Grace Binion

Grace Binion is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Furman University, where she joined the faculty in fall 2022. Her research examines developmental psychopathology with focus on intergenerational mental health transmission and children's social-emotional development following early life adversity.

Dr. Binion's educational background includes:

• B.S. in Psychology from Georgia Gwinnett College
• M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Oregon
• Clinical Psychology Internship at Marcus Autism Center, Emory University Department of Pediatrics
• Postdoctoral Fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine

Her research investigates how parental mental health symptoms and adversity impact children's development through emotion regulation, executive function, and theory of mind. She explores resilience factors and develops accessible interventions for at-risk families, emphasizing preschool-age dynamics and causal relationships between risk factors and outcomes.

Publications from 2014-2023 reveal evolving focus: early work centered on reproducibility and foundational child development, while recent research prioritizes autism interventions, maternal emotion dysregulation, and systematic reviews for clinical application. Key thematic clusters include emotion regulation mechanisms, parent-child interaction dynamics, and methodological rigor in developmental psychopathology.

Dr. Binion actively mentors students in connecting psychological research questions with quantitative methods. Her Furman research program develops brief interventions for families at elevated mental health risk, though specific grant details are not provided in available text.

She leads a developmental psychopathology research program examining parent-child dynamics in adversity contexts, with particular collaboration focus on autism spectrum disorder assessment and early intervention frameworks developed during her Emory University affiliations.