, self-regulations, child pathology, effects of trauma in children
Miles Feller, BA
Email: fellerm@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2023
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Previous education: BA, University of Washington
Research interests/dissertation topic: Attention, trauma, self-regulation, cultural identity and evidenced-based interventions for at-risk and aggressive youth
John Strom, BA
Email: Stroma1@spu.edu
Expected Completion Year: 2024
Hometown: San Diego, California
Previous Education: BA, University of California Riverside
Research Interests: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Executive functioning, Emotional Regulation, Neuropsychological evaluation.
Kaitlyn Drafton, BS
Email: draftonk@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2025
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Previous Education: BS, Arizona State University
Research interests: neurodevelopment disorders, ASD pathology, executive functioning
Research Vertical Team (RVT) Members at Internship
Audrey Lee, MS
Email: leea24@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2020
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Previous education: MS, Seattle Pacific University; BA, St. Mary’s University College
Internship: Indiana School of Medicine
Research interests/dissertation topic: neurodevelopmental
disabilities, emotion recognition and parenting children with ASD
Rachael Bowler, MS
Email: bowlerr@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2020
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Previous education: MS, Seattle Pacific University; BA, Daemen College
Internship: University of Rochester Medical Center
Research interests/dissertation topic: Impact of anxiety on working memory in young children with autism , neurodevelopmental disabilities; neuropsychological assessment, biophysiological processes, adaptive functioning, community inclusion, and cultural influences.