Curriculum Vitae
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March 16, 2010 |
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Name |
Daniel S. Messinger (dmessinger@miami.edu) |
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Home Address Home Phone |
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Associate Professor |
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Primary Department |
Psychology |
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Secondary Departments |
Pediatrics and Electrical & Computer Engineering |
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Phone |
Work:
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Address |
Department of Psychology, 341 Flipse Building, University of Miami, P.O. Box 249229, Coral Gables, FL 33101-0721 |
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Citizenship |
United States |
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Higher Education Institutional |
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Ph.D., 1994 |
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Psychology (Developmental). |
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M.A., 1988 |
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Human Development. |
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B.A., 1985 |
Haverford College, Haverford, PA. Independent Psychology major, Sociology minor. |
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Experience Academic |
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2003-present |
Associate Professor of Psychology and Pediatrics, University of Miami. |
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1998-2003 |
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Pediatrics, University of Miami. |
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1995-1998 |
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology, University of Miami Medical School. |
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1994-1995 |
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Medical School. |
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1993-1994 |
Senior Research Associate. Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Medical School. |
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Publications |
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17B. Chapters |
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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.). |
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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. |
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Messinger, D. (2006). Smiling. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Development (Vol. 3, pp. 1183-1185). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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Baker J. K., Messinger, D.S., Lyons K.K., & Grantz, C.J. (2010). A Pilot Study of Maternal Sensitivity in the Context of Emergent Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. |
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Baker, J., Haltigan, J.D., Brewster, R., Jaccard, J. & Messinger, D.S. (2010). Non-Expert Ratings of Infant and Parent Emotion: Concordance with Expert Coding and Relevance to Early Autism Risk. International Journal of Behavioral Development., 34, 88–95 |
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Chow, S., Haltigan, J.D., Messinger, D.S. (2010). Dynamic Infant-Parent Affect Coupling during the Face-to-Face/Still-Face. Emotion, 10, 101-114. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Uhlhorn, S. B., Messinger, D. S., & Bauer, C. (2005). Cocaine exposure and mother–toddler social play Infant Behavior and Development, 28, 62-73. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Yale, M. E., Messinger, D. S., Cobo-Lewis, A. B. (2003). The temporal coordination of early infant communication. Developmental Psychology, 39(5), 815-824. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D. S. (2002). Positive and negative: Infant facial expressions and emotions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11(1) 1-6. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D., Fogel, A., & Dickson, K. L. (1999). What's in a smile? Developmental Psychology, 35(3), 701-708. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D. & Fogel, A. (1998). Give and take: The development of conventional infant gestures. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 44(4), 566-590. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D. & Freedman, D. (1992). Autonomy and interdependence in Japanese and American mother-toddler dyads. Early Development and Parenting, 1(1) 33-38. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Professional |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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2006 |
Validating a transparent measurement system: Non-expert observers’ continuous ratings. General Research Support Award, University Research Council ($4991, PI). |
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2006-2007 |
Autism Sibling Study. Marino Autism Research Institute grant sub-award ($25,000, PI). |
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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). |
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2004-2006 |
Developing Deficits in Infant Siblings of Children with ASD: Emotional Communication & Psychophysiological Functioning (#855). National Alliance for Autism Research ($105,891, PI). |
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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) |
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2004 |
Automated Assessment of Emotional Communication Among Infants with an Autistic Sibling. University Research Council ($4992, PI). |
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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). |
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2003-2004 |
Does Smiling in the Face of Adversity Predict Optimal Outcomes? Grant from the Positive Psychology Network ($10,000, PI). |
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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). |
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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.) |
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2001 |
Facial Markers of Intense Positive and Negative Emotion. General Research Support Award. University Research Council ($4,400, PI). |
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2000-2003 |
The Temporal Coordination of Infant Social Actions (HD38336). National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ($100,000, PI). |
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2000 |
Undergraduate Research Laboratory in Applied Developmental Psychology (PI with Katherine Fletcher, Ph.D.). Provost Award ($10,200). |
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1994 |
Emergency Request for Institutional Funding. University of Miami Medical School. Pediatric EEG ($4,085, PI). |
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1992 |
Summer Research Grant. Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah. Psychological outcomes of low birth weight infants ($5,000, PI).
