Saisha Birr

Saisha Birr

Graduate Research Assistant

Applied Developmental Psychology: Neurodivergence, accommodations and supports in school settings for neurodivergent students, sex differences in autism and ADHD, late diagnosis

Saisha is a first-year PhD student in the Applied Developmental Psychology program. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a B.S. in Psychology in 2022. Before joining the Winslab, her research focused on cognition and aging, specifically learning and memory. She worked on a project investigating adult lifespan effects on functional specialization along the hippocampal long axis and she is still in collaboration on a study investigating age differences in episodic memory’s role in categorization strategies. Her current research interests include self-regulation and executive functioning in neurodiverse development and improving accommodations and support in public school settings for neurodiverse students. Her other interests include sex differences in autism, how late diagnosis impacts cognition and mental health in autistic/ADHD adults, and co-occurring neurodivergence.

Education

George Mason University

PhD. Applied Developmental Psychology (ongoing)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

B.S. Psychology (2022)