Curriculum Vitae

Date

October 29, 2009

Name

Daniel S. Messinger (dmessinger@miami.edu)

Home Address

Home Phone

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Rank

Associate Professor

Primary Department

Psychology

Secondary Departments

Pediatrics and Electrical & Computer Engineering

Phone

Work: cb_transparent_lusspacespacearrowspacespacespacespacespacespacespace305-284-8443cb_transparent_r, Fax: 305-284-4795

Address

Department of Psychology, 341 Flipse Building, University of Miami, P.O. Box 249229, Coral Gables, FL 33101-0721

Citizenship

United States

 

Higher Education

Institutional

  

Ph.D., 1994

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Psychology (Developmental). 

M.A., 1988

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Human Development. 

B.A., 1985

Haverford College, Haverford, PA. Independent Psychology major, Sociology minor.

 

Experience

Academic

  

2003-present

Associate Professor of Psychology and Pediatrics, University of Miami.

1998-2003

Assistant Professor of Psychology and Pediatrics, University of Miami.

1995-1998

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology, University of Miami Medical School.

1994-1995

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Medical School.

1993-1994

Senior Research Associate. Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Medical School.

 

Publications

17B. Chapters

 

Messinger, D. (2008 ). Smiling. In M. M. Haith & J. B. Benson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development, Vol. 3, pp. 186-198. Oxford: Elsevier. Republished in Social and Emotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood (M. M. Haith & J. B. Benson (Eds.). 

Messinger, D. S. & Lester, B.M. (2007). Prenatal substance exposure and human development. In Fogel, A., King, B. J., & Shanker, S. (Eds.), Human Development in the 21st Century: Visionary Policy Ideas from Systems Scientists (pp. 225-232). Council on Human Development: Bethesda, MD.

Messinger, D. (2006). Smiling. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Development (Vol. 3, pp. 1183-1185). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Messinger, D. S. (2005). A measure of early joy? Afterword to the re-publication of 'All smiles are positive, but some smiles are more positive than others' in P. Ekman & E. Rosenberg (Eds.), What the face reveals: Studies of spontaneous facial expression using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) (2nd Ed.) (pp. 350-353). Oxford University Press.

Lavelli, M., Pantoja, P. F., Hsu, H., Messinger, D. & Fogel, A. (2005). Using microgenetic designs to study change processes. In D. G. Teti (Ed.), Handbook of Research Methods in Developmental Psychology (pp. 41-65). Blackwell.

Bolzani, L., Messinger, D. S., Yale, M. E., Dondi, M. (2002). Smiling in Infancy. In Millicent H. Abel (Ed.), An empirical reflection on the smile (pp. 111-135). New York: The Edwin Mellen Press. 

Dickson, K. L., Fogel, A., & Messinger, D. (1998). The development of emotion from a social process view. In M. F. Mascolo & S.Griffin (Eds.) What develops in emotional development? (pp. 253-271). New York: Plenum.

Fogel, A., Dickson, K. L., Hsu, H., Messinger, D., Nelson, C. M., Nwokah, E. (1997). Communication of smiling and laughter in mother-infant play: Research on emotion from a dynamic systems perspective. In K. C. Barrett (Ed.) The communication of emotion: Current research from diverse perspectives (pp. 5-24). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Messinger, D., Fogel, A., & Dickson, K. L. (1997). A dynamic systems approach to infant facial action. In J. A. Russell and F. M. Dols (Eds.) The psychology of facial expression (pp. 205-226). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Fogel, A., Stevenson, P., & Messinger, D. (1992). A comparison of the parent-child relationship in Japan and the United States. In J. L. Roopnarine & D. B. Carter (Eds.), Parent-child socialization in diverse cultural contexts (pp. 35-51). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Walker, H., Messinger, D., Fogel, A., & Karns, J. (1992). Social and communicative development in infancy. In V. B. Van Hasselt & M. Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of social development: A lifespan perspective (pp. 157-181). New York: Plenum Press.

 

18. Refereed Articles 

Baker, J., Haltigan, J.D., Brewster, R., Jaccard, J. & Messinger, D.S. (in press). Non-Expert Ratings of Infant and Parent Emotion: Concordance with Expert Coding and Relevance to Early Autism Risk. International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Chow, S., Haltigan, J.D., Messinger, D.S. (in press). Dynamic Infant-Parent Affect Coupling during the Face-to-Face/Still-Face. Emotion.

Parlade, M. V., Messinger, D. S., van Hecke, A., Kaiser, M., Delgado, C., & Mundy, P. (2009). Anticipatory Smiling: Linking Early Affective Communication and Social Outcome. Infant Behavior & Development, 32, 33-43. NIHMS93418.

Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Lord, C., Rogers, S., Carter, A., Carver, L., Chawarska, K., Constantino, J., Dawson, G., Dobkins, K., Fein, D., Iverson, J., Klin, A., Landa, R., Messinger, D., Ozonoff, S., Sigman, M., Stone, W., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Yirmiya, N. (2009). Clinical Assessment and Management of Toddlers in Suspected ASD: Insights from Studies of High-Risk Infants. Pediatrics, 123, 1383-1391.

Messinger, D. S., Mahoor, M., Chow, S., & Cohn, J. F. (2009). Automated Measurement of Facial Expression in Infant-Mother Interaction: A Pilot Study. Infancy, 14, 285–305. NIHMS99269.

Messinger, D.S.  Mahoor, M., Cadavid, S. Chow, S. Cohn, J.F. (2008). Early Interactive Emotional Development. Proceedings of the IEEE 7th International Conference on Development and Learning. IEEE, 232-237. Monterey, CA.

Ibanez, L., Messinger, D. Newell, L., Sheskin, M. Lambert, B. (2008). Visual disengagement in the infant siblings of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice, 12, 523–535..