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22. Editorial & Reviewing Responsibilities |
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2009 |
ICIS 2010 International Conference Reviewer, Emotional Development Panel |
| 2009 | Developmental Psychobiology |
| 2009-2010 | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders |
| 2009 | Symmetry |
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2009 |
Berk, L. Infants, Children, and Adolescents (6th Ed.). Pearson Education, Boston. |
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2009 |
Autism Speaks: Dennis Weatherstone Pre doctoral Fellowships. |
| 2009 | Emotion, Associate Editor. |
| 2010 | NIH Ad Hoc Reviewer: Scientific Review Groups CPDD.ZRG1 BBBP-L (60) C |
| 2010 | NIH Ad Hoc Reviewer & Chair. Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group ZHD1 DSR-W (CJ) |
| 2009 | NIH Ad Hoc Reviewer & Chair. Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group ZDC1 SRB-Y (51) |
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2009 |
NIH Ad Hoc Reviewer: Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Groups CPDD, ZRG1 BBBP, ZHD1 DSR-W, and Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research. |
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2002-2009 |
Developmental Science. |
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2008 |
Autism Speaks: Basic & Clinical Review Panel, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Grant Proposal Reviews) |
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2007-2008 |
Infancy, Editorial Board |
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2000-2008 |
Infancy |
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2002-2008, 2010 |
Child Development |
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2008 |
Cognition, Journal of Developmental Processes, Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, The Handbook of Jealousy (Wiley). |
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2007-2010 |
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. |
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2007 |
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: PPID, Cognition, Neurotoxicology & Teratology. |
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2005-2009 |
The Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics |
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'00-'03, '06-'08 |
Emotion |
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1999-2008 |
Developmental Psychology. |
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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. |
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2005-2006 |
Early Human Development |
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2004, 2006 |
Developmental Psychobiology |
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2002-2004, 2006, 2009 |
Infant Behavior and Development |
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2005 |
Cognition and Emotion; The Wellcome Trust. |
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2003-2005, 2008 |
National Science Foundation: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate. |
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2003, 2005 |
Emotional Development Panel of the Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies |
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2003-2004 |
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Parenting: Science and Practice |
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2004 |
Emotional Development Panel of the Society for Research in Child Development |
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2004 |
Fogel, A. Infancy: Infant, Family, and Society (4th Ed.). Wadsworth. Bremner, G. Infancy (2nd Ed). Blackwell. |
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2003 |
Lamb, M. E., Bornstein, M. H., & Teti, D. M. (2002). Development in Infancy (4th Ed.). Erlbaum. |
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2003 |
Affect and Temperament Panel of the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development |
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2002 |
Infant Mental Health Journal, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, & Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers. |
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1999-2001 |
American Journal on Mental Retardation |
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2000 |
Infant and Child Development |
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1999 |
Social Development Panel of the Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies |
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1997 |
Emotional Development Panel of the Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies |
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1994-1995 |
Early Development and Parenting & Social Development |
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1991-1994 |
Child Development & Developmental Psychology (Student Reviewer) |
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23. Professional Organizations |
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2009-2010 |
Director: Marino Autism Research Institute (MARI), University of Miami |
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2007-2008 |
Co-Director: Marino Autism Research Institute (MARI), University of Miami |
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2007-2009 |
Baby Siblings Research Consortium, National Institutes of Health/Autism Speaks |
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1991-present |
Member: International Society for Infant Studies |
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1991-present |
Member: American Psychological Association |
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1996-present |
International Society for Research on Emotion |
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1988-present |
Society for Research in Child Development |
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24. Awards |
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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." |
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2002 |
MUSE Award, Contributions to the Undergraduate Program, Psychology Department, University of Miami. |
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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.' |
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1999 |
James W. McLamore Summer Award in Business and The Social Sciences, University of Miami. 'Positive and negative facial expressions in infancy.' |
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1992-1993 |
American Psychological Association Science Directorate Dissertation Research Award. |
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1991-1993 |
University Research Committee Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Utah. "The Development of Infant Smiling." |
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1992-1993 |
Professional Development Award. Department of Psychology, University of Utah. |
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1992 |
International Society for Infant Studies Student Presentation Award. "Infant and mother interactive smiles: Morphological and temporal characteristics." |
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1989-1990 |
National Institute of Mental Health, Trainee, Department of Psychology, University of Utah.
