Jill Locke, PhD

Faculty Appointment(s)

Associate Professor

jjlocke@uw.edu

Jill Locke, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, a licensed child psychologist and the former co-Director of the SMART Center from 2020-23. To date, her research has focused on the: 1) presentation of social impairment for autistic youth; 2) identification of best practices for autistic youth; and 3) understanding of successful implementation and sustainment of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for autistic youth in public school settings. Her current research focuses on understanding EBP use to support autistic youth in inclusive settings and developing and testing implementation strategies to support the adoption, implementation, and sustainment of EBPs in public schools.

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2012
PhD, UCLA, 2010
MA, UCLA, 2007
BA, UCLA, 2005

Department Affiliations

Centers/Programs

Recent Publications

Study protocol for testing the efficacy of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) implementation strategy in elementary schools: a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial.
(2025 Apr 24)
Implement Sci 20(1): 17
Locke J, Williams NJ, Sridhar A, Ehrhart MG, Dopp A, Thirion M, Espeland C, Riddle B, Schmitz K, Hatch K, Buehler L, Lyon AR
Identifying and Responding to Gaps in the Academic Research Pipeline: Findings From the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Early Career Committee.
(2025 Apr)
Autism Res 18(4): 717-724
Villalobos ME, Vivanti G, Jayanath S, Carpenter K, Shen MD, Shic F, Locke J
Not getting better but not getting worse: A cluster randomized controlled pilot trial of a leadership implementation strategy.
(2025 Jan-Dec)
Implement Res Pract 6(): 26334895241312405
Locke J, Corbin CM, Goosey R, Collins VK, Ehrhart MG, Hatch K, Espeland C, Lyon AR
Harnessing Human-Centered Design for Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions and Implementation Strategies in Community Settings: Protocol for Redesign to Improve Usability, Engagement, and Appropriateness.
(2025 Jan 29)
JMIR Res Protoc 14(): e65446
Lyon AR, Munson SA, Pullmann MD, Mosser B, Aung T, Fortney J, Dopp A, Osterhage KP, Haile HG, Bruzios KE, Blanchard BE, Allred R, Fuller MR, Raue PJ, Bennett I, Locke J, Bearss K, Walker D, Connors E, Bruns E, Van Draanen J, Darnell D, Areán PA
Study protocol for a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial of a team-based implementation strategy to support educators' use of a social engagement intervention.
(2025 Jan 9)
Implement Sci 20(1): 3
Locke J, Sridhar A, Shih W, Shire S, Eisman AB, Kim E, Du A, Espeland C, Kasari C
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