Leslie Shaw

Leslie Shaw, PhD, is a Senior Research Associate at the Yang-Tan Institute. She trained as a quantitative psychologist and specializes in research design, statistical modeling, longitudinal analysis, and transition from secondary education to employment. 

Dr. Shaw is studying collaboration practices among agencies that support youth with disabilities and the effects of transition practices on youth with autism, and she is designing instruments and conducting analyses for a project evaluation for the New York State Office of Special Education. She also provides technical assistance and evaluation support via Center for Advancing Policy on Employment for Youth (CAPE-Youth) and Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center on Quality Management (VRTAC-QM).

Before joining the institute, Dr. Shaw worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Kansas University Center for Developmental Disabilities and Beach Center on Disability with top researchers in the field of special education, analyzing data on measures collected from national samples.