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Professional Activities 26A. Presentations |
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Messinger,
D., Ekas, N., & Fogel, A. (2010, May). Early bi-directional influence:
Competing agendas when infants gaze and mothers smile. Poster accepted to the
Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Boston, MA. |
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Messinger,
D., Ekas, N., Ruvolo, P., & Fogel, A. (2010, May). Young infants exhibit
stable patterns of interest and affect during interaction. Poster accepted to
the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Boston, MA. |
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Messinger, D. (May, 2010). A Demonstration Measurement System Relevant to Autism Risk and Symptomatology: Continuous Non-Expert Ratings of Infant and Parent Emotion. To be presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Philadelphia, PA. |
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Celimli. S., Lyons, K. K., Grantz, C. J., Yoder, P. J., Stone, W. L., Carter, A. S., & Messinger, D. S.. (May, 2010). Parenting Stress as a Moderator of the Association Between Observed ASD Symptomatology and Related Parent-Reported Child Behaviors. To be presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Philadelphia, PA. |
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Baker J. K., Messinger, D.S., Ekas, N.V., Lyons K.K., & Grantz, C.J. (2010, March). Mother-toddler interaction in the context of emergent autism. In J. Baker & N. Ekas (Chairs), Parent-child interaction and the emergence of developmental disorders. Symposium accepted to the 43rd Annual Gatlinburg Conference, Annapolis, MD. |
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Ekas, N.V., Baker, J.K., Gealy, W., Messinger, D. (2010, March). Distress among parents of children with and at-risk for autism spectrum disorder. In N. Ekas & J. Baker (Chairs), Parenting in the context of developmental difficulties: Perspectives on parental mental health. Symposium accepted to the 43rd Annual Gatlinburg Conference, Annapolis, MD. |
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Baker, J. K., Brewster, R., & Messinger, D. S. (2010, March). Non-expert ratings of maternal sensitivity toward toddlers. Poster presented at the XVIIth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS).Baltimore, Maryland. |
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Ekas, N.V., Ibanez, L., Mattson, W.I., & Messinger, D. (2009, March). The coordination of attention and affect during the still-face among infants at-risk for autism spectrum disorder. Poster to be presented at the International Conference for Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD. |
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Ekas, N.V., Haltigan, J.D., Gealy, W., & Messinger, D. (2009, March). Early interaction between infants at-risk for autism spectrum disorder and their mothers. Poster presented at the International Conference for Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD. |
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Messinger, D.S., Mahoor, M.H., Cadavid, S., Martinez, O.L., Mattson, W.I., & Cohn, J.F. (2009, March). Eye Constriction in Positive and Negative Emotional Expressions. Poster session presented at the International Conference for Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD. |
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Messinger, D.& Ibanez, L. (2010). Visual disengagement during early interaction as a predictor of joint attention. Paper 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, Baltimore, MD. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D.(2009). Affect, Attention, and Autism Risk. Address delivered at the webinar Bioconference Live. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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), . |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D. (2008). Automated Measurement of Infant-Parent Interaction. Invited DataBlitz talk. University of Miami Symposium on Networks. |
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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.' |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Rosenberg, E., Messinger, D.S. & Cohn, J. (2008). Advanced FACS Methodological Issues. Presented at the 12th European Conference on Facial Expressions. Geneva, Switzerland. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D. (2008). Core concepts in understanding and treating autism. Presented at "Masters of Pediatrics," Miami Beach, FL. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D. (2007). Development of emotional communication. Paper presented at the Workshop on Transactional Emotions, Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D. (2007). The early development of autism and the broader phenotype. Presented at "Masters of Pediatrics," Miami Beach, FL. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D. (2001, September). Prenatal cocaine exposure and infant outcome. Paper presented at the University of Maine, Orono, ME. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D. (November, 1999). "Effects of substance exposure during pregnancy on infant outcomes." Invited address to the International Neonatal Conference: Neonatology 2000, Miami, FL. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D. & Bauer, C. (March, 1995). Status of research on infants born to substance abusing mothers. Pediatric Research Rounds. University of Miami. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Messinger, D. & Fogel, A. (April, 1991). Offering and requesting: Similarities and differences. Poster presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA. |
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Messinger, D. & Freedman, D. (April, 1990). Japanese and American differences in toddler autonomy. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Montreal, CA. |
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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.
