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NEtikiman
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13 May 2013, 11:17 am

Hi Forum,
I just finished up a MSW program and I am interested in possibly continuing on in a couple of years for a PhD.
I am looking for a doctoral program where there are faculty members that specifically study Autism Spectrum Disorders (most specifically, Aspergers). I have tried some pretty basic searches in Google and haven't come up with much... Is anyone out there aware of a program like this?
As a specifier, I live in New England (USA) and am not terribly willing to relocate from the northeast.


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13 May 2013, 12:18 pm

Have you tried looking at Psychology PhD programs at random schools? Try typing "psychologists and Aspergers and Autism", or "professors and Aspergers and Autism". See if that helps.



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13 May 2013, 12:54 pm

One suggestion I have is to find peer-reviewed journal articles regarding your topic of interest, see what, if any, schools the authors are affiliated with, and then check those schools' programs.



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13 May 2013, 12:57 pm

tcorrielus wrote:
Have you tried looking at Psychology PhD programs at random schools? Try typing "psychologists and Aspergers and Autism", or "professors and Aspergers and Autism". See if that helps.


I've tried looking up random schools, but not many list specific researchers. Maybe if I try to look up therapists who work with AS I can find out where they went to school and that could guide me?

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One suggestion I have is to find peer-reviewed journal articles regarding your topic of interest, see what, if any, schools the authors are affiliated with, and then check those schools' programs.


This is a great idea! I will do this as well!


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13 May 2013, 1:16 pm

I found a number of reputable institutions that study this matter using the peer-reviewed articles approach!
The ones I found are:
New York Institute of Technology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Columbia, University of Arkansas, Kent State University, Dowling College, Keene State and Quinnipiac.
If anyone knows about any of these schools, please let me know! If you know of any others, please let me know that as well!


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13 May 2013, 1:33 pm

Really great idea! I'm sure you'll find a suitable place. (At present, I'm finishing my PhD). The Wrong Planet has a 'highly educated Aspies forum' that might be of interest.* Anyway,

Look at peer reviewed journal articles - note the authors and their respective institutions. What are their funding bodies? Fellowship programmes.

You may directly enquire to university departments once you have a solid c.v. (resume) to apply. I was going to suggest University College, London etc. but you want to stay in the USA. Hmm....check Adelphi (sp?) and certainly via their publications.

Actually, I'd never check with a therapist....that's kind of passé and they're not necessarily qualified advise you academically as they're clinicians. Check at the university where you earned your masters for advisement.


All the best, I'm sure you'll find a place!

*Edit: Oh, you might be interested in this Wrong Planet forum: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt200144.html


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13 May 2013, 1:45 pm

LabPet wrote:
Actually, I'd never check with a therapist....that's kind of passé and they're not necessarily qualified advise you academically as they're clinicians.


Thank you for all of your advice (and this one bit in particular as it may have saved me some headache and boundary blurring)!


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24 Apr 2014, 1:35 am

NEtikiman wrote:
I found a number of reputable institutions that study this matter using the peer-reviewed articles approach!
The ones I found are:
New York Institute of Technology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Columbia, University of Arkansas, Kent State University, Dowling College, Keene State and Quinnipiac.
If anyone knows about any of these schools, please let me know! If you know of any others, please let me know that as well!

With the exception of Columbia, the rest are crap schools.



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01 May 2014, 7:22 pm

The University of Connecticut has several faculty studying autism, but I'm not sure about Aspergers.

You might also want to check out Southern Connecticut State University. They have an autism center where they do research.