CURRICULUM VITAE
Amy Van Hecke PhD
Amy Van Hecke PhD
Professor
Department of Psychology
Department of Psychology
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
PO Box 1881 |
604 N. 16th St., Rm 328A |
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 |
EDUCATION: |
08/1994 - 05/1998 B.A., Smith College, Northampton, MA |
08/1999 - 12/2001 M.S., University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL |
12/2001 - 08/2004 Ph.D., University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
08/2004 - 08/2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
01/1999 - 05/1999 Part-time Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK |
08/2007 - Present Assistant Professor of Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI |
HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
08/2007 - Present Director, Department of Psychology, Center for Psychological Services, Marquette Autism Clinic, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI |
RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
08/2007 - Present Director, Marquette Autism Project, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI |
08/2010 - Present Director, Marquette PEERS Project, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
1994 - 1998 Smith College Dean's List |
1996 - Present and 1998 Smith College First Group Scholar |
1998 - Present Graduated Cum Laude, Smith College |
1999 - 2004 Commendations for excellence in research and academics, University of Miami Psychology Department |
2003 - Present University of Miami Danhour Award for excellence in research in child psychology |
2004 - Present University of Miami Graduate Student Appreciation Bertha Weber Award, for excellence in service to the Department of Psychology |
2010 - Present Way Klingler Young Scholar Award, Marquette University |
2011 - Present Research featured as one of the "Big Ideas of 2011" by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel newspaper |
2012 - Present Milwaukee Business Times, Healthcare Hero Award for Innovations in Healthcare |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
1994 - 1998 Psi Chi (National Honor Society for Psychology) |
1997 - Present Sigma Xi |
1998 - Present Phi Beta Kappa |
1998 - Present Sigma Xi (the Scientific Honor Society) |
1999 - 2000 Autism Society of America |
2000 - Present American Psychological Association (Member) |
2000 - 2001 International Society for Infant Studies |
2006 - Present Society for Research in Child Development (Member) |
2008 - Present Society for Neuroscience (Member) |
2008 - 2009 International Society for Autism Research (Member) |
2012 - Present Society for Psychophysiological Research (Member) |
2012 - Present Marquette University (Integrative Neuroscience Research Consortium) |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Journal Review |
2006 - Present Invited Reviewer, Psychophysiology |
2007 - Present Invited Reviewer, Prentice Hall Publishers |
2010 - Present Invited Reviewer, Developmental Psychology |
2011 - Present Invited Reviewer, Early Childhood Research Quarterly |
2011 - Present Invited Reviewer, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders |
2011 - Present Invited Reviewer, European Journal of Developmental Psychology |
2011 - Present Invited Reviewer, Developmental Psychobiology |
2011 - Present Invited Reviewer, Infant and Child Development |
2012 - Present Invited Reviewer, Biological Psychology |
2012 - Present Invited Reviewer, Physiology and Behavior |
2012 - Present Invited Reviewer, Cognition and Emotion |
2012 - Present Invited Reviewer, British Journal of Developmental Psychology |
2012 - Present Invited Reviewer, Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities |
2013 - Present Invited Reviewer, Molecular Autism |
2013 - Present Invited Reviewer, Autism Research |
2013 - Present Invited Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
04/2012 - Present Invited member, Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnostics Statewide Workgroup, Community of Practice on Autism |
10/2012 - Present Invited member, Autism Spectrum Disorder Higher Education Workgroup, Community of Practice on Autism |
12/2012 - Present Member, Board of Directors, Autism Society of Southeastern |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
05/2009 - Present Invited Grant Reviewer, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)UK |
04/2011 - Present Invited Grant Reviewer, National Science Foundation (NSF) |
02/2013 - Present Invited Grant Reviewer, Azraeli Neurodevelopmental Grants, Brain Canada |
03/2013 - 05/2013 Early Career Grant Reviewer, Child psychopathology and DD; Cognitive and Perceptual Processes, NIH |
01/2014 - Present Invited Ad Hoc Grant Reviewer, Child Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities Section, NIH |
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
International |