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| 28. Teaching Specialization |
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2001-2007, 2009 |
Graduate seminars: "Atypical Social Development” and “Psychology of Infant Development.” |
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1999-2007, 2009 |
Undergraduate web-based, writing courses: "Psychology of Infancy," "Psychology of Social and Emotional Development,” and "Fact-Forum." |
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1988-1993 |
Teaching Fellow, University of Utah. "Psychology of Adolescence," "Introduction to Psychology," "Psychological Methodology," and "Statistical Methods in Psychology" (graduate). |
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1989 |
Graduate Instructor, University of Utah. "Introduction to Infancy and Childhood." |
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29A. Thesis And Dissertation Advising |
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Ibanez, L. (2009). Dissertation (Chair, Proposed). Attention, Language Development, and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Symptomatology in the Infant Siblings of Children with an ASD. |
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McDonald, N. (2009). Master’s Thesis (Chair). Early Empathy Development and Cooperation in Toddlers at Risk for an Autism Spectrum Disorder. |
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Kolnick, S. (2009). Dissertation (Chair, Proposed). Predicting school readiness: Executive functions, problem behaviors and theory of mind in preschoolers. |
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Grantz, C. J. (2008). Master’s Thesis (Chair). The Emergence of Triadic Attention in Typically-Developing Infants and Infant Siblings of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). |
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Scolnick, S. (2008). Master’s Thesis. Responding to Joint Attention: Growth and Prediction to Subsequent Social Competence in Children Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine. |
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Vitiello, V. (2009). Ph.D. Dissertation. Executive Functions and Approaches to Learning in Head Start Preschoolers. |
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Vanessa Gonzalez-Jarquin (2008). Ph.D. Dissertation. Validation of the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) in a Hispanic Sample: Understanding the Impact of Expressed Emotion. |
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Cassel, T. (2008). Ph.D. Dissertation (Chair). Examination of the communicative deficits associated with the broad phenotype of autism in infant siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. |
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Kimeldorf, M. (2008). Ph.D. Dissertation. Reactions to Infidelity: Individual, Gender and Situational Predictors of Relationship Outcome and Forgiveness. |
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Monica Bocanegra (2008). Ph.D. Dissertation. Treatment regimen and visual processing in children perinatally infected with HIV. |
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J.D. Haltigan (2008). Dissertation (Chair). Emotional Communication and Attachment Security between Parents and their Infants at Risk For Autism Spectrum Disorders. |
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Ann-Marie Faria (2008). Ph.D. Dissertation. Peer interactions and school readiness in Head Start children. |
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Ibanez, L. (2007). Masters Thesis (Chair). Visual disengagement in the infant siblings of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). |
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Acosta, S. (2007). Dissertation Proposal (Chair). Correspondences in autistic symptomatology and cognitive functioning between autistic children and their infant siblings. |
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Haltigan, J.D. (2006). Masters Thesis (Chair). Initial Validation of Emotion Ratings from Continuous Rating Software: Reliability, Validity, and Their Role In Studies of Human Interaction. |
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Harrison, H. M. (2006). Ph.D. Dissertation. Peer Victimization and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence. |
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Dinehart, L. (2006). Language Outcomes in a High Risk Population: The Role of Caregiver Speech, Responsivitiy, and Directiveness. |
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Acosta, S. (2005). Masters Thesis (Chair). Emotional expression in infants exposed to cocaine. |
