Research Profiles

Power of Place

Kristen Farmer works with a client

An estimated 1 million adults in the United States, and one in 88 children, live with an autism spectrum disorder.  For nearly 40 years UNT has been a trendsetter in autism research and intervention. The opening of UNT's Kristin Farmer Autism Center this fall will allow experts from UNT's College of Education...


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A Wealth of Health

Dr. Denise Perry Simmons, Assistant Vice President for Research Development at U

The University of North Texas has access to a treasure-trove.  Neither hidden nor in plain sight, the yield awaits those seekers who bring purpose and diligence to the quest. In this case, the treasure is information, and there is a wealth of it to be found, thanks to a recent partnership between UNT and the Texas State Department of...



Will the Real Psychopath Please Stand Up?

The actor Anthony Perkins in a scene from Psycho, an Alfred Hitchcock film

Dr. Craig Neumann is an internationally renowned research scientist with expertise on psychopathic personality and sophisticated statistical techniques such as structural equation modeling. His research is highly cited (averaging 76 citations per year via the Web of Knowledge tool), and he is fortunate to work with esteemed scientists around the world such as Drs. Robert D. Hare, Essi...


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Shaping the Future

Danielli Costa ('11) knew she was taking on a tough job when she was hired to teach math at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas last spring.

Her students had already had five teachers that school year and were about to take Texas' important standardized tests, which would determine if they could pass to the next grade. Thomas Jefferson, a school on the rise, has had...


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UNT Libraries House a Must-See Digital Collection

From India to Germany and from New Zealand to Nigeria, users from more than 200 countries around the globe look to UNT’s collection of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) to help further their own research endeavors.

Stored in UNT Digital Library’s UNT Theses and Dissertation collection, more...


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