Julie Lounds Taylor, PhD, received her doctorate in developmental psychology from the University of Notre Dame and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research focuses on understanding the factors that promote positive outcomes for adults with autism spectrum disorder and their families, particularly during the transition to adulthood. She was the 2014 recipient of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Early Career Award, is an associate editor for Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, and is a member of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee.