A. Brooke Sasia

Sasia Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, in progress

M.S., Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021

B.S., Psychology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2019

Research Interests

Externalizing encompasses harmful actions directed towards others and/or oneself, including physical or relational aggression, theft, harmful substance use, and traits like impulsivity, callousness, and disorganization. It is robustly linked to negative impacts for individuals, families, and society. While the DSM is meant to provide a common language and standard diagnostic criteria, its categorical approach does not capture the complexity of externalizing or psychopathology more broadly. This hinders accurate diagnoses and limits clinicians’ ability to select effective interventions. My program of research has two goals: 1) understand etiology of externalizing and co-occurring psychopathology across the lifespan, and 2) refine its nosology using a dimensional lens. My work aims to identify those at the greatest risk for externalizing, improve assessment, and develop a more useful diagnostic framework.

Publications

1. Dong, L., Sasia, A. B., & Li, J. J. (revise and resubmit). Gene-environment interplay beyond interactions: Psychosocial environments mediate genetic effects underlying externalizing behavior trajectories.
2. Sasia, A. B., Jonas, K. G., Waszczuk, M. A., & Li, J. J. (2025). Associations of polygenic scores and developmental trajectories of externalizing behaviors. Development and Psychopathology, 1-15. doi:10.1017/S0954579424001962

3. Sasia, A. B., & Cacciamani, L. (2021). High-definition transcranial direct current stimulation of the lateral occipital cortex influences figure-ground perception. Neuropsychologia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107792
4. Pandey, M., Subramonyam, H., Sasia, A. B., Oney, S., & O’Modhrain, S. (2020). Explore, create, annotate: Designing digital drawing tools with visually impaired people. Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376349