Messinger, D.S. Cassel, T. Acosta, S., Ambadar, Z. Cohn, J. F. (2008). Infant Smiling Dynamics and Perceived Positive Emotion. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 32, 133-155. NIHMS99266.

Messinger, D. & Fogel, A. (2007). The interactive development of social smiling. In Robert Kail (ed.), Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 35, 327-366. Oxford: Elsevier.

Messinger, D.S. (2007). Emerging Motivation: Modeling Early Interactive Emotional Development. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems, Lund University Cognitive Studies, 134, 5-12. Rutgers, NJ.

Dondi, M., Messinger, D., Colle, M., Tabasso, A., Simion, F., Dalla Barba, B., & Fogel, A. (2007). A new perspective on neonatal smiling: Differences between the judgments of expert coders and naïve observers. Infancy, 12, 1-21.

Cassel, T., Messinger, D. S., Ibanez, L., Haltigan, J.D., Acosta, S., Buchman, A. (2007). Early social and emotional communication in the infant siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An examination of the broad phenotype. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 122–132.

Bolzani-Dinehart, L., Messinger, D. S., Acosta, S., Cassel, T., Ambadar, Z., & Cohn, J. (2005). Adult Perceptions of Positive and Negative Infant Emotional Expressions. Infancy, 8, 279-303.

Tronick, E. Z., Messinger, D. S., Weinberg, K. Lester, B. M., LaGasse, L. & Seifer, Bauer, R. C., Shankaran, S., Bada, H., Wright, L. L., Smeriglio, V. L., Poole, K., Liu, J. (2005). Cocaine Exposure Is Associated with Subtle Compromises of Infants’ and Mothers’ Social Emotional Behavior and Dyadic Features of their Interaction in the Face-to-Face Still-Face Paradigm. Developmental Psychology, 41, 711-722.

Uhlhorn, S. B., Messinger, D. S., & Bauer, C. (2005). Cocaine exposure and mother–toddler social play Infant Behavior and Development, 28, 62-73.

Venezia, M., Messinger, D. S., Thorp, D., & Mundy, P. (2004). The Development of Anticipatory Smiling. Infancy, 6(3), 397–406.

Messinger, D. S., Bauer, C. R., Das, A., Seifer, R., Lester, B. M., LaGasse, L. L., Wright, L. L.,  Shankaran, S., Bada, H., Smeriglio, V., Langer, J. C., Beeghly, M. & Poole, K. (2004). The Maternal Lifestyle Study (MLS): Cognitive, motor, and behavioral outcomes of cocaine exposed and opiate exposed infants through three years of age. Pediatrics, 6, 1677-1685.

LaGasse, L. L., Messinger, D. S., Lester, B. M., Seifer, R., Tronick, E. Z., Bauer, C. R., Shankaran, S., Bada, H., Wright, L. L., Smeriglio, V., Finnegan, L. P. & Maza, P. (2003). Prenatal drug exposure and maternal and infant feeding behavior. Archives of Disease in Childhood  Fetal Neonatal Edition, 88, F391–F399.

Yale, M. E., Messinger, D. S., Cobo-Lewis, A. B. (2003). The temporal coordination of early infant communication. Developmental Psychology, 39(5), 815-824.

Delgado, E. F. Messinger, D. S. & Yale., M. E. (2002). Infant responses to direction of parental gaze:  A comparison of two still-face conditions. Infant Behavior and Development, 25(2), 188-195.

Messinger, D. S. (2002). Positive and negative: Infant facial expressions and emotions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11(1) 1-6.

Messinger, D. Dondi, M. G. Nelson-Goens, C., Beghi, A., Fogel, A., & Simion, F. (2002). How sleeping neonates smile. Developmental Science, 5(1), 49-55.

Messinger, D., Fogel, A., & Dickson, K. L. (2001). All smiles are positive, but some smiles are more positive than others. Developmental Psychology, 37(5), 642-653.

Hsu, H., Fogel, A. & Messinger, D. (2001). Infant non-distress vocalizations during mother-infant face-to-face interaction: Factors associated with quantitative and qualitative differences. Infant Behavior and Development, 24, 107-128.

Morales, M., Mundy, P., Fullmer, C., Yale, M., Messinger, D., Neal, R., & Schwartz, H. (2000). Responding to joint attention across the 6- to 24-month age period and early language acquisition. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 21(3), 283-298.

Messinger, D., Fogel, A., & Dickson, K. L. (1999). What's in a smile? Developmental Psychology, 35(3), 701-708.

Gauthier, S., Bauer, C., Messinger, D., & Closius, J. (1999). Bayley Scales Of Infant Development II – Where to start? The Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 20(2), 75-79.

Yale, M., Messinger, D., Cobo-Lewis, A., Oller, D. K., & Eilers, R., (1999). An event-based analysis of the coordination of early infant vocalizations and facial actions. Developmental Psychology, 35(2), 505–513.

Fogel, A., Messinger, D. S. Dickson, K. L., & Hsu, Hui-chin, H. (1999). Posture and gaze in early mother-infant communication: Synchronization of developmental trajectories. Developmental Science, 2(3), 325-332.

Messinger, D. & Fogel, A. (1998). Give and take: The development of conventional infant gestures. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 44(4), 566-590.

Messinger, D. Dolcourt, J., King, J., Bodnar, A., & Beck, D. (1996). The survival and developmental outcome of extremely low birthweight infants. Infant Mental Health Journal, 17(4), 375-385.

Franco, F., Fogel, A., Messinger, D. S., & Frazier, C. A. (1996). Cultural differences in physical contact between Hispanic and Anglo mother-infant dyads living in the United States. Early Development and Parenting 5(3), 119-127.

