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Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Dissertation
In press or under review
*indicates shared authorship
Heiman, C.M., Herzberg, O., West, K.L., Fletcher, K.K., Tamis-LeMonda, C.S. (under revision). Baby steps towards reading: Infants' spontaneous interactions with books at home.
Ellis, A., Manikkan, R., West, K.L. (under review). Toddler classroom daily schedules and language environments.
Manikkan, R., West, K.L. (under review). Motor–language synchrony in autism: Evidence from naturalistic caregiver–toddler interactions.
Birnschein, A.M., Ward, O.F., Tomeny, T.S., Hudac, C.M., White, S., West, K.L., Frechette, A.H., Allen, R.S. (under review). Together we go further: Autistic adults suggest strategies for stronger, high-quality relationships.
Manikkan, R., Rampersaud, A., West, K.L. (under review). Toys as tools for word learning: Experimentally testing the connection between toys and caregiver adjective use.
2026
*West, K.L., *Manikkan, R., Adolph, K.E., Tamis-LeMonda, C.S. (in press). Opportunities for word learning: Objects, infant locomotion, and verb input. Child Development.
West, K.L., Piergies, T., Alviar-Guzman, C. & Lense, M. (under revision).Social communication development in a contingent world: Insights from autism. Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society B.
2025
Keller, B.P., Kalinyak, A., McDowell, M.G., West, K.L. (2025). Creating a culture of respect for autistic patients and families. Association of Child Life Professionals Bulletin.
Schneider, J.L. & West, K.L., (in press). A matter of time: Developmental cascades for developmental science. Infant Behavior and Development.
2023
West, K.L., Saleh, A.N., Adolph, K.E., & Tamis-LeMonda, C.S. (2023). “Go, go, go!” Mothers’ verbs align with infants’ locomotion. Developmental Science, 26 (6) e13397.
West, K.L., Steward, S.E., Britsch, E.R., Iverson, J.M. (2023). Infant communication across the transition to walking: Developmental cascades among infant siblings of children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
2022
Iverson, J.M., West, K.L., Schneider, J.L., Plate, S.N., Northrup, J.B., Britsch, E.R. (2022). Early development in autism: How developmental cascades help us understand the emergence of developmental differences, In Lockman, J.J. & Tamis-LeMonda, C.S. (Eds), Advances in Child Development and Behavior Volume 64: Developmental Cascades. Elsevier.
Chen, Q., Schneider, J.L., West, K.L. & Iverson, J.M. (2022). Infant locomotion shapes proximity to adults during everyday play in the U.S. Infancy. 27 (5) 1-16.
Adolph, K. E. & West, K. L. (2022). Autism: The face value of eye contact. Current Biology, 32, R559–R588.
West, K. L., Fletcher, K. K., Adolph, K. E., & Tamis-LeMonda, C. S. (2022). Mothers talk about infants' actions: How verbs correspond to infants' real-time behavior. Developmental Psychology, 58, 405-416.
2021
West, K.L. & Iverson, J.M. (2021). Communication changes when infants begin to walk. Developmental Science, 24, e13102.
West, K.L., Soska, K.C., Cole, W.G., Han, D., Hoch, J.E., Hospodar, C.M., & Kaplan, B.E. (2021). From description to generalization, or there and back again. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, e37.
2020
Jarvis, E.N., West, K.L., & Iverson, J.M. (2020). Object exploration during the transition to sitting: A study of infants at heightened risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Infancy, 25, 640-657.
West, K.L., Roemer, E.J., Northrup, J.B., & Iverson, J.M. (2020). Profiles of action-gesture development in infants with an older sibling with ASD. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63 1195-1211.
2019
West, K.L. (2019). Walking, exploration, and communication: An investigation of developmental cascades in infants with low vs. heightened risk for autism spectrum disorder. University of Pittsburgh.
West, K.L. (2019). Infant motor development in autism spectrum disorder: A synthesis and meta-analysis. Child Development, 90, 2053-2070.
Roemer, E.J., West, K.L., Northrup, J.B., & Iverson, J.M. (2019). Word comprehension mediates the link between gesture and word production: Examining language development in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Developmental Science, 22, e12767.
West, K.L., Northrup, J.B., Leezenbaum, N.B., & Iverson, J.M. (2019). The relation between walking and language in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Child Development, 90, e356-e372.
2018
Heymann, P., Northrup, J.B., West, K.L., Parladé, M.V., Leezenbaum, N.L., & Iverson, J.M. (2018). Coordination is key: Joint attention and vocalisation in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53, 1007-1020.
Iverson, J.M., Northrup, J.B., Leezenbaum, N.B., Parladé, M.V., Koterba, E.A., & West, K.L. (2018). Early gesture and language development in infant siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 55-71.
2017
West, K.L. & Iverson, J.M. (2017). Language learning is hands-on: Exploring links between infants’ object manipulation and verbal input. Cognitive Development, 43, 190-200.
2016
Wozniak, R.H., Leezenbaum, N.L., Northrup, J.B., West, K.L., & Iverson, J.M. (2016). The development of autism spectrum disorders: Variability and causal complexity. WIREs Cognitive Science, doi: 10.1002/wcs.1426.