Lab Members

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. 

Morgan Patterson

Morgan Patterson (she/her/hers) is a 1st year graduate student in the Clinical and Counseling Psychology program at the University of South Alabama. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Neuroscience at Washington and Lee University and received a Graduate Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorders from James Madison University. She then completed a two-year postgraduate autism fellowship at Yale University. Morgan has experience working with autistic individuals of all ages in clinical, research, and school settings and is also an 'autism sibling'. Her personal and professional experiences revealed that although the research surrounding the effectiveness of evidence-based practices is clear, the implementation of such knowledge across the nation is lacking. Morgan intends to research how to better implement evidence-based practices in public school systems and inform parents and autistic individuals about their legal rights to services.

Amanda Neal

Amanda Neal (she/they) is a 1st year graduate student in the Clinical and Counseling Psychology Program at the University of South Alabama. She completed a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies - Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. There she worked as a research assistant with the Infant Language and Perceptual Learning Lab. After graduating, she worked at Duke University in Duke's Early Experiences and the Developing Brain Lab and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While at UNC, she worked with Dr. Clare Harrop on her Sex and Gender in Autism Study and with the Infant Brain Imaging Study. Amanda is primarily interested in exploring access to care for underserved populations with a focus on improving diagnostics and care services for rural autistic people and their families.

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.