Jessica Pappagianopoulos

Jessie Pappagianopoulos is currently a doctoral student at the University of Virginia. Prior to UVA, she worked at Mass General Brigham Hospital’s Aspire program delivering social skills groups that centered experiential learning around interest-aligned activities, such as cooking, gaming, and creative writing, and directing summer camps. Currently as a graduate student, Jessie works as a researcher and clinician with overarching goals of developing, assessing, and expanding culturally responsive care and interventions for neurodivergent individuals across the lifespan. Jessie recently conducted a pilot study examining the preliminary efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability of Guild Chronicles, delivered remotely through Discord, for autistic adolescents.