Martinez, A., Malphur, J., Field, T., Pickens, J., Yando, R., Bendell, D., Valle, C., & Messinger, D. (1996). Depressed mothers’ and their infants’ interactions with nondepressed parents. Infant Mental Health Journal, 17(1), 74-80.

Teti, D. M., Gelfand, D. M., Messinger, D. S., & Isabella, R. (1995). Maternal depression and the quality of early attachment: An examination of infants, preschoolers, and their mothers. Developmental Psychology 31(3), 364-376.

Messinger, D. & Freedman, D. (1992). Autonomy and interdependence in Japanese and American mother-toddler dyads. Early Development and Parenting, 1(1) 33-38.

Fogel, A., Nwokah, E., Dedo, J. Y., Messinger, D., Dickson, K. L., Matusov, E., & Holt, S. A. (1992). Social process theory of emotion: A dynamic systems approach. Social Development, 1(2) 122-142.

Fogel, A., Nwokah, E., Dedo, J. Y., Messinger, D., Dickson, K. L., Matusov, E., & Holt, S. A. (1992). The social process theory of emotion: A radical contextualist perspective. Social Development, 1(2) 147-150.

 

Professional

21. Funded Research 

2008-2013

Social-Emotional Development of Infants At Risk for Autism Spectrum. PI with Wendy Stone. (R01HD057284, Miami: $1,250,000). National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). This cross-site, Vanderbilt-Miami project will examine the extent to which early impairments in specific attentional and affective mechanisms–both of which are putative core deficits of autism–explain the behavioral heterogeneity observed in these high-risk children.

2008-2012

INT2-Large: Collaborative Research: Developing Social Robots (0808767). PI with Javier Movellan. National Science Foundation ($250,000). Explores the fundamental developmental question - How does new behavior emerge? – through microgenetic examination of early communicative and motor development.

2009-2011

Autistic Traits: Life Course and Genetic Structure. PI with John Constantino. (R01HD042541, Miami: $280,000). Examines the aggregation of quantitative autistic traits in the first degree relatives of Hispanic with autistic disorder in comparison with non-autistic child psychiatric controls.

2007-2010

Automated measurement of facial expression in autism: Deficits in facial nerve function? Autism Speaks. ($450,000 PI with Jeffrey Cohn & Peter Mundy). Investigates whether deficits in facial expressivity in children with autism are due to physiological or emotional factors.

2007-2009

A Multi-Site Clinical Randomized Trial of the Hanen More than Words Intervention. Autism Speaks ($317,415, PI with A. Carter, W. Stone, & P. Yoder). This multi-site, randomized control-group study will test the efficacy of a popular parent-training intervention for children under two appear to be on the autism spectrum.

2006-2011

Emotion, Communication, & EEG: Development & Risk (R01 HD047417). National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ($1,037,500, PI). A longitudinal analysis of the affective and social communication development of the infant siblings of children with autism.   

2007-2009

Naive Observers' Ratings of Behavior: A Multi-Construct Validation Study (R21HD052062, PI, $275,000). Tests the validity of observers' real-time ratings of constructs ranging from familial hostility to maternal sensitivity to infant emotion. Free rating software.

2006

Validating a transparent measurement system: Non-expert observers’ continuous ratings. General Research Support Award, University Research Council ($4991, PI).

2006-2007

Autism Sibling Study. Marino Autism Research Institute grant sub-award ($25,000, PI).

2004-2005

Automated assessment of possible deficits in positive emotion communication among infants with autistic siblings. University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences Small Grant ($24,470, PI).

2004-2006

Developing Deficits in Infant Siblings of Children with ASD: Emotional Communication & Psychophysiological Functioning (#855). National Alliance for Autism Research ($105,891, PI).

2004-2005

Automated Measurement of Infant Facial Expressions and Human Ratings of Their Emotional Intensity (0418400). National Science Foundation ($100,000, PI with Jeffrey Cohn)

2004

Automated Assessment of Emotional Communication Among Infants with an Autistic Sibling. University Research Council ($4992, PI).

2004

Sponsor: "Does viewing  images of infant smiles increase positive mood in the elderly?" (Tricia Cassel PI). Graduate Fellowship in Aging. University of Miami Center on Aging ($2,000).

2003-2004

Does Smiling in the Face of Adversity Predict Optimal Outcomes? Grant from the Positive Psychology Network ($10,000, PI).

2003-2004  

A Multi-Method Investigation of Infant Emotion (HD416190-01S1). Research Supplement For Underrepresented Minorities. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ($29,472, PI).

2002-2004  

A Multi-Method Investigation of Infant Emotion (HD41619). National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ($100,000, PI). (Selected by NICHD as an exemplar for new grant applicants.)

2001

Facial Markers of Intense Positive and Negative Emotion. General Research Support Award. University Research Council ($4,400, PI).

2000-2003

The Temporal Coordination of Infant Social Actions (HD38336). National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ($100,000, PI).

2000

Undergraduate Research Laboratory in Applied Developmental Psychology (PI with Katherine Fletcher, Ph.D.). Provost Award ($10,200).

1994

Emergency Request for Institutional Funding. University of Miami Medical School. Pediatric EEG ($4,085, PI).

1992

Summer Research Grant. Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah. Psychological outcomes of low birth weight infants ($5,000, PI).

 

22. Editorial & Reviewing Responsibilities

 

2009

ICIS 2010 International Conference Reviewer, Emotional Development Panel

2009

Berk, L. Infants, Children, and Adolescents (6th Ed.). Pearson Education, Boston.  

2009

Autism Speaks: Dennis Weatherstone Pre doctoral Fellowships.

2009

Emotion, Associate Editor; NIH Ad Hoc Reviewer: Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Groups CPDD, ZRG1 BBBP, ZHD1 DSR-W, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2010/01 ZDC1 SRB-Y (51), and Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research.

2002-2009

Developmental Science

2008

Autism Speaks: Basic & Clinical Review Panel, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Grant Proposal Reviews)

2007-2008

Infancy, Editorial Board

2000-2008

Infancy

2002-2008

Child Development

2008

Cognition, Journal of Developmental Processes, Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, The Handbook of Jealousy (Wiley).

2007-2009

The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry,

2007

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: PPID, Cognition, Neurotoxicology & Teratology.

2005-2009

The Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics

2000-2003,

2006-2008

Emotion

1999-2008

Developmental Psychology.

2006

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Prospectus. Patterson, C. Child Development. McGraw-Hill. Prospectus. Child Development at the Intersection of Emotion and Cognition. Susan D. Calkins & Martha Ann Bell (Eds.). APA Books.

2005-2006

Early Human Development

2004, 2006

Developmental Psychobiology

2002-2004, 2006, 2009

Infant Behavior and Development

2005

Cognition and Emotion; The Wellcome Trust.

2003-2005, 2008

National Science Foundation: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate.

2003, 2005

Emotional Development Panel of the Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies

2003-2004

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Parenting: Science and Practice

2004

Emotional Development Panel of the Society for Research in Child Development

2004

Fogel, A. Infancy: Infant, Family, and Society (4th Ed.). Wadsworth. Bremner, G. Infancy (2nd Ed). Blackwell.

2003

Lamb, M. E., Bornstein, M. H., & Teti, D. M. (2002). Development in Infancy (4th Ed.). Erlbaum.

2003

Affect and Temperament Panel of the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development

2002

Infant Mental Health Journal, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, & Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers.

1999-2001

American Journal on Mental Retardation

2000

Infant and Child Development

1999

Social Development Panel of the Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies

1997

Emotional Development Panel of the Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies

1994-1995

Early Development and Parenting & Social Development

1991-1994

Child Development & Developmental Psychology (Student Reviewer)

 

23. Professional Organizations

 

2009

Director: Marino Autism Research Institute (MARI), University of Miami

2007-2008

Co-Director: Marino Autism Research Institute (MARI), University of Miami

2007-2008

Baby Siblings Research Consortium, Autism Speaks

1991-present

Member: International Society for Infant Studies 

1991-present

Member: American Psychological Association 

1996-present

International Society for Research on Emotion

1988-present

Society for Research in Child Development 

24. Awards 

2004

James W. McLamore Summer Award in Business and The Social Sciences, University of Miami. "Predicting Referential Communication Among Typically-Developing and At-Risk Infants."

2002

MUSE Award, Contributions to the Undergraduate Program, Psychology Department, University of Miami.

2000

James W. McLamore Summer Award in Business and The Social Sciences, University of Miami. 'The intensification of positive and negative facial expressions in infancy.'

1999

James W. McLamore Summer Award in Business and The Social Sciences, University of Miami. 'Positive and negative facial expressions in infancy.'

1992-1993

American Psychological Association Science Directorate Dissertation Research Award. 

1991-1993

University Research Committee Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Utah. "The Development of Infant Smiling." 

1992-1993

Professional Development Award. Department of Psychology, University of Utah.

1992

International Society for Infant Studies Student Presentation Award. "Infant and mother interactive smiles: Morphological and temporal characteristics."

1989-1990

National Institute of Mental Health, Trainee, Department of Psychology, University of Utah.

 

Professional Activities

26A. Presentations

Messinger, D.& Ibanez, L. (2010). Visual disengagement during early interaction as a predictor of joint attention. Paper to be presented as part of invited symposium, Early Development in Autism: Findings from High-Risk Infant Cohorts, at the biennial meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies.

Messinger, D.(2009). The Development of Autism in At-Risk Infants – Characterization and Amelioration. Paper presented at the University of Miami/Mailman Center For Child Development Conference on Medical Issues and The Growing Child.

Messinger, D.(2009). Affect, Attention, and Autism Risk. Address to be delivered at the webinar Bioconference Live.

Messinger, D. (2009). The Development of Autism in At-Risk Infants – Characterization and Amelioration. Keynote Address  delivered at Medical Issues and the Growing Child Conference. University of Miami.

Cadavid S, Mahoor MH, Messinger DS, Cohn JF. (2009/in press). Automated Classification of Gaze Direction Using Spectral Regression and Support Vector Machine. International Conference on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction.

S. Cadavid, M. Abdel-Mottaleb, D. S. Messinger, M. H. Mahoor, & L. E. Bahrick, (2009). Detecting local audio-visual synchrony in monologues utilizing vocal pitch and facial landmark trajectories. British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), .

Messinger, D., Mahoor, M., Cadavid, S. Kimijima, M.,  Haltigan, JD, & Cohn, J.(2009). The Role of Eye Constriction in Positive and Negative Infant Emotional Expressions. Hot Topic paper presented to the International Society for Research in Emotions. Leuven, Belgium.

Baker, J. K., Haltigan, J.D., Brewster, R., Jaccard, J. & Messinger, D. Non-Expert Ratings of Parent and Infant Emotion: Concordance with Expert Ratings and Relevance to Early Autism Risk. Hot Topic paper presented to the International Society for Research in Emotions. Leuven, Belgium.

M. Mahoor, S. Cadavid, D. Messinger & J. Cohn (2009). A Framework for Automated Measurement of the Intensity of Non-Posed Facial Action Units.Second IEEE Workshop on CVPR for Human Communicative Behavior Analysis, Miami Beach, FL.

Grantz, C., Ibanez, L., Gealy, W., & Messinger, D. S. (2009). Triadic Attention Development across Contexts in Infant Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR). Chicago, IL.

Messinger, D. (April, 2009). The roots of moral cognition: Interaction and empathy in infants at risk for autism. Moral Cognition and Behavior: Philosophical and Neuroscientific Approach. STOQ III. Rome.

