Current Research Vertical Team (RVT) members
Julianne Myers, M.S.
Email: jmyers@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2023
Hometown: Mission Viejo, California
Previous education: BA, Reed College
Practica: UW LEND Fellow, UW FAS-DPN, Seattle Children’s RUBI Program, Seattle Children’s SNACS Clinic, Swedish Pediatrics Behavioral Health
Research interests/dissertation topic: Sensory processing impacts on sleep patterns in children with neurodevelopmental disorders during a pandemic; ASD, prenatal alcohol exposure, social attention, sensory processing, sleep development, language and motor development
Vanessa Zhou, M.S.
Email: zhouv@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2023
Hometown: Issaquah, Washington
Practica: Seattle Children's Autism Center, Child Study and Treatment Center, Interconnections Healing Center
Previous education: BA, University of Washington
Research interests: executive function, mindfulness-based interventions, developmental disability, mental health inequity, multicultural psychology, racial trauma
Chloe Quinnett, M.S.
Email: quinnettc@spu.edu
Expected Completion Year: 2023
Hometown: Moscow, Idaho
Previous Education: B.A., Whitworth University
Practica: Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington FAS-DPN
Research Interests: Parent-child interactions, self-regulations, attachment, effects of trauma in children
Miles Feller Mende, M.S.
Email: fellerm@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2024
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Previous education: BA, University of Washington
Practica: Seattle Children's PEARL Clinic, Child Study and Treatment Center, Sound Mental Health
Research interests/dissertation topic: ADHD and how it's symptoms are perceived by educators, particularly for BIPOC students, LGBTQ+ and it's intersection with other marginalized identities, community-based participatory research, addressing inequities in neuropsychological testing for underrepresented communities
John Strom, M.S.
Email: stroma1@spu.edu
Expected Completion Year: 2024
Hometown: San Diego, California
Previous Education: BA, University of California Riverside
Practicum: Seattle Children's Mood and Anxiety Program
Research Interests: autism spectrum disorder, executive functioning, emotional regulation, neuropsychological evaluation
Kaitlyn Drafton, M.S.
Email: draftonk@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2025
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Previous Education: B.S., Arizona State University
Practicum: Providence Autism Center, The Seattle Clinic
Research interests: neurodevelopment disorders, ASD pathology, executive functioning
Taylor DeMotta, B.A.
Email: demottat@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2026
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Previous Education: B.A., University of Washington
Pre-Practicum: The Incredible Years: Dinosaur School at The Seattle Clinic
Research interests: Ethnically diverse children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders, parent-child relations, and relations between gastrointestinal symptoms and internalizing and externalizing behaviors
Lauren Perovsek, B.A., B.S.
Email: perovsekl@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2025
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Previous Education: B.A., B.S., Ohio University
Pre-Practicum: The Incredible Years: Dinosaur School at The Seattle Clinic
Research interests: ASD, developmental disorders, externalizing and internalizing behaviors
Taniyah Roach, B.A.
Email: roacht@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2027
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Previous Education: B.A., University of Reno
Research interests: neuropsychology, neurodevelopmental disorders, fetal-alcohol spectrum disorders, prenatal drug exposure, ASD, parent-child interaction, and evidence-based interventions for underserved, at-risk and/or neglected youth
Jasmin Barrett, B.A., B.A.
Email: jbarrett@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2027
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Previous Education: B.A. Psychology, B.A. Early Childhood & Family Studies, University of Washington
Research interests: Neurodevelopmental disabilities and relationship with mood/anxiety disorders and internalizing behaviors; Trauma based care with children; Adverse childhood experiences and risk intervention; Parent-Child relationships
Research Vertical Team (RVT) Members at Internship
Tara Rutter, M.S.
Email: ruttert@spu.edu
Expected completion year: 2022
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Previous education: MS, Seattle Pacific University; BA, University of California, San Diego
Internship: Oregon Health and Science University: Autism Track
Research interests/dissertation topic: Emotion recognition across modalities in young children with ASD, biological basis of neurodevelopmental disorders