Kristy Johnson, PhD

Kristy Johnson, PhD, is an assistant professor at Northeastern University, jointly appointed in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Communication Sciences & Disorders. She holds an additional faculty appointment at the Yale School of Medicine.

Her research focuses on individuals with complex neurodevelopmental differences, especially those with autism, intellectual disabilities, rare genetic disorders, and minimal spoken speech. She works at the intersection of science and engineering, specializing in personalized naturalistic studies, developmental science, digital healthcare, and augmentative technology.

Dr. Johnson received her PhD in affective computing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and was a postdoctoral fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in the Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center. She earned an MS and honors BS in physics.