Messinger, D. (February, 2009). The development of emotion expression: Basic research, autism applications, and free measurement tools. Paper delivered to the University of  Miami Emotions Group.

McDonald, N., Robinson, G., & Messinger, D. (May, 2009). Does 24-month empathic responding predict autistic symptomatology and later ASD diagnosis? Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Chicago, IL.

Ibanez, L., Grantz, C., Gealy, W., Kimijima, M., & Messinger, D. (2009). Developmental Associations Between Attention, Language, and ASD Symptomatology in the Infant Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders(ASDs). Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR). Chicago, IL..

Messinger, D., Ibanez, L., Cohn, J., Mahoor, M., Haltigan, JD, Kelley, K., & Baker, J. (2009). University of Miami Sibling Study Measuring Infant Learning and Emotion. Presentation to the annual meeting of the NIH/Autism Speaks Baby Sibs Research Consortium, Miami Beach, FL.

Nahmias, A. S., Brown, A. H., Stone, W. L., Yoder, P. J., Messinger, D. S., & Wetherby, A. M. (2009). Repetitive and Stereotyped Movements in Young Children With and Without Later Autism Symptomatology. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

Haltigan, J. D., Seifer, R., Chan, S., & Messinger, D.  (2009).  Parental Sensitivity and Attachment Security in Infants at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs).  Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

Messinger, D. (2008). Affect, Attention, and Early Development. Paper presented at the NSF Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center, Social Interaction Network Workshop, UCSD, San Diego, CA.           

Ibanez, L., Grantz, C., Messinger, D., Gealy, W., & Kimijima, M. (2009). Visual and Joint Attention and Later Language Development in the Infant Siblings of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

McDonald, N. & Messinger, D. (April, 2009). Empathic responding in toddlers at risk for an autism spectrum disorder. Poster presented at the  meeting of Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.

Mahoor, M.H., Messinger, D.S., Ibanez, L.V., Cadavid, S., Cohn, J.F. (2009), Automated Measurement of Gaze Direction in Infants. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Messinger, D. (2008). Automated Measurement of Infant-Parent Interaction. Invited DataBlitz talk. University of Miami Symposium on Networks.

Messinger, D. (2008) Baby-Sibs: Infants At-Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and the Broad Autism Phenotype (BAP). Paper presented at L'università degli Studi di Cagliari hosted by Azienda Ospedaliera 'G. Brotzu.'

Messinger, D.S.  Mahoor, M., Cadavid, S. Chow, S. Cohn, J.F. (2008). Early Interactive Emotional Development. Poster presented at the IEEE 7th International Conference on Development and Learning. Monterey, CA.

Messinger, D.S. & Cohn, J. (2008). Early Interactive Emotional Development: Manual and Automated FACS Approaches. Invited talk at the 12th European Conference on Facial Expressions. Geneva, Switzerland.

Mohammad H. Mahoor, M. H., Messinger, D. S., Ibanez, L., Kimijima, M., Wang, Y., Cadavid, S. & Cohn, J.F.  (2008). Studying Facial Expressions Using Manifold Learning and Support Vector Machines,  Poster presented at IEEE 7th International Conference on Development and Learning, Monterey, California.

Rosenberg, E., Messinger, D.S. & Cohn, J. (2008). Advanced FACS Methodological Issues. Presented at the 12th European Conference on Facial Expressions. Geneva, Switzerland.

Messinger, D.S. Cassel, T., Ambadar, Z. Cohn, J. F. (2008). Infant Smiling Dynamics and Perceived Positive Emotion. Presented at the 12th European Conference on Facial Expressions. Geneva, Switzerland.

Haltigan, J.D., Messinger, D.S., MacDonald, N. (2008). Empathic Responding and Attachment Security in Young Children At Risk for an Autism Spectrum Disorder.  Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR). London, UK.

Messinger, D. Cassel, T., Ibanez, L. Haltigan, J.D., Acosta, S. & Kelley, K.  (2008).  Emotion, Attention, and Joint Attention in Infants at Risk for Autism.  Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR). London, UK.

Mahoor, M. H., Messinger, D. S., Kimijima M., Brewster R., Kelley, K. M., & Cohn, J. F. (2008). Automatic Measurement of Smile Intensity. Paper presented at the Marino Autism Research Institute Scientific Symposium, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Messinger, D. (2008). Core concepts in understanding and treating autism. Presented at "Masters of Pediatrics," Miami Beach, FL.

Ibanez, L., Grantz, C., Messinger, D., Cassel, T., Haltigan, J., Acosta, S.,  & Kelley, K. (2008, March). Early Gaze Shifting and Joint Attention in Infants at-risk for Autism.  Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies, Vancouver, Canada.

Messinger, D. (2007) UMSIB-SMILE: Six Month Attention &  Emotion, and Later Joint Attention. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Baby Sibs Research Consortium, San Francisco, CA.

Messinger, D. (2007). Development of emotional communication. Paper presented at the Workshop on Transactional Emotions, Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California.

Messinger, D., Cassel, T., Ibanez, L., Haltigan, J.D., & Acosta, S. (2007). Early Social & Emotional Communication in Infant Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Ibanez, L., Messinger, D., Lambert, B., Newell, L., and Sheskin, M. (2007). Gaze shifting in the infant siblings of children with an autism spectrum disorder. Poster  presented at the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.

Ibanez, L., Lambert, B., Newell, L., Sheskin, M. and Messinger, D. (2007). Gaze shifting in the infant siblings of children with an autism spectrum disorder. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Seattle, Washington.

Fernandez, C. A., Messinger, D., and Ibanez, L. (2007). Temperament in the infant siblings of children with an autism spectrum disorder. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Seattle, Washington.