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Thorp, D. (2004). Ph.D. Dissertation. Joint Engagement and Language Development: Contributions of Mother and Infant. |
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Tricia Cassel (2003). Masters Thesis (Chair). What causes some infant smiles to be perceived as more positive than others? |
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Karen Bearman (2003). Ph.D. Dissertation. Social anxiety in school-age children with asthma: application of the disability-stress-coping model of adjustment. |
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Danielle Thorp (2002). Masters Thesis. The assessment of social communication skills in children with autism: The ESCS-L and the PICS. |
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Monica Bocanegra (2002). Masters Thesis. Reaching outcome, behavior and efficiency in infants prenatally exposed to cocaine and/or opiates. |
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Laura Bolzani (2002). Masters Thesis (Chair). Adult perception of infant facial expressions: An appraisal-dimensional approach. |
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Zachary Warren (2002). Masters Thesis. Mother-infant interaction and cognitive and behavior outcomes in infants prenatally exposed to cocaine. |
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Susan Brunner (2002). Masters Thesis (Chair). Social play interaction of cocaine exposed children and caregivers. |
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Karen Bearman (2002). Masters Thesis Proposal. Asthma and social anxiety in school-age children: Application of the disability-stress-coping model of adjustment. |
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Jennifer Lynn Stella (2001). Ph.D. Dissertation. Predictive validity of the factor structure of the childhood autism rating scale. |
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Winsome Thompson (2000). Ph.D. Dissertation (Co-Chair). Language and cognitive performance in minority children infected with HIV. |
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Sangeeta Mallik (2000). Ph.D. Dissertation. Attachment quality, joint attention, and behavioral outcome in infants prenatally exposed to cocaine. |
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Marygrace Yale (1999). Ph.D. Dissertation (Chair). The coordination of infant behaviors: An event-based analysis. |
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Christine Fullmer (1999). Ph.D. Dissertation (Chair). Infant responses to changes in parental behavior: A comparison of two still-face situations. |
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Stephen Sheinkopf (1999). Ph.D. Dissertation. The role of joint attention, social cognition, and self-regulation in the development of social competence: A study of at-risk children. |
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Melinda Collins (1999). Ph.D. Dissertation. Caregiver psychological distress and child outcome in cocaine exposed children |
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Roline Milfort (1998). Masters Thesis. Factors influencing variability in social competence among African-American and Hispanic-American Head Start children. |
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Christine Fullmer (1997). Masters Thesis (Co-Chair). The coordination of infant behaviors in response to the face-to-face/still-face paradigm. |
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Mary Grace Yale (1997). Masters Thesis (Co-Chair). Coordination of infant vocalizations and facial actions. |
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Jennifer Willoughby (1997). Ph.D. Dissertation. Predicting language and behavioral outcome in high risk infants: The utility of measures of joint attention and other nonverbal communication skills. |
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Jennifer Willoughby (1996). Masters Thesis. Sharing positive affect in the context of joint attention: A description of cocaine exposed 12-month-olds. |
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Dionne R. Dobbins (1996). Ph.D. Dissertation. An examination of the caregiving environments of children prenatally exposed to cocaine: Family routines, family resources, and home environment. |
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29B. Undergraduate Mentoring |
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Research Interns (PSY 367/368): Norona, D.; Gangi, D.; Forero, A.; Freile, M.; Calderon, C., Edmundson, M., Merlin, R.; Oswald, T. Astone, K.; Heisler, C.; Vertucci, K.; Robinson, G. Atapattu, S.,Chan, S., Cuervo, M., Kimijima, M., Santa Cruz L., Stewart E., Tecla A., Feldman, A., Abramov, Y., Barclay, N., Gealy, W., Gomez, M., Kimijima, M., & Kiss, L. |
