Lizzie Hilvert, PhD

Biography

BA, St. Louis University – Psychology PhD, Loyola University Chicago – Developmental Psychology Waisman Faculty Mentor: Audra Sterling, PhD Lizzie’s research is dedicated to understanding the language and literacy development of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disorders.Her dissertation research explored the writing ability of children with and without ASD, and the mechanisms that may contribute to writing challenges (e.g., language, handwriting, executive functioning). As a postdoctoral trainee, Lizzie is interested in further investigating the linguistic phenotypes of children with ASD and Fragile X syndrome using naturalistic language sampling.