Haltigan, J.D., Messinger, D.S., Chow, Sy-Miin, Jaccard, J., and Wang, T. (2007). Continuous emotion ratings of infants at risk for autism and their parents. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.

Haltigan, J. D., Messinger, D. S., Sy-Miin, C., Jaccard, J., and Wang, T. (2007). Continuous measurement of infant and parent emotional valence in the face-to-face still-face paradigm: Infants at risk for autism.  Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Seattle, Washington.

Messinger, D. (2007). The early development of autism and the broader phenotype. Presented at "Masters of Pediatrics," Miami Beach, FL.

Messinger, D., Cassel, T., Ibanez, L., Haltigan, J.D., & Acosta, S. (2006). Early Social & Emotional Communication in Infant Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Haltigan, J.D., Messinger, D., Chow, S., Linick, J., Wang, T., & Jaccard, J. (2006). Time-based measurement of interaction emotion using non-expert observers. Poster presented at the International Society for Research on Emotions (ISRE), Atlanta, GA.

Linick, J., Messinger, D., & Haltigan, J.D., Chow, S., Linick, J., Wang, T., & Jaccard, J. (2006). Continuous ratings of infant and parent emotional expressivity. Poster presented at the annual conference of the International Society for Infant Studies. Kyoto, Japan.

Ibanez, L., Messinger, D., Ambadar, Z., Brewster, R. & Cohn, J. Automated Measurement of Infant and Mother Interactive Smiling. Poster presented to the Association for Psychological Science. NY, NY.

Haltigan, JD, Messinger, D., Chow, S., Linick, J., Wang, T., & Jaccard, J. (2006). Emotion Ratings From Continuous Rating Software: Reliability, Validity, & Applicability. Poster presented to the Association for Psychological Science. NY, NY.

Cassel, T., Messinger, D., Acosta, S., Haltigan, J., & Linick, J. (2005). Emotional deficits in infants with siblings with autism spectrum disorders? Poster presented at the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Vaillant-Molina, M., Ibanez, L. V., Messinger, D. S., & Bahrick, L. E. (2005). Young infants’ perception of emotional expressions of other infants. Poster presented at the International Society for Research on Emotions Conference, Bari, Italy.

Messinger, D.S., Chow, S. M., Koterba, S.Hu, C., Haltigan, J. D., Wang, T., & Cohn, J. F. (2005). Smile and Emotion Dynamics in Infant-Mother Interaction. Paper presented at the International Society for Research in Emotion, Bari, Italy.

Hammond, J., Messinger, D., Das, A., LaGasse, L., Miller-Loncar, C., Higgins, R., Lester, B., Shankaran, S., Bada, H., Bauer, C., Wright, L., Smeriglio, V., & Bhaskar., B. (2005). Actigraphic measurements of children prenatally exposed to cocaine: Measuring the fidget factor. Paper presented at the Society for Pediatric Research, Washington, D.C.

Hamlin-Smith, K. Daniel Messinger, D, & Bauer, CR (May, 2005). Relationship of Bayley Behavior Rating Scales (BRS) to Concurrent and Future Mental and Motor Development in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Infants. Poster presented at at the Society for Pediatric Research, Washington, DC. 

Messinger, D.S., Gaby, J., Haltigan, J. D., Chow, S. M., Koterba, S.Hu, C., Venezia, M., Hamilton, L., Cohn, J. F. (2005, April). Interactive Influence in Mutual Smiling. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development. Atlanta, GA.

Venezia, M., Messinger, D.S., Mundy, P. (2005). The Development of Anticipatory Smiling: Affective Communication Predicts Social Outcome. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development. Atlanta, GA.

Acosta, S., Messinger, D., Cassel, T., Bauer, C., Lester, B., & Tronick, E.Z. (2004, July). "How infants smile in the face-to-face/still-face." Presented at the International Society for Research on Emotions, New York, NY.

Messinger, D. S., & Acosta, S., Cassel, T., Ambadar, Z. & Cohn, J. (2004, July). 'Automated measurement of infant expressions: Are the dynamics emotional or facial?' Presented at the International Society for Research on Emotions, New York, NY.

Acosta, S., Messinger, D., Cassell, T., Bauer, C. Lester, B, & Tronick, E. Z. (2004). 'How Infants Smile in the Face-to-Face/Still-Face.' Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago, IL.

Cassell, T., Messinger, D., Escobar, J., Ambadar, Z., Cohn, J. (2004). What causes some infant smiles to be perceived as more positive than others? Contributions of automated measurement and ratings. Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago, IL.

Venezia, M., Messinger, D., Thorp, D., & Mundy, P. (2004). The Development of Anticipatory Smiling: Predicting Social Expressivity from Infant Affective Communication. Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago, IL.

Messinger, D. S. (2003). "Emotion and communication in the first year of life," paper presented at l'Universita' di Verona (5/21), l'Universita' di Roma - "La Sapienza' (5/26), l'Universita' di Bologna (5/29), l'Universita' di Padova (5/30), and as an invited address to the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Study Group meeting in Fort Lauderdale, FL (6/21).

Messinger, D. S., Cobo-Lewis, A., Fogel, A. Acosta, S., & Cassel, T. (2003). Patterns in time: The development of infant expressive coordination and infant-mother coordination. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development. Tampa, FL.

Bolzani-Dinehart, L., Messinger, D. S., & Acosta, S., Cassel, T., Ambadar, Z. & Cohn, J. (2003). A dimensional approach to infant facial expressions. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development. Tampa, FL.

Messinger, D. S., Bolzani, L., & Acosta, S. (2002). Positive and Negative Emotion: A Facial Connection? Paper presented at the International Society for Research on Emotions. Cuenca, Spain.