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Calesa Dennis. (2009). NSF Summer Program Participant. Discipline Techniques in Parents of Children at Risk for an Autism Spectrum Disorder. |
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Cristina Calderon (2009). PRIME Poster. Measuring Infant Smiles with Computer Vision. |
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Stephanie Beckel (2007). Senior Honors Thesis. Continuous Measurement of Perceived Emotion in Infants At-Risk for Autism. |
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Mark Sheskin (2007). Senior Honors Thesis. Facial Actions and Intensification of Ratings of Emotion |
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Stephanie Beckel (2007). PRIME Poster. Reliability of Continuous Measurement of Perceived Emotion. |
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Mark Sheskin (2006). PRIME Poster. The Relationship Between Infant Gaze and Perceived Emotion of Parent and Infant During the Face-to-Face/Still-Face Protocol. |
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Ryan Brewster (2006). PRIME Poster. Examination of Positive Infant Expression using Automated Facial Analysis (AFA4). |
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Brittany Lambert . Gaze Patterns of Infant Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. |
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Brittany Lambert (2006). PRIME Poster. Gaze patterns of infants at-risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). |
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Christina Fernandez (2006). PRIME Poster. Temperamental Differences Between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Typically Developing (TD) Siblings. |
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Mark Cusick (2006). Senior Honors Thesis. The Relationship Between Parent Reports of Infant Temperament and Objective Coding of Infant Emotion. |
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Jessica Linick (2005). Senior Thesis. Parent Ratings of Infant Emotional Expressivity. |
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Mark Cusick (2005). PRIME Poster. The Relationship Between Parent Reports of Infant Temperament and Objective Coding of Infant Emotion. |
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Jessica Linick (2005). PRIME Poster. Parent Ratings of Infant Emotional Expressivity. |
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Paige Mullar (2004). PRIME Poster. Undergraduate perception of infant smiles: Perceived emotional intensity in short video clips. |
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Jennifer Escobar (2003). PRIME Poster. Using automated measurements of mouth opening and smile strength to predict perceptions of positive emotion in infant smiles. |
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Anna Frusciante (2003). PRIME Poster. Anticipatory smiles: Predicting infant temperament and language/cognitive outcomes. |
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Rabiah Rashied (2003). Psychology Research Fair Poster. Adult perceptions of the intensity of positive infant emotions. |
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Kimberly Argetsinger (2002). PRIME Poster & Presentation. The relationship of cheek raising to perceived infant emotion. |
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Susan Acosta (2002). Psychology Research Fair Poster. The coordination of infant smiles and mother smiles. |
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Susan Acosta (2001). PRIME Poster & Presentation. The coordination of infant smiles and gazes at mother. Winner: Best Oral Presentation, University of Miami Undergraduate Conference, November, 2001. |
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Danielle Sanders (2001). PRIME Poster & Presentation. The perception of emotion in infant facial expressions: The presence of cheek-raising and mouth-opening in cry faces and smiles. |
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Genise Vertus (2000). PRIME Poster. The social play coding system: Measurement and assessment of the quality of caregiver-infant social play interaction. |
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Dione Brunson (2000). PRIME Poster. Factors influencing the perception of positive emotions in infant smiles. |
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Shereen Sattaur (1999). PRIME Poster. Adult judgments of the emotional intensity of infant facial expressions.
