Sandy Birkeneder
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sandy Birkeneder is a Postdoctoral Scholar within the School of Education. Dr. Birkeneder’s research focuses on diagnostics and communication within autistic children. Her dissertation examined joint attention and reading development within school aged autistic and non-autistic children. Dr. Birkeneder has a background in policy and education and received her BA from UC San Diego in Political Science and her MA from San Francisco State. Prior to returning to academia, Dr. Birkeneder worked in the private sector at NBC’s political headquarters in Washington, D.C.