Overview
Dr. Sacha Shaw, Ph.D., BCBA-D (she/her), is a full-time assistant clinical professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at Northeastern University. Dr. Shaw assists the team of core ABA faculty in facilitating online student communities to foster a sense of belonging and inclusiveness during student onboarding, advising, and throughout behavior analytic graduate coursework. She has experience serving on the Biomedical Institutional Review Boards and Curriculum Committees at higher education institutions, and she has assisted institutions in meeting objectives for innovative teaching practices and student engagement by training faculty from various departments in effective teaching strategies for asynchronous online classrooms.
Dr. Shaw’s scholarly work encompasses research and the dissemination of effective teaching techniques utilized in asynchronous online graduate classrooms, as well as evidence-based practices that promote positive behavior in individuals and whole classrooms within K–12 school settings. In addition to comprehensive teaching and research experience, she brings nearly two decades of experience providing behavioral analytic services to diverse populations aged 2–22 across public and private school and residential settings in various states and countries. Currently, her consultative work focuses on developing skill-acquisition and function-based behavioral interventions for clients of all abilities in underserved urban and rural schools, as well as on providing educators with training to implement these interventions.
Areas of Expertise
Primary: Teaching Practices in Higher Education
Additional: K-12-Based Consultation
Keywords: Teaching Practices in Higher Education, K-12-Based Consultation
Selected Publications
Shaw, S.K.G., Posey, J. (in progress). Comparing the effects of interteaching and discussion forum activities in an asynchronous classroom: A third systematic replication.
Shaw, S. K. G., Posey, J. L., Zane, T., Putnam, R. F., Shillingsburg, A., & Weiss, M. J. (2026). Comparing interteaching and discussion forums in an asynchronous online classroom: A replication. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 59(2), e70060. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.70060
Shaw, S. K. G., Posey, J. L., Zane, T., & Weiss, M. J. (2024). Comparing interteaching and discussion forums in an asynchronous online classroom. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 10.1002/jaba.2905.
Pratt, J., Blair, S., Shaw, S.K.G., Wickerd, G., Steege, M. (in progress). Conducting School-Based Case Studies: A Guide to Data-Based Collaborative Problem Solving. New York: Guilford.
Creem, A.N., Shaw, S.K.G., Plattner, C., Posey, J. (2022). Using the Teaching Interaction Procedure and Behavioral Skills Training to Develop Skills for Individuals with Autism: An Evidence-Based Approach. In: Leaf, J.B., Cihon, J.H., Ferguson, J.L., Weiss, M.J. (eds) Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autism. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96478-8_14
Maki, E., Shaw, S., Putnam, R., Harrington, E., Schrieber, S. (August 2022). Supporting Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders Through School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. Center on PBIS, University of Oregon. www.pbis.org
Courses Taught
CAEP 6328: Single Case Research Designs
Previous Institutions
- SPY 601: Behavioral Principles of Learning
- SPY 612: Behaviorism
- SPY 602: Single-Case Research Design
- SPY 604: Functional Behavior Assessment
- SPY 605: Principles and Procedures of Instructional Intervention
- SPY 615: Behavior Analytic Methods for Skill Assessment and Intervention
- SPY 608: Professional Ethics in Behavior Analysis
- ABA 534: Measurement and Experimental Evaluation
- ABA 541: Functional Behavior Assessment
- ABA 520: Teaching Social Skills to Children with Emotional & Behavioral Disorders