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Service |
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30. University of Miami Committee and Administrative Responsibilities |
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| 2010 | Ahora En Nuestra Comunidad (Now In Our Community), Univision, Channel 23 |
| 2008-2010 | Organizer, Child Division Brown Bag Speaker Series |
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2008-2010 |
Representative to the Graduate School, University of Miami, UM Fellows Selection Committee. |
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2008 |
Representative to the Graduate Research Council, University of Miami. |
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2004-2009 |
Member of Ad-Hoc Committees to Review Faculty Teaching |
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2007-2008 |
Chair of the Child Division Developmental Search Committee. |
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2007 |
Member of the Child Division Clinical Faculty Search Committee. |
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2005, 2007 |
Member of the Child Division Institute for Educational Science Faculty Search Committee. |
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2005, '07, 09 |
Member of the Adult Division Faculty Search Committee. |
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2004-2009 |
Psychology Representative, Social and Behavioral Science Committee of the Institutional Review Board. |
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1999-present |
Chair, Subcommittee on Web page organization, Child Division, Department of Psychology. |
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2003-2005 |
Faculty Advisor, Student Campaign for Child Survival. |
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Research Dissemination |
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| 2010 "Parenting" |
Maternal response may aid autism language. UPI.com. http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/health/Talk_and_Play_May_Help_Autistic_Kids__Study_Miami.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/uom-ams022510.php http://madeinafrika.biz/news/newsmain.php?newscat=entertainment&id=5444 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100225101224.htm http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/02/26/autistic-children-benefit-from-sensitive-moms/11735.html |
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2010 "Non-experts" |
http://www.newsguide.us/education/science/Ask-the-non-experts/ (1/21/10) "Ask the non-experts," http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-01/uom-atn012110.php University of Miami psychologists use non-expert student observers in autism research. UsHour.com - http://www.ushour.com/
Ask the non-experts |
ScienceBlog.com http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/176873.php http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100121150754.htm http://www.physorg.com/news183309642.html "Non-experts used in study" The Miami Hurricane [Student Newspaper], by Meredith Reilly (1/31/10) |
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2009 |
Expert consultant for television documentary, "A Baby's Smile" produced by Nutopia. |
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2009 |
Quoted expert in, "Robot Teaches Itself to Smile," Wired, http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/robotsmile/ |
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2009 |
Abstracted article in Infants to adolescents: Research update, 10 (3), "Engaging Smiles." Beverly J. Roder & Mabel L. Sgan, Eds. |
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2009 |
Newsbriefs: Three professors win prominent awards. In Arts & Sciences, University of Miami, Spring, p. 4. |
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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. |
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2008 |
Featured expert on infant smiling interviewed for article in Fit Pregnancy. |
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2007 |
Panelist, "Autism’s Alarming Rates" on WPBT's ISSUES hosted by Helen Ferré. |
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2007 |
Featured expert in "Smile, Baby! The evolution of the grin," in Today's Parent Magazine (1/11/2007). |
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2006 |
Featured speaker. Miami Dade Walk Kick-off Luncheon. Walk for Autism Research. Autism Speaks. |
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2003, 2004 |
"Prenatal drug abuse and emotional development. Career Day Speaker, Riviera Preparatory School. |
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2004 |
Research reviewed in The Parent Review: Bridging Science and Parenting, Vol 1(2), p. 4. |
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2002 |
Quoted expert in "Put on a Happy Face" Parents (August, 2002, pp. 157-158), by Denise Porretto. |
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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. |
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2000 |
"When we smile." Invited presentation to Fairglade Elementary School. |
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Community Volunteerism |
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2004-2005 |
Fairglade School Inc., Board Member |
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2003-2009 |
Annual Hazon NY Jewish Environmental Bike Ride |
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2002 |
Miami-Dade Human Rights Initiative Poll-Worker |
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2001 |
Montreal to Maine. AIDS Vaccine Ride participant. |
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2000 |
Boston to New York 6. AIDS Ride participant. |
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Languages |
Italian (fluent) and Spanish (basic communicative competence). |