Bishay, A., Ghanem, Z., & Kang, E. (2026). Examination of IQ and Social Skills Relationship, Sex and Neurodevelopment as Moderators. Poster Accepted to the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA), Boston, MA, February 2026.

Ghanem, Z., & Kang, E. (2026, April 15-17). Diagnostic Overshadowing and Suicide Risk: Understanding Self-Injurious Behaviors in Neurodiverse Youth.Poster Accepted to the Virtual 2026 5th Annual Suicide Research Symposium.

Ghanem, Z., Candy, C., & Kang, E. (2026). Inflation of Schizoid Personality Features in Autism: Clarifying Diagnostic Overlap and Reducing Stigma. Poster Accepted to the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Prague, Czech Republic, April 2026. 

Ghanem, Z., & Kang, E. (2026). Influence of Autistic Traits on Depression and Anxiety Above and Beyond Sex in Youth. Poster Presented at the 20th Annual Autism Conference, New York City, NY, January 2026.

Castillo, A.C., McDonald, R.G., Lynch, H., Cifuentes, N., Khawar, S., & Kang, E. (2025). Examining the Relationship Between Treatment Usage and Executive Functioning Among Autistic Youth. Poster accepted  at International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Seattle, WA, United States.

Ghanem, Z.,Vonfrolio, K.,Scarcelli, R., Cargill, M. I., & Kang, E. (2025). Sex and Age Differences in Self-reported Anxiety, Executive Functioning, and Quality of Life in Autistic and Non-autistic Youth. Poster Presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), New Orleans, LA, November 2025.

Ghanem, Z., & Kang, E. (2025, October 18- November 1). Sex Differences in the Role of Social Motivation and Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors on Depression and Anxiety in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youth.Poster Presented at the Virtual International Forum on Research Excellence (IFORE).

Ghanem, Z.,Scarcelli, R., Vonfrolio, K., Cargill, M. I., & Kang, E. (2025). Sex and Age Differences in Self-reported Anxiety and Quality of Life in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youth. Poster Presented at the Montclair State University Student Research Symposium, Montclair, NJ, April 2025.

Ghanem, Z.,* Tangarife, A.,* Khawar, S., Tilson, C., & Kang, E. (2025). Exploring Familial Support Needs and Impact of Amount of Service Use on Parental Mental Health in Families with Autism and Related Conditions: A Mixed-Method Approach. Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Seattle, WA, April 2025. *co-first authors

Mahmud, F., McDonald, R.G., Bsharat, W., Shahin, S., Wallace, D., Masia, C., Kang, E. (2025, May). Exploring the relationship between cognitive flexibility and anxiety in autistic youth. Poster presentation at International Society for Autism Research, Seattle, WA.

Peters, A.W., McDonald, R.G., Khawar, S., Lynch, E., McSorely, N., Houston, S., Bixter, M. T., Kang, E. (2025, April 30 - May 3) Emotional Dysregulation as a Mediator of Task-based and Day-to-Day Executive Functioning in Adolescents. Poster accepted to the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Seattle, Washington, United States.

Radoeva, P.D., McDonald, R.G., Elizardo, C., Li, E.A., Legere, C.H., Saletin., J.M., Hunt, J.I., Deoni, S.C.L.., Sheinkopf, S.J., Mazefsky, C.A., Philip, N.S., Dickstein, D.P. (2025). Relationship between Food Selectivity, Sleep Problems and Emotional Reactivity in Autistic Youth. Poster accepted to the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Seattle, WA, United States.

Ahmad, R.F., McDonald, R.G., Hollender, A., & Kang, E. (2024). The Mediating Role of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors on Social-Neurocognitive Processes in Neurodiverse Youth. Accepted to the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Ahmad, R.F., McDonald, R.G., & Kang, E. (2024). Differences in Social Behavior within Neurodiverse Youth. Presented at the Montclair State University Research Symposium, Montclair, NJ, United States.

