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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Education Psychology Special Education Educational Psychology Developmental Psychology Disability Research

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5.04/23/2026

Always patient, kind, and understanding.

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Kara Hume, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, serving as Program Coordinator for Applied Developmental Sciences and Special Education, Richard “Dick” Coop Faculty Scholar in Education, Faculty Fellow at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, and Director of the National Clearinghouse on Autism Evidence and Practice. She earned her Ph.D. in Special Education from Indiana University Bloomington in 2007, M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from Arizona State University in 2002, and B.S. in Special Education from the University of Evansville in 1995. Hume has collaborated with autistic children and adults for over 30 years in various capacities, including home program therapist, classroom teacher for seven years primarily with students on the autism spectrum, trainer, consultant, CrossFit coach, and researcher. She is a Certified Advanced Consultant with the UNC TEACCH Autism Program. Her career at UNC began in 2008 as an Investigator at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, advancing through roles such as Research Assistant Professor in the School of Education (2011–2015), Research Associate Professor (2015–2019), and to her current Associate Professor position since 2019.