Faculty
Dr. Allison Jack, PhD (she/her)
Principal Investigator
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Allison Jack, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at George Mason University. She received her BA in Psychology and English at the College of William & Mary, followed by a PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Virginia and postdoctoral training at the Yale Child Study Center via an NIMH T32 training grant. Her background includes training in child psychopathology, social cognitive neuroscience, and imaging genetics, with specialization in neuroimaging and assessment of autism. Her published work includes peer-reviewed articles on autism and brain function in Brain, Human Brain Mapping, Scientific Reports, Cerebral Cortex, and the Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, among others. She has a particular interest in autistic women and nonbinary people, who are understudied and under-represented relative to boys and men on the spectrum. Currently, she co-leads a National Institutes of Health Autism Center of Excellence Network focused on understanding why some autistic people are diagnosed late or not at all.