Bsharat, W., Khawar, S., Cargill, M., Hartle, G., Hreno, S., Park, P., & Kang, E (2024, November). Exploring the Relationship between Autism Knowledge and Stigma Domains in Underrepresented Ethno Racial Minority Groups: Implications for Culturally Sensitive Support and Services [Poster Abstract]. Presented to the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Bsharat W., Khawar S., Cargill M., Lynch E., House M., and Kang E., “The impact of autism diagnosis on stigma: Parent-reported autism traits and stigma experiences in underrepresented ethno-racial minority groups,” in Montclair State University Research Symposium, Poster Presentation, 2024.

Castillo, A.C., McDonald, R.G., & Kang, E. (2024). Examining the Relationship Between Profiles of Anxiety and IQ. Presented at Montclair State University Student Research Symposium, Montclair, NJ, United States.

Castillo, A.C., McDonald, R.G., Lynch, E., & Kang, E. (2024). Examining the Role of Emotion Dysregulation and Intolerance of Uncertainty in the Manifestation of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors. Presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Cifuentes, N., McDonald, R.G., & Kang, E. (2024). A phenotypic examination of executive functioning challenges in children with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Accepted to MSU Research Symposium, Montclair, NJ, United States.

Cifuentes, N., McDonald, R.G., & Kang, E. (2024). Examining the predictive utility of facets of executive functioning on anxiety symptom profiles in autistic and non-autistic youth. Presented  at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA, United States.

DeFilippo, W., Freden, C.E., Filstein, T., Kang, E. (2024, October 24). Examining Influences of Autism Presentation on Parent-Child Agreement on Child’s Anxiety [Poster Presentation]. To be presented at the International Society for Autism Research, Seattle, WA, United States.

DeFilippo, W., Mahmud, F., Freden, C.E., Bsharat, W. Kang, E. (2024, April 25). Parent-Child Agreement on Magnitude of Anxiety in Autistic vs Non-Autistic Children [Poster Presentation]. Presented at the Montclair State University Student Research Symposium, Montclair, NJ, United States.

Filstein, T., McDonald, R.G., Polanco, C.,& Kang, E. (2024). Impact of Social Skills and Theory of Mind on Internalizing Symptoms. Poster submitted to Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Hollender, A.E.,  Polanco, C., Bang, S., McDonald, R.G., & Kang, E. (2024). A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Relationships between Specific Executive Functions in Neurodiverse Youth. [Poster] Association of Psychological Sciences Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

House, M., Cargill, & E. Kang E., “Embracing diversity in autism care: Beyond aba to meet the rising needs,” in Montclair State University Research Symposium, 2024

House M., “Martial arts as a therapeutic modality for children with autism spectrum disorder: An interdisciplinary approach to improve motor, neurological, and psychosocial outcomes,” in Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapists (ABCT) 58th Annual Conference, Poster Presentation, 2024.

Hreno, S., Khawar, S., Freden, C., Bsharat, W., Hartle, G., Mazis, E., Park, P., & Kang, E. (2024, November). Correlates of Family Stress, Quality of Care, and Unmet Needs in Underrepresented Ethnoracial Groups with Autistic Children: An Exploration via Path Analysis [Poster Abstract]. Presented to the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 58th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Lynch, E, House, M., Bsharat, W., McDonald, R.G., & Kang, E. (2024) The Utility of the EFCT within the Autism Population. To be presented at Montclair State Student Research Symposium, Montclair, NJ, United States.

Lynch, E, McDonald, R.G., & Kang, E. (2024). Relationships between Executive Functioning and Social Behaviors in Neurodiverse Youth using a Novel EF Measure. To be presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Shahin, S., Mahmud, F., McDonald, R.G., Bsharat, W., Masia, C., & Kang, E. Use of an autism-specific anxiety measure to explore anxiety profiles in autistic and non-autistic males and females [Poster Abstract]. Anxiety & Depression Association of America Conference, Boston, MA

Terroso, S. R., McKenney, E. E., Brunwasser, S. M., Richards, J. K., Day, T. C., Kofner, B., McDonald, R. G., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Kang, E., Lerner, M.D., & Gotham, K. O. (2024, May). Longitudinal relationships between depressive attributional style and internalizing symptoms among neurodiverse students in their first semester of college. [Poster presentation]. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 23rd Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia.