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Chrystina Dolyniuk

Associate professor
Rider University

Chrystina Dolyniuk is associate professor of psychology at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. She holds a Ph.D. in educational and developmental psychology and was awarded two Fulbright Specialist grants to travel and work in Ukraine in 2011 and 2014. Her research focuses on the community integration of people with autism.

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