Messinger, D., Bauer, C., Das, A., Seifer, R., Lester, B., LaGasse, L., Wright, L., Shankaran, S., Bada, H., Smeriglio, V., & Poole, K. (May, 2002). Maternal Lifestyle Study (MLS): Prenatal Cocaine (C) & Opiate (O) Exposure and Bayley II Performance at 1, 2, & 3 Years. Presented at a Poster Symposium of the Society for Pediatric Research, Washington, DC.

Yale, M. E., Messinger, D. S., Cobo-Lewis, A., Acosta, S., Bolzani, L., & Fogel, A. (April, 2002). Individual changes in the coordination of infant smiles and gaze with age. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Toronto, CA.

Bolzani, L. H., Messinger, D. S., Sanders, D. & Oster, H. (April, 2002). Facial actions associated with adult perceptions of increased emotional intensity: Preliminary evidence. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Toronto, CA.

Brunner, S. M. Messinger, D. S., Vertus, G. Bauer, C. (April, 2002). Social play interaction among cocaine exposed toddlers and caregivers. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Toronto, CA.

Messinger, D. (2001, September). Prenatal cocaine exposure and infant outcome. Paper presented at the University of Maine, Orono, ME.

Messinger, D. S. (May, 2001). "Early emotional life," "Timing early communications," and "Getting the most out of interactive and developmental data." Papers presented at l'Universita' di Roma, "La Sapienza." "Le emozioni nei bambini: implicazioni per lo sviluppo" paper presented at l'Universita' di Bologna. "Getting the most out of interactive and developmental data" Paper presented at l'Universita' di Padova.

Messinger, D. S., Brunson, D., Bolzani, L., & Serrano, L. (April, 2001). Intensifying emotional expressions: Convergent evidence from production and judgment studies. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

LaGasse, L. Messinger, D. Lester, B. M., Seifer, R., Bauer, C. R., Shankaran, S., Bada, H., Wright, L., Smeriglio, V., Poole, K., & Liu, E. (April, 2001). Prenatal drug exposure and maternal and infant feeding behavior. Poster presented at the Society for Pediatric Research, Baltimore, MD.

LaGasse, L. Messinger, D. Lester, B. M., Seifer, R., Bauer, C. R., Shankaran, S., Bada, H., Wright, L., Smeriglio, V., Poole, K., & Liu, E.. (April, 2001). Prenatal drug exposure and maternal and infant feeding behavior. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Messinger, D. S., Sattaur, S., Groß, C. Brunson, D., Oster, H., Bolzani, L., & Serrano, L. (August, 2000). Factors influencing judgments of the emotional intensity of infant facial expressions. Poster presented at the International Society for Research on Emotions. Quebec, CA.

Messinger, D., Fogel, A., & Dickson, K. L. (July, 2000). All smiles are positive, but some smiles are more positive than others. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton, UK.

Messinger, D., Fogel, A., & Dickson, K. L. (July, 2000). Does infant attention to and away from mother's face during interaction reflect periods of sustained interest? Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton, UK.

Yale, M., Messinger, D., & Cobo-Lewis, A. (July, 2000). An event-based analysis of the coordination of infant social behaviors. Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton, UK.

Messinger, D. (November, 1999). "Effects of substance exposure during pregnancy on infant outcomes." Invited address to the International Neonatal Conference: Neonatology 2000, Miami, FL. 

Yale, M., Messinger, D., & Cobo-Lewis, A. (April, 1999). Coordination of infant behaviors: An event-based analysis. Poster presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.

Messinger, D. & Crowson, M. (April, 1999). Bayley II MDI scores dip at two years. Poster presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.

Bauer, C. R., Messinger, D., Lester, B., Wright, L., Shankaran, S., Bada, H., LaGasse, L., & Das, A. (May, 1999). Maternal Lifestyles Study (MLS): Prenatal Cocaine/Opiate (C/O) Exposure is Unrelated to Changes in Bayley II Performance Between One and Two Years. Poster presented at the Society for Pediatric Research, San Francisco, CA.

Messinger, D., Bauer, C., Langer, J., LaGasse, L., Shankaran, S., Bada, H., Lester, B., Wright, L., Katsikiotis, V., Smeriglio, V., Maza, P. & Finnegan, L. (May, 1998). Maternal Lifestyles Study (MLS): Prenatal cocaine/opiate exposure – Bayley II performance at one year. Platform presentation at the Society for Pediatric Research, New Orleans, LA.

Fullmer, C. & Messinger, D. (April, 1998). Infant response to parental gaze direction during face-to-face/still-face paradigms. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Atlanta, GA.

Messinger, D. Dondi, M. G. Nelson-Goens, C., Beghi, A., Fogel, A., & Simion, F. (April, 1998). Neonatal smiles. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Atlanta, GA.

Messinger, D., Fogel, A., & Dickson, K. L. (April, 1998). When infants gaze and mothers smile: Competing agenda? Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Atlanta, GA.

Denis, N. & Messinger, D. (October, 1997). Facial actions during face-to-face interactions between mother and infant. National Institutes of Health Student Trainee Poster Session, New Orleans, LA.

Fullmer, C. & Messinger, D. S. (April, 1997). Coordination of infant behaviors in response to parental still-face. Infant smiling during face-to-face interaction. Poster presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC.

Messinger, D., Fogel, A., & Dickson, K. L. (April, 1997). Infant smiling during face-to-face interaction. Poster presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC.

Hsu, H., Fogel, A., & Messinger, D. (August, 1996). Mother-infant co-regulation of communication: It's association with mutual gazing and smiling. Poster presented to the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Quebec, CA.

Messinger, D. & Bauer, C. (August, 1996). Infant-mother interaction: Duchenne and non-Duchenne smiles. Poster presented to the International Society for Research on Emotion, Toronto, CA.

