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Dr. Jordan Albright

Dr. Jordan Albright (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Alabama. She completed her B.S. in Psychology at Northwest Missouri State University and her M.S. in Clinical Child Psychology from Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville. She then earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Virginia Tech where she focused on improving access to care for autistic* youth living in rural communities.

After completing her APA-accredited clinical internship on the Child / Developmental Disabilities track at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Dr. Albright completed an NIMH-funded T32 postdoctoral fellowship in implementation science at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Mental Health. Her work focused on identifying common barriers and facilitators to implementing mental health interventions in schools and developing strategies to overcome these barriers.

Through her research, Dr. Albright aims to partner with community stakeholders to develop feasible and sustainable implementation strategies that increase the use of evidence-based interventions in schools. To this end, she has extensive experience developing and working within community-academic partnerships and using mixed-methods research to address community needs. 

Dr. Albright is a clinical psychologist by training who has over a decade of experience working with children and teens. She has expertise working with neurodiverse youth and their families, as well as with a range of co-occurring diagnoses, including ODD, anxiety, depression, and OCD. She also has extensive experience with school-based consultation and individual and group outpatient interventions. 

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London Bowers

London Bowers (he/him/his) is a graduate student in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (M.S) program at the University of South Alabama and lab manager for the COSMA Lab. He completed his bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Mississippi, where he served as an Ambassador for the psychology department. London has experience working in acute and residential settings with adolescents who have behavioral and developmental deficits. Through his work experience, he was inspired to research the areas of resiliency, and the development of at-risk populations. London plans to complete a doctorate in clinical psychology and continue to conduct research.

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*In alignment with the neurodiversity model of autism, and with the stated preferences of many self-advocates, Dr. Albright uses identity-first language (e.g., “autistic person”) as opposed to person-first language (e.g., "person with autism"). For more information about this choice, please refer to the following resources: