Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Rachel Fenning, Professor of Psychological Science and Director of The Claremont Autism Center at CMC, is a licensed clinical psychologist with particular expertise in assessment and intervention for individuals with neurodevelopmental differences, including autism. Her research examines child and family contributions to social emotional development, biobehavioral regulation, and clinical outcomes in children with autism and related intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). She also develops and tests interventions designed to promote physical health, adaptive behavior, and well-being in underserved autistic children and their families. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Health Resources and Services Administration. She is a former President of Division 33 (IDD/ASD) of the American Psychological Association, and she serves on the Editorial Board of Psychological Assessment and Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.

Chloe Martinez, Associate Director for Programming at the Center for Writing & Public Discourse and Lecturer in Religious Studies at CMC, is the coeditor, with Lisa Van Orman Hadley, of Chaos, Creativity, Completion: New Approaches to Writing and ADHD (University of Chicago Press, 2026); translator of Blue Like My Beloved: Poems of Mirabai (New Directions, October 2026); and author of the poetry collection Ten Thousand Selves and the chapbook Corner Shrine. Her research on religion has appeared in journals including The Medieval History Journal and South Asia​, and has been funded by organizations including the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, AIIS, and SSRC-Mellon Mays. A 2026 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow in Translation, she is assistant editor at Beloit Poetry Journal and poetry editor at the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion.