Gerenser Joanne
Joanne Gerenser is the Executive Director of the Eden II Programs in Staten Island, New York. She received her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science at the City University of New York Graduate Centre. She is an adjunct Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College as well as Penn State University.
Joanne is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council for the Organization for Autism Research. She is on the boards of the Partnership for Autism Education, the Interagency Council for Mental Retardation and the New York State Association for Behaviour Analysis. Joanne is co-author of the interactive CD-ROM entitled “Behavioural Programming for Children with Autism”.In addition, she has authored several book chapters and articles on autism and developmental disabilities.
She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behaviour Analysis. She sits on a number of Professional Advisory Boards for several programs serving children and adults with autism in the US and abroad. She has received numerous awards for her work with children and adults with autism, including the Nassau Suffolk Autism Lifetime Achievement Award, the Mosaic Foundation’s Educator of Excellence Award, and the Lou Miller Business Leadership Award.