Scott Jackson, PhD

Scott is a postdoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Fred Volkmar, M.D., and James McPartland, Ph.D. with a focus on ASD in adolescence and adulthood. He received Bachelor degrees in Psychology and Sociology from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2006. Between his undergraduate and postgraduate studies, Scott worked in San Diego, CA as a behavioral therapist with children and adolescence with ASD. He completed his Masters (M.Res. Psychology, 2010) and doctoral degrees (Ph.D. Psychology, 2016) at the University of St Andrews, where his research was focused on predictors of, and treatment options for depressive vulnerability in adults with ASD.