about me

About Me

I am a Data Services Librarian, teacher, and researcher. As a Data Services Librarian at The George Washington University (GW), I consult with researchers, administrators, and students on data management, FAIR data principles, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and coding. I enjoy helping researchers navigate the political and professional requirements around data use and data sharing. In my capacity as a teacher of statistics and coding, I enjoy sharing my passion for statistics with other researchers and students and will do my best to make statistics not quite as scary for those who find it intimidating. 

Before coming to GW, I was an adjunct professor of psychology. As a professor, I taught classes on research methods and statistics in the social sciences, as well as courses on developmental and cognitive psychology, human development, and cognitive neuroscience. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Washington. For my dissertation, I measured event-related potential (ERP) recordings of electrical activity in the brains of infants and adults, as they responded to events that had different types of cause-and-effect relationships. I did my postdoctoral work at UC San Diego, with a focus on the psychobiology of infant visual development. At UCSD, I also contributed to the Baby Sibs Consortium, studying early identifiers of Autism Spectrum Disorders.