Ashlee Yates Flanagan
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Research Psychologist, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (DCAPBS), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
734 Schuylkill Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
734 Schuylkill Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education
BA (International Business and Spanish Studies)
Dillard University, 2009.
MA (Counseling Psychology)
New York University, 2012.
MS (Psychology)
Tulane University, 2018.
PhD (School Psychology)
Tulane University, 2022.
BA (International Business and Spanish Studies)
Dillard University, 2009.
MA (Counseling Psychology)
New York University, 2012.
MS (Psychology)
Tulane University, 2018.
PhD (School Psychology)
Tulane University, 2022.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), 2021-2022.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Autism Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2022-2024.
Permanent linkIntern, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), 2021-2022.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Autism Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2022-2024.
Selected Publications
Cola M, Schillinger S, Lyons M, Lee A, Faulk C, Covello M, Howard N, Franke H, Mulqueen A, Fulop L, Knox A, Cho S, Liberman MY, Pandey J, Yates Flanagan A, Donaher J, Schultz RT, Parish-Morris J.: Sex-specific metrics for success: Gaps in social word use are bigger for autistic girls than boys. Autism 30(6): 1608-1614, June 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1177/13623613261417535. Epub ahead of print.McCleary, J.P., Zitter, A., Cordero, L., Russell, A., Cola, M., Udhnani, M., Tena, K., Yates Flanagan, A., Turnacioglu, S., Solorzano, R., Miller, J., Ravindran, V., Parish-Morris, J.: Virtual Reality Intervention to Empower Autistic People to Interact With Police: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial for Autistic Teens and Adults. J Autism Dev Disord May 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10803-026-07339-8. Epub ahead of print.
Cola, M. *, Hauptmann A. *, Russell, A. *, Truong, D.M., Flanagan, A.Y., Tena, K., Pacheco, J., Zitter, A., Knox, A., Pelella, M.R., Fulop, L., Covello, M., Lee, A., Lyons, M., Schillinger, S., Solórzano, R., Turnacioglu, S., Ravindran, V., Miller, J.S., McCleery, J., & Parish-Morris, J.: Short report: Autistic adults’ perceptions of gender, autism, and policing in the United States. Autism 30(5): 1368-1377, May 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1177/13623613251395539. Epub 2025 Dec 17.
Wisniewski K, Henry N, Flanagan AY, Popoola A, Weaver N, Iglio L, Alexandre C, Myers D, Tieu T, Waller R, Kornfield SL, Gur RE, Momplaisir F, Njoroge WFM.: Examining the Impact of the Syndemic on Black Birthing Individuals in the USA: a Systematic Review. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 13(2): 1013-1027, April 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s40615-025-02311-1. Epub 2025 Feb 24.
Guthrie, W.* & Zampella, C.J.*, Yankowitz, L.D., Sariyanidi, E., Cubit, L.S., Abdullah, R., Acheampong, K., Benecke, R., Craig, S., Drye, M., Fecher, M., Flanagan, A.Y., Iglio, L., Megginson, G., Ramsey, K., Steinbeck, L., Vernacchio, A., Wang, L.A.L., Tunc, B., Schultz, R.T.: Reduced infant-caregiver synchrony measured with computer vision is associated with future autism diagnosis and early developmental skill differences. Poster presentation to the International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic April 2026.
Howard, N., King-Pointer, A., Yates Flanagan, A., Fulop, L., Marie, N., Lyons, M., Mulqueen, A., Franke, H., Kim, C., Faulk, C., Cho, S., Pandey, J., Herrington, J., Liberman, M., Schultz, R. T., & Parish-Morris, J.: Exploring backchanneling in Black and White autistic and non-autistic children through a “call-and-response" framework. Poster Presentation to the International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR), Prague, Czech Republic April 2026.
Lyons, M., Mulqueen, A., Howard, N., Franke, H., Fulop, L., Schillinger, S., Lee, A. L., Cola, M., Porsch, A., Trulock, M., Jones, T., Roschelle, J., Ddamulira, J., Unger, L., Liberman, M., Cho, S., Parish-Morris, J., Yates Flanagan, A.: At-home AI reading tutors for neurodivergent school children: A qualitative analysis of caregiver perspectives. Poster Presentation to the International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR), Prague, Czech Republic April 2026.
Acevedo, A., Pandey, J., Flanagan, A.Y., McCourt, D., Zampella, C.J., Parish-Morris, J., Herrington, J.D., Schultz, R.T., Yankowitz, L.D.: A Pilot Study Exploring the Impact of Concordance in Racial/Ethnicity Minority Status on Conversation Partners’ Ratings of Conversation Quality. Poster presentation to the International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR), Prague, Czech Republic April 2026.
Feng, T., Cho, S., Wallace, A., Parrish-Morris, J., Yates Flanagan, A.: #Autizzy: Hashtag Mining of Black Autistic Girls’ and Women’s Experiences Using Natural Language Processing and Qualitative Approaches. Poster presentation to the International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting(INSAR), Prague, Czech Republic April 2026.
Yates Flanagan, A. & Iglio, L., Acheampong, K., Abdullah, R., Vernacchio, R., Benecke, R., Ramsey, K., Cubit, L., Guthrie, W., Zampella, C.: Community Stakeholder Perspectives on Computer Vision Approaches for Early Autism Screening: A Qualitative Analysis. Poster presentation to the International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR), Prague, Czech Republic April 2026.