Alexandra Barber
Dr. Alexandra Barber received her Ph.D. in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She received a BA in Psychology from Amherst College where she studied the adverse outcomes of experiencing race and gender-based microaggressions on students of color. At UW–Madison she was advised by Dr. Katie Eklund. Her research interests include examining the factors that make internalizing disorder interventions successful for diverse students, and the accommodations needed in schools to ensure that they are tailored to diverse needs. She is also interested in how cultural competency trainings for teachers and administrators result in meaningful positive change for students. She currently works as a post-doctoral psychology resident at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Alexandra can be reached at alexandra.barber@utah.edu
Awards & Honors
Christine and Phillip Lodewick Scholarship (2020) University of Wisconsin-Madison
American Psychological Association Child and Family Caucus Travel Award (2020)
Mary Ann Halvorson Scholarship (2019) University of Wisconsin-Madison
American Psychological Association Incoming Student Diversity Scholarship (2019)
Education Graduate Research Scholars (Ed-GRS) Fellow (2018-2022) University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduated Cum Laude (2016) Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Publications
Eklund, K., Kilgus, S. P., Meyer, L., & Barber, A. (2021). Universal screening for monitoring students’ emotional, academic, and behavioral heath. In P. Lazarus, S. Suldo, & B. Doll (Eds.), Fostering the emotional wellbeing of children. New York: Oxford University Press.
Kilgus, S. P., Eklund, K., von der Embse, N. P., Weist, M., Barber, A. J., Kaul, M., & Dodge, S. (2020). Structural validity and reliability of Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener – Student Rating Scale (mySAEBRS) scores: A replication study. Assessment for Effective Intervention. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534508420909527
Conference Presentations
Campbell, S., Barber, A., Knabe, M. L. (2019). Person to person activism: Disarming microaggressions and leveraging personal narratives. Workshop presented at the Racial Justice Summit at the YWCA Madison, Madison, WI.
Barber, A., Gregory, B. Campbell, S. (2020). Disarming microaggressions: What to have in your response toolkit. Workshop presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD.
Barber, A., Eklund, K., Kilgus, S. P., Collins, B., Dubose, K., Gregory, B., & Eikenmeyer, M. (2021). The moderating influence of student race/ethnicity on the diagnostic accuracy of a behavior screener. Paper presented at the virtual National Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference.