John C. Burke

Dr. John C. Burke serves as the Executive Director of the International Center for Autism and Disabilities Research at Felician University's School of Education. He holds a Ph.D. from the Joint Doctoral Interdisciplinary Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara and University of California, San Francisco Medical School. His research focuses on communication and social development in children with autism, including infant eye-tracking and child learning programs. He previously completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at The Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, specializing in Applied Behavior Analysis. Dr. Burke has led research under Vice President Gore’s National Reinvention Initiative and presented at the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society. He co-founded a community-based nonprofit, becoming a regional leader in specialized interventions for children and families.

• Education: Ph.D., Joint Doctoral Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences (UCSB/UCSF Medical School); Postdoctoral Fellowship in Behavioral Psychology and Pediatrics (Johns Hopkins).

His current research explores attention, social reciprocity, and communication in children with autism, with initiatives expanding into school-based interventions.