Vaughan, Language interventions for children at risk for developmental disorders., Invited lecture for the University of PortsmouthDepartment of Psychology Research Seminar Series, Portsmouth, UK |
Regional |
Vaughan Van Hecke, A., & Bal, E, Foundations of social behavior: Interactions between the brain and the body in students with autism spectrum disorders, Invited lecture for the North Suburban Special Education District (NSSE, Northfield, Illinois |
Local |
Van Hecke, AV, Autism research at Marquette: Student involvement and new insights, resented to the Marquette University Alumni Reunion, Milwaukee, WI |
Van Hecke, AV, Autism research and services at Marquette: Proven results and |
Van Hecke, Autism in young children: New insights for diagnosis and treatment, Invited keynote speaker, Milwaukee Association for the Education of Young Children (MAEYC) annual conference |
Van Hecke, AV, Autism research at Marquette: Student involvement and new insights., Presented to the Marquette University National Alumni Board |
Van Hecke, AV, Remembering our roots, growing into our future, Invited Faculty Panelist: Mt. Mary College All-College Workshop, Milwaukee, WI |
Van Hecke, A.V., A second critical period: Intervention strategies for teenagers with autism spectrum disorders., Invited Grand Rounds lecture given to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral MedicineMedical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI |
Van Hecke, A.V., Social disabilities and intervention strategies for teenagers with autism spectrum disorders., Invited Grand Rounds lecture given to the Department of PediatricsMedical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI |
Van Hecke, A.V., When friends are paramount: Relationship-building intervention for teenagers with autism spectrum disorders., Invited Grand Rounds lecture given to the Department of Child PsychiatryMedical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI |
Van Hecke, AV, Post waiver: Now what?, Invited presentation given to the Community of Practice focus group on Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Milwaukee, WI |
Van Hecke, A.V., Building social skills, Parenting Series Workshop, Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin |
Van Hecke, AV, College students with autism spectrum disorders, Presented to the Marquette Department of Student Affairs, Milwaukee, WI |
Van Hecke, AV, Diagnosis and treatment of college-age adults with autism., Presented to Marquette Counseling Center, Milwaukee, WI |
Van Hecke, AV, Diagnosis of children and adults with autism: Specific contributions of speech and social interaction behavior., Presented to Marquette Department of Speech Pathology, Milwaukee, WI |
Vaughan, A., Using tactile stimulation to decrease self-injurious behavior, nvited lecture for Hudspeth Regional Center, Whitfield, MS |
Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Johnson, N., & McDonald, G., The Urban Autism Diagnostic Initiative, Diversity Open House, Milwaukee, WI |
Van Hecke, AV, ommunity discussion: ASD and DSM-V, Invited presentation given to the Community of Practice workgroup on Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Milwaukee, WI |
Van Hecke, AV, Plasticity of EEG asymmetry in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders., Marquette University Integrative Neuroscience Research Consortium meeting, Milwaukee, Wi |
Van Hecke, College students with autism spectrum disorders. |
Van Hecke, A.V., Building friendships in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Invited keynote presenter, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) WI chapter annual conference, WI Dells, WI |
Van Hecke, A.V., Barthel, R., Johnson, N., & Klein-Tasman, B., Autism and DSM-V: A Panel Discussion. Invited Grand Rounds lecture given to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
International |
Vaughan, A., & Block, Temperament and infant joint attention, Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2001 - Present |
Vaughan, A., Block, J., Gomez, Y., Neal, R., Pomares, Y., Meyer, J., & Mundy, Temperament and joint attention., Poster presented at the biennial meeting of International Conference on Infant Studies, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002 - Present |
Vaughan, A., & Mundy, P. (Chairs), Joint attention and social competence in typical and atypical samples., Paper symposium held at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, Florida, 2003 - Present |
Vaughan, A. & Gomez, Joint attention and social-emotional outcome in normally developing children., Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, Florida, 2003 - Present |
Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Lebow, J., Bal, E., Bazhenova, O., Denver, J., Harden, E., Kramer, A., Lamb, D., Marczyk, K., McCool, M., Padilla, W., Plaut, A., Wrzosek, M. & Porges, S., EEG and heart rate responses to familiar and unfamiliar people in children with autism., Poster presented at the 4th International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Seattle, WA, 2007 - Present |
Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Lebow, J., Harden, E.R., McCool, M., Kramer, A., Bazhenova, O., Marczyk, K.D., Bal, E., Lamb, D. & Porges, S., Heart rate regulation in response to familiar and unfamiliar people in children with autism., Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biannual conference, Boston, MA, 2007 - Present |
Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Chair, Cardiovascular regulation and social behavior in typically developing and at-risk infants and children, Paper symposium held at the annual meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN, USA., 06/2012 - Present |
Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Meyer, A., Stevens, S., Dolan, B., Karst, J., Schohl, K., Brockman, S., Remmel, R., Fritz, N., Gasaway, C. & McDonald, EG indices and respiratory sinus arrhythmia as biomarkers of treatment response in adolescents with ASD, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, New Orleans, LA., 2012 - Present |
Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Meyer, A., Stevens, S., Dolan, B., Karst, J., Schohl, K., Brockman, S., Remmel, R., Fritz, N., Gasaway, C. & McDonald, PEERS Treatment leads to increased neural activity in adolescents with ASD, Poster presented at the 9th International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Toronto, Canada., 2012 - Present |
Van Hecke, A. V., Stevens, S., Wasisco, J., Carson, A., Karst, J., Schohl, K., Dolan, B., Remmel, R., Fritz, N., McDonald, G., Reveles, A., & Kahne, J., Neural plasticity and intervention: Effects of the PEERS program on EEG activity and respiratory sinus arrhythmia, Paper presented at the 10th International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San Sebastian, Spain, 05/2013 - Present |
Regional |
Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Lamb, D., Harden, E., Bal, E., Heilman, K., Bazhenova, O., Denver, J., Marczyk, K., Wrzosek, M. I., Padilla, W., Plaut, A. & Porges, EEG alpha activity during postural changes, Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) conference, Chicago, IL, 2006 - Present |
Local |
Vaughan Van Hecke & Meyer, A., Neural responses to people in children with autism: Pre- and post-intervention measures, Poster presented at Marquette Forward Thinking Colloquy, Milwaukee, Wi, 11/2007 - Present |
Vaughan Van Hecke, A. & Karst, J., Parent and family outcomes of PEERS Intervention, Poster presented at the Marquette Forward Thinking Colloquy, Milwaukee, Wi, 11/2011 - Present |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Graduate Student Education |
01/2007 - 05/2007 Professor, Psy 418, Multivariate Statistics (DePaul Univ) |
08/2009 - Present Professor, Psyc 8101, Introduction to Graduate Statistics (MU) |
01/2013 - Present Professor, Psyc 8640, Graduate Developmental Psychology (MU) |
Community/Lay Public |
01/2002 - 05/2002 Professor, Undergaduate Psy 204, Introduction to Biobehavioral Statistics (University of Miami) |
08/2007 - Present Professor, Undergraduate Psyc 2001, Introduction to Statistics (MU) |
08/2007 - Present Professor, Undergraduate Psyc 3101, Developmental Psychology (MU) |
08/2007 - Present Professor, Undergraduate Psyc 4956, Independent Study (MU) |
01/2014 - Present Professor, Undergraduate Psyc 4961, Autism Spectrum Disorders (MU) |
EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Undergraduate Students |
Have mentored over 25 undergraduates working in our Marquette Autism Project., Marquette University |
Graduate Students |
PhD Committees |
Have been a reader on 11 Dissertations and Qualifying Exams, Marquette University |
MS |
Have chaired 5 Master's thesis committees, Marquette University |
MS Committees |
Have been a reader on 7 thesis committees, Marquette University |
PhD |
Have Chaired 4 Dissertation Committees, Marquette University |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
2003 - 2008 Treasurer, Class of 1998, Smith College |
2005 - 2007 Young Alumnae Representative, Smith College Alumnae Club of Chicago |
01/2008 - 08/2011 Member, Education Committee, Milwaukee Betty Brinn Children's Museum |
02/2008 - Present Contributor, Babytalk Magazine |
2008 - Present Member, Classes Committee, Alumnae Association of Smith College |
2009 - 2013 Book Award Coordinator, Milwaukee Smith College Alumnae Club |
09/2010 - 09/2011 9/2012, 9/2013: Team Captain, Marquette University Department of Psychology Autism Clinic Team, Dylan's Run to Support Autism Research, Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Carson, A.M., Gregor, N., Scheidt, R., & Vaughan Van Hecke, A. (2013). EEG Coherence in children with and without autism spectrum disorders: Decreased inter-hemispheric connectivity in autism. Manuscript in press, Autism Research. |
