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Jane I Carlson, PhD, BCBA-D
Associate Professor, Applied Psychology
Dr. Jane Carlson is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (Doctoral) with more than 40 years of experience working with children and adults with autism and related developmental disabilities. Dr. Carlson began her career as a special education teacher and received her PhD in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, under the mentorship of Dr. Edward Carr. Dr. Carlson has held leadership positions at a number of programs serving individuals with ASD and related disabilities, including The Groden Center in Providence, RI, and The May Institute in Randolph, MA. She served as an expert panelist on the National Standards Project, a review of evidence-based practices in the treatment of autism, produced by the National Autism Center.
Dr. Carlson served as Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Utah Valley University where she directed the Melisa Nellesen Center for Autism and taught in the Masters program in Applied Behavior Analysis, and the undergraduate minor in Autism Studies. She was the Primary Investigator on the project entitled Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Programs Offered Through the Utah Higher Education Inclusion Alliance for Students with Intellectual Disability, a TPSID grant awarded in September 2020. Dr. Carlson is currently an Associate Professor at Northeastern University (Charlotte) and teaches in their Applied Behavior Analysis program. She has presented her work at national and international conferences and her publications have been translated for international audiences.
