Kristen Bottema-Beutel, PhD

Assistant Professor

Kristen Bottema-Beutel is an assistant professor of Special Education in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. Her research focuses on social interaction, social and language development, and school engagement in children with autism spectrum disorder. She received her Ph.D. from the joint doctoral program in Special Education at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University, which was followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in Special Education Interventions at Vanderbilt University. She has worked with students with disabilities for over 15 years.