Biography
Quannah Parker-McGowan, PhD, BCBA is an assistant teaching professor in the Graduate School of Education. She joined Northeastern in 2009. Her areas of expertise include special education, Autism Spectrum Disorder and related neurodevelopmental disabilities, and challenging behavior.
Prior to working at Northeastern, Dr.Parker-McGowan worked as a special education teacher, and administrator. Her publications include articles in Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, and Language, speech, and hearing services in schools.
Dr. Parker-McGowan’s interests centers on the intersection of mental health, trauma, and developmental disabilities in refugee populations abroad and underserved communities within the United States.
Professional Activities & Accomplishments
HONORS AND LEADERSHIP
2015 Nominee, TASH Alice H. Hayden Emerging Leader Award
2014 Nominee, Bruininks-Hagstrum Fellowship University of Minnesota
Nominated through all of the faculty within the special education department to compete University-wide
2007 National Public Radio, This I Believe, “A Lesson Learned from Students,” www.thisIbelieve.org
2005 Graduate Student of the Year, Loyola Marymount University 2005
2005 Outstanding Graduate Student in the School of Education, Loyola Marymount University
2004 Leadership Award, Teach for America
REFEREED ARTICLES
Simacek, J., Reichle, J., Pennington, B., Parker-McGowan, Q. (in-press). Aided Augmentative and Alternative Communication Interventions for Persons with Severe or Profound and Multiple Disabilities: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Julien, H. M., Parker-McGowan, Q., Byiers, B. J., & Reichle, J. (2014). Adult Interpretations of Communicative Behavior in Learners with Rett Syndrome. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 1-16.
Parker-McGowan, Q., Chen, M., Reichle, J., Pandit, S., Johnson, L., & Kreibich, S. (2014). Describing Treatment Intensity in Milieu Teaching Interventions for Children With Developmental Disabilities: A Review. Language, speech, and hearing services in schools, 45(4), 351-364.
NON-REFEREED ARTICLES
Parker-McGowan, Q., Reichle, J. (2016). Applied behavior analysis: A tool to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Impact: Feature Issue on Person-Centered Positive Supports and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 30, 22-24.
Reichle, J., Drager, K., Caron, J. & Parker-McGowan, Q. (2016). Playing the long game: Considering the future of augmentative and alternative communication research and service. Seminars in Speech and Language 37(4), 259-273.
PUBLISHED BOOK CHAPTERS
Reichle, J., Ganz, J., Draeger, K., & Parker-McGowan, Q. (2016) Augmentative and Alternative Communication Applications for Persons with ASD and Complex Communication Needs. In Keen, D., Meadan, H., Brady, N.C., & Halle, J.W. Prelinguistic and Minimally Verbal Communicators on the Autism Spectrum. Springer Singapore.
Reichle, J., & Wacker, D., Parker-McGowan, Q., & Sigafoos, J. (2016). Teaching Communicative Protesting as an Alternative to Avoidance-Maintained Problem Behavior. In Reichle, J. & Wacker, D (Eds.), Functional Communication Training. New York, New York: Guilford Press.
