Amy M. Briesch

Dr. Amy M. Briesch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at Northeastern University. Prior to completing her Ph.D. in school psychology at the University of Connecticut, she worked as a high school teacher in Maine. Dr. Briesch’s primary research interests involve the (1) role of student involvement in intervention design and implementation, (2) use of self-management as an intervention strategy for reducing problem behaviors in the classroom, and (3) identification and examination of feasible and psychometrically-sound measures for the formative assessment of student social behavior. Dr. Briesch has authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles to date, and was the 2014 recipient of the Lightner Witmer award from the American Psychological Association for early career scholarship.