Rate My Professor Laura Lee McIntyre

Laura Lee McIntyre is a professor in Psychology at the University of Oregon, where she held the Castle-McIntosh-Knight Endowed Professorship in School Psychology in the College of Education's Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences. She earned her PhD in School Psychology from the University of California, Riverside in 2003, following a predoctoral internship at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Kennedy Krieger Institute (2002-2003), an MA in Special Education from UC Riverside in 2000, and a BA in Developmental Psychology, magna cum laude, from La Sierra University in 1997. Prior to joining UO in 2009 as associate professor and research scientist in the Prevention Science Institute, she served as assistant professor in the Psychology Department at Syracuse University (2003-2009), senior scientist at Syracuse's Center for Health and Behavior, and adjunct faculty/staff psychologist at SUNY Upstate Medical University's Center for Development, Behavior, and Genetics. At UO, she advanced to full professor in 2013, co-directed the School Psychology Program, directed Graduate Studies (2010-2016), headed the Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences (2016-2021), directed the Prevention Science Institute (2019-2022), served as interim dean (2022-2023) and dean of the College of Education (2023-2025), and currently holds a courtesy research professor appointment. She also served on the UO Board of Trustees (2017-2021).

McIntyre's research specializations include children's mental and behavioral health, special education, and prevention and intervention strategies to promote well-being in vulnerable and underserved populations, with emphasis on early childhood, autism spectrum disorder, developmental delays, family-centered parent training, kindergarten transitions, and family-school partnerships. Her work is funded by NIH institutes such as NICHD and NIMH, supporting projects like functional connectivity in developmental delay and mindfulness-based stress reduction with behavioral parent training. Major awards include Fellow of the American Psychological Association Division 16 (School Psychology, 2020) and Division 33 (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities/Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2013), Tom Oakland Midcareer Scholarship Award (APA Division 16, 2021), Catalyst Scholar (Society for the Study of School Psychology, 2017), inducted member of the Society for the Study of School Psychology (2015), Sara S. Sparrow Early Career Research Award (APA Division 33, 2010), and Early Career Award (American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010). Key publications are the co-edited Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (American Psychological Association, 2021), "Family-focused interventions as prevention and early intervention of behavioral problems in children with autism spectrum disorder" (International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2021), "Parent training in young children with developmental disabilities: A randomized controlled trial" (American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2008), and "Transition to school: Adaptation in young children with and without developmental delays" (Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006). As dean, she advanced the College of Education in U.S. News & World Report rankings, co-founded the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health, expanded faculty and programs including school psychology to the Portland campus, and chaired Oregon's Youth Behavioral and Mental Health Workgroup, enhancing child outcomes through integrated scholarship, teaching, and practice.