Michelle Flippin is an Assistant Professor at the University of Rhode Island. She completed her Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill and received her Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Columbia University. Dr. Flippin has worked with children with autism and their families for over two decades. Dr. Flippin's research is focused on social communication development and  intervention for children with neuro-developmental disabilities. She is particularly focused on father-mediated interventions for children with autism.