Valiyamattam Georgitta Joseph

Assistant Professor

Department of Applied Psychology

GITAM School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Visakhapatnam

Education

Ph. D.

gvaliyam@gitam.edu

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Georgitta Valiyamattam received her PhD from Andhra University as a Fulbright-Nehru doctoral fellow at Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA. She completed her postdoctoral training at the Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Her research interests cover the broad areas of human-animal interaction and bonding, vision science and neurodivergence. To know more about her work please visit https://sites.google.com/view/georgittajv

Research Publications

Valiyamattam, GJ., Katti, H., Chaganti, V.K., O’Haire, M.E. & Sachdeva, V. (2023) Circumscribed Interests in Autism: Can Animals Potentially Re-engage Social Attention? Research in Developmental Disabilities, 137, 104486
Katti, H., Valiyamattam, G., Taubert, J., & Nadig, A. (2023). Improving the quality of life of autistic people and their caregivers from diverse backgrounds: methods and approaches. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1242236.
Valiyamattam GJ, Katti H, Chaganti VK, O’Haire ME and Sachdeva V (2020) Do Animals Engage Greater Social Attention in Autism? An Eye Tracking Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:727.
Valiyamattam, GJ., Kritchevsky, J., & Beck, A. M. (2022). Demographics and outcome of dogs and cats enrolled in the PetSafe program at the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine: 2004–2019. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 260(2), 228-233.
Valiyamattam, GJ., Yamamoto, M., Fanucchhi, L., & Wang, F. (2018) Multicultural Considerations in Animal-Assisted Intervention: Mapping Current Status and Future Directions. Human-Animal Interactions, 6, Special Edition, 82-104.

Ongoing Research Projects

Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI), Project: HAB21-056-Do Animals Modulate Social Attention and Functioning in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? Role: Principal Investigator Amount: $27,397 Duration Nov 2021-Jan 2024

Expertise

Research
Teaching
Establishing and sustaining multi-Institutional research collaborations
Counseling/Mentoring