Allisa Sherry, PhD

Alissa Sherry, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who has been conducting forensic evaluations for the courts since 2005. She currently serves on the Editorial Board of Psychology, Public Policy, and the Law, a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the contribution of psychological science to law and public policy. She was a tenured professor in Counseling Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin for 13 years, where she published numerous articles on topics related to diversity and lifespan development, before leaving to start her company, Legal Consensus, a practice devoted to forensic evaluations for the courts. It was during her time as Associate Director for the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies at UT Austin that she met Cathy McBroom and Donna Wilkerson and became fascinated by their story.