2. Schohl, K., Karst, J., Dolan, B., Stevens, S., Carson, A.M., & Vaughan Van Hecke, A.
(2013). A replication and extension of the PEERS intervention: Examining effects on social skills and social anxiety in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1900-1
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3. Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Stevens, S., Carson, A.M., Dolan, B., Karst, J., Schohl, K., McKindles, R., Remmel, R., & Brockman, S. (2013). Measuring the plasticity of social approach: A randomized controlled trial of the effects of the PEERS intervention on EEG asymmetry in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, DOI 10.1007/s10803-013-1883-y
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4. Salowitz, N., Karst, J., Meyer, A., Schohl, K., Stevens, S., Vaughan Van Hecke, A., & Scheidt, R. (2012). Visuo-spatial guidance of movement during gesture imitation and
mirror drawing in children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1631-8
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5. Karst, J., & Vaughan Van Hecke, A. (2012). Parent and family impact of autism spectrum disorders: A review and proposed model for intervention evaluation. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, DOI: 10.1007/s10567-012-0119-6 |
6. Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Mundy, P. C., Block, J., Delgado, C., Parlade, M.V., Pomares, Y., & Hobson, J. (2012). Infant responding to joint attention, executive processes, and attention regulation in preschool children. Infant Behavior and Development, 35, 303-311. DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.12.001 |
7. Bal, E., Harden, E., Lamb, D., Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Denver, J., & Porges, S.W. (2009). Emotion recognition in children with autism spectrum disorders: Relations to eye gaze and autonomic state. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40, 358-370 |
8. Venezia Parlade, M., Messinger, D., Delgado, C., Yale Kaiser, M., Vaughan Van Hecke, A., & Mundy, P. (2009). Anticipatory smiling: Early affective communication predicts social competence. Infant Behavior and Development, 32, 33-43 |
9. Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Lebow, J., Bal, E., Lamb, D. Harden, E., Kramer, A., Denver, J., Bazhenova, O., & Porges, S. (2009). EEG and heart rate regulation to familiar and unfamiliar people in children with autism spectrum disorders. Child Development, 80, 1118-33 |
10. Mundy, P., Block, J., Delgado, C., Pomares, Y., Van Hecke, A.V., & Parlade, M.V. (2007). Individual differences and the development of joint attention in infancy. Child Development, 78, 938-954. |
11. Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Mundy, P. C., Acra, C. F., Block, J., Gomez, Y., Delgado, C., Venezia, M., Meyer, J., Neal, R., & Pomares, Y. (2007). Infant joint attention, temperament, and social competence in preschool children. Child Development, 78, 53-69 |
12. Meyer, J. A., Mundy, P., Van Hecke, A.V., & Durocher, J. S. (2006). Social-attribution processes and comorbid psychiatric symptoms in children with Asperger syndrome. Autism, 10, 383-402 |
13. Sutton, S., Burnette, C., Mundy, P., Meyer, J., Vaughan, A., Sanders, C., & Yale, M. (2005). Resting cortical brain activity, social impairments, and comorbidity in high functioning children with autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 46, 211-222 |
14. Burnette, C. P., Mundy, P. C., Meyer, J. A., Sutton, S. K., Vaughan, A. E., & Charak, D. (2005). Weak central coherence and its relations to theory of mind and anxiety in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 35, 63-73 |
15. Vaughan, A., Mundy, P., Block, J., Burnette, C., Delgado, C., Gomez, Y., Meyer, J., Neal, R., & Pomares, Y. (2003). Child, caregiver, and temperament contributions to infant joint attention. Infancy, 4, 603-616 |
16. Mundy, P., & Vaughan, A. (2002). Joint attention and its role in the diagnostic assessment of children with autism. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 27, 57-60 |
17. Reddy, V., Williams, E., & Vaughan, A. (2002). Sharing humour and laughter in autism and Down's Syndrome. British Journal of Psychology, 93, 219-242 |
18. Reddy, V., Williams, E., & Vaughan, A. (2001). Sharing laughter: The humour of pre-school children with Down Syndrome. Down Syndrome: Research and Practice, 7, 125-128 |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Mundy, P., & Oswald, T. (submitted, publication expected 2015). Joint attention, social competence, and developmental psychopathology. To be in D. Cicchetti and D. Cohen (Eds.), Developmental Psychopathology, 3rd Edition. New Jersey: Wiley. |
2. Mundy, P., & Van Hecke, A.V. (2008). Neural systems, gaze following, and the development of joint attention. In C. Nelson & M. Luciana (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2nd edition (pp. 819-838). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press |
3. Vaughan Van Hecke, A., & Mundy, P. (2007). Neural systems and the development of gaze following and related joint attention skills. In R. Flom, K. Lee, & D. Muir (Eds.), Gaze Following: Its Development and Significance (pp.17-51). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates |
Abstracts |
1. Stevens, S., Van Hecke, A.V., McKindles, R., et al (2013). Condition-dependent neural responses in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders suggest modified continuous EEG protocols in autism experiments investigating social behavior. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 27, 641-641.
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2. Remmel, R., Van Hecke, A.V., Stevens, S., et al. (2013). An EEG study of Mu frequency band activity in autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Supplement, 159. |
3. Vaughan Van Hecke, A., Meyer, A., Stevens, S., et al. (2012). EEG indices and respiratory sinus arrhythmia as biomarkers of treatment response in adolescents with ASD. Psychophysiology, 49, S7. |
