Ashley Brooke De Marchena
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Behavioral and Social Sciences
University of the Sciences
United States of America
Biography
Professor de Marchena’s research focuses on the behavioral presentation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She is broadly interested in communication in ASD, including pragmatic language, nonverbal communication, and language acquisition. She is also interested in how hard-to-describe qualitative features of behavior and interaction (for example, “oddness” of posture or “awkwardness” of social approach) drive other people’s reactions to those with ASD, both in clinical contexts and everyday encounters. Professor de Marchena’s teaching interests including topics in clinical, developmental, and cognitive psychology. She is developing a new course on Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and currently teaches Fundamentals of Clinical Research Methods and Abnormal Psychology.
Research Interest
"Ashley Brooke de Marchena Research interest includes Autism spectrum disorder, Language and communication, Neuropsychology "
Publications
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de Marchena A, Eigsti IM, Worek A, Ono KE, Snedeker J. Mutual exclusivity in autism spectrum disorders: Testing the pragmatic hypothesis. Cognition. 2011 Apr 30;119(1):96-113.
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De Marchena A, Eigsti IM. The art of common ground: Emergence of a complex pragmatic language skill in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of child language. 2016 Jan;43(1):43-80.
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de Marchena A, Miller J. “Frank†presentations as a novel research construct and element of diagnostic decisionâ€making in autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research. 2017 Apr 1;10(4):653-62.