Fullmer, C. E., Messinger, D. S., Eilers, R. E., & Yale, M. E. (April, 1996). Coordination of infant behaviors in response to parental still-face. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, RI. 

Hsu, H., Fogel, A., Cooper, R. B., Nwokah, E. E. & Messinger, D. (April, 1996). The development of infant positive vocalizations in early infancy. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, RI. 

Willoughby, J. C., Mundy, P. C., Claussen, A. H., Messinger, D., & Scott, K. G. (April, 1996). Non-verbal communication, positive affect, and language development in cocaine exposed 12-month-olds. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, RI. 

Yale, M. E., Messinger, D., Oller, D. K., & Fullmer, C. E. (April, 1996). The coordination of vocalizations and facial actions in infants 3 and 6 months of age. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Providence, RI. 

Messinger, D. (April, 1995). How mothers and infants smile during face-to-face interaction. Poster presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, IN. 

Messinger, D. & Bauer, C. (March, 1995). Status of research on infants born to substance abusing mothers. Pediatric Research Rounds. University of Miami.

Fogel, A., Dickson, K. L., & Messinger, D. (July, 1994). Posture and the development of early communication. Paper presented to the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Messinger, D., Fogel, A. & Dickson, L. (May, 1993). A social-contextual approach to the development of infant smiling. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, New Orleans, LA. 

Messinger, D., Dickson, K. L. & Fogel, A. (March, 1992). The development of infant Duchenne and play smiles. Paper presented to the Southwestern Society for Research in Human Development, Tempe, AZ. 

Gelfand, D., Teti, D. & Messinger, D. (May, 1992). Growing up together: Following the lives of depressed mothers and children. Invited Symposium at the Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

Harbaugh, S. A., Teti, D. M., Walker, H., Messinger, D., & Isabella, R. (May, 1992). Variability in depressed mothers' behavior with their infants: Stability of demographic and psychosocial correlates. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association. Portland, OR.

Messinger, D., (May, 1992). Infant and mother interactive smiles: Morphological and temporal characteristics. Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Miami Beach, FL.

Messinger, D., & Fogel, A. (May, 1992). Infants' and mothers' offers and requests: The effects of physical context and infant walking. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Miami Beach, FL.

Teti, D. M., Gelfand, D. M. & Messinger, D. (April, 1991). Security of infant attachment and maternal functioning among depressed and nondepressed mothers and infants. Poster presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

Messinger, D. & Fogel, A. (April, 1991). Offering and requesting: Similarities and differences. Poster presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

Messinger, D. & Freedman, D. (April, 1990). Japanese and American differences in toddler autonomy. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Montreal, CA.

Messinger, D. & Fogel, A. (August, 1990). The role of referential gazing in object exchange. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston.

Service

30. University of Miami Committee and Administrative Responsibilities

2008

Representative to the Graduate School, University of Miami.

2008

Representative to the Graduate Research Council, University of Miami.

2004-2009

Member of Ad-Hoc Committees to Review Faculty Teaching

2007-2008

Chair of the Child Division Developmental Search Committee.

2007

Member of the Child Division Clinical Faculty Search Committee.

2005, 2007

Member of the Child Division Institute for Educational Science Faculty Search Committee.

2005, '07, 09

Member of the Adult Division Faculty Search Committee.

2004-2007

Psychology Representative, Social and Behavioral Science Committee of the Institutional Review Board.

1999-present

Chair, Subcommittee on Web page organization, Child Division, Department of Psychology.

2003-2005

Faculty Advisor, Student Campaign for Child Survival.

Research Dissemination

  

2009

       Expert consultant for television documentary, "A Baby's Smile" produced by Nutopia.

2009

      Quoted expert in, "Robot Teaches Itself to Smile," Wired, http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/robotsmile/

2009

      Abstracted article in Infants to adolescents: Research update, 10 (3), "Engaging Smiles." Beverly J. Roder & Mabel L. Sgan, Eds.

2009

      Newsbriefs: Three professors win prominent awards. In Arts & Sciences, University of Miami, Spring, p. 4.

2008

Quoted expert. "Sibling studies reveal early signs of autism" Virginia Hughes on http://www.simonsfoundation.org/news/sibling-studies-reveal-early-signs-of-autism. Cover story: http://www.as.miami.edu/news/UM_researchers_using_robot_to_study_early_childhood_development.

2008

      Featured expert on infant smiling interviewed for article in Fit Pregnancy.

2007

Panelist, "Autism’s Alarming Rates" on WPBT's ISSUES hosted by Helen Ferré.

2007

Featured expert in "Smile, Baby! The evolution of the grin," in Today's Parent Magazine (1/11/2007).

2006

Featured speaker. Miami Dade Walk Kick-off Luncheon. Walk for Autism Research. Autism Speaks.

2003, 2004

"Prenatal drug abuse and emotional development. Career Day Speaker,  Riviera Preparatory School.

2004

Research reviewed in The Parent Review: Bridging Science and Parenting, Vol 1(2), p. 4.

2002

Quoted expert in "Put on a Happy Face" Parents (August, 2002, pp. 157-158), by Denise Porretto.

2000

Quoted expert in 'Self-Discovery: The major milestones on a baby's path to understanding himself and the world around him' Parenting Magazine (May, 2000, pp. 110-113), by Grace Bennet.

2000

"When we smile." Invited presentation to Fairglade Elementary School. 
 

Community Volunteerism

2004-2005

      Fairglade School Inc., Board Member

2003-2009

Annual Hazon NY Jewish Environmental Bike Ride

2002

Miami-Dade Human Rights Initiative Poll-Worker

2001

Montreal to Maine. AIDS Vaccine Ride participant.

2000

Boston to New York 6. AIDS Ride participant.

Languages

Italian (fluent) and Spanish (basic communicative competence).