Cynthia E. Brown, PhD

Assistant Professor | Applied Clinical Psychology Program
Cynthia.Brown@pacificu.edu
503-352-7328
UC Box 
A-191
HPC-2, Room 288

Roles and Interests

Instructor

  • Professional Orientation & Ethics
  • Clinical Practicum Supervisor

Clinical and Research Interests

  • The development and evaluation of family-based treatments for serious mental health problems, especially externalizing disorders, in children and adolescents
  • Risk factors for aggressive and other disruptive behaviors in autistic youth
  • Symptomatology and treatment for youth on the autism spectrum
  • Training and mentoring in health service psychology

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2020, Clinical Child Psychology
  • M.A., University of Missouri, 2016, Clinical Psychology
  • B.A., University of Kansas, 2013, Psychology                       

Selected Recent Publications (*indicates trainee)

Brown, C.E., Lerner, M.D., Stadheim, J.L.*, Kerns, C., Moskowitz, L., Cohn, E., Drahota, A., Soorya, L., & Wainer, A. (in press). Provider self-reported use and usefulness of intervention strategies for externalizing behaviors in youths with ASD. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Quetsch, L.B., Brown, C.E., Onovbiona, H.*, Bradley, R.*, Aloia, L.S., & Kanne, S.M. (2023). Understanding aggression in autism across childhood: Comparisons with a non-autistic sample. Autism Research, 16, 1185-1198.  https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2930 

Brown, C.E., Sheerin, K.M., Quetsch, L.B., & Borduin, C.M. (2023). Family-friendship linkages in youths with autism spectrum disorder. Family Relations. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12879 

Brown, C.E., Quetsch, L.B., Aloia, L.S., & Kanne, S.M. (2023). Predictors of aggression, disruptive behavior, and anger dysregulation in youths with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05876-6

Staples, G.L.*, Bradley, B.S.*, Quetsch, L.B.*, Aloia, L.S., Brown, C.E., & Kanne, S.M. (2023). Associations between parental stress and quality time spent with youth on the autism spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05852-0

Brown, C. E., Beauchamp, M. T., Nowell, K. P., Bernardin, C. J., & Kanne, S. M. (2023). The network structure of the Special Interests Survey. Autism Research, 16, 379-393. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2862

Lerner, M.D., Brown, C.E., Sridhar, A., Tschida, J.E., Felsman, P.G., Libsack, E.J., Kerns, C.M., Moskowitz, L., Soorya, L., Wainer, A., Cohn, E., & Drahota, A. (2022). Usual care for youth with autism spectrum disorder: community-based providers’ reported familiarity with treatment practices. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.923025

Brown, C. E., Boness, C. L., & Sheerin, K. M. (2022). Supporting students in health service psychology training: A theory-driven approach to meeting the diverse needs of trainees. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 16, 78–86. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000354

Sheerin, K. M., Brown, C. E., & Dopp, A. R. (2021). The evidence base for treating adolescents with a history of sexual offenses: Comment on Mii et al. (2021). The Behavior Therapist, 44(8), 422-423. Available at https://services.abct.org/i4a/doclibrary/index.cfm?category_id=24

Brown, C. E., Quetsch, L. B., & Borduin, C. M. (2021). Adapting multisystemic therapy to the treatment of disruptive behavior problems in youths with autism spectrum disorder: Toward improving the practice of health care. In A. S. El-Baz & J. S. Suri (Eds.), Neural engineering techniques for autism spectrum disorder (1st ed.). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822822-7.00013-2

Brown, C.E. & Hawley, K.M. (2021). Application of exposure plus response prevention for obsessive compulsive disorder related to pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 6, 211-226. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2020.1855611 

Sheerin, K.M., Borduin, C.M., Brown, C.E., & Letourneau, E.J. (2021). An evaluation of mechanisms of change in multisystemic therapy with juvenile justice-involved youths a decade following treatment. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 47, 208-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12446. Awarded Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 2021 Article of the Year

Nowell, K.P., Bernardin, C.J., Brown, C.E., & Kanne, S.M. (2021). Characteristics of special interests in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51, 2711-2724. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04743-6

Brown, C.E., Borduin, C.M., Dopp, A.R., & Mazurek, M.O. (2019) The social ecology of aggression in youths with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 12, 1636-1647. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2157

Borduin, C. M., Brown, C. E., & Sheerin, K. M. (2019). Multisystemic therapy for juvenile offenders. In E. L. Jeglic & C. Calkins (Eds.), New frontiers in offender treatment: The translation of evidence-based practices to correctional settings. Springer: New York.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01030-0_13

Brown, C.E., & Sheerin, K. M. (2018). The role of graduate students as mentors in health service psychology programs [Special issue]. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 12, 22-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tep0000165

Brown, C.E. (2016). Ethical issues when graduate students act as mentors. Ethics & Behavior, 26, 688-702. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2016.1155151

Dopp, A.R., Borduin, C.M., & Brown, C.E. (2015). Evidence-based treatment for juvenile sexual offenders: Review and recommendations. Journal of Aggression, Conflict, and Peace Research, 7, 223-236. https://doi.org/10.1108/JACPR-01-2015-0155