about me

I am in my fourth year of graduate school being co-advised by Dr. Leaf Van Boven and Dr. Eric Pedersen. So, I am the bridge between Eric's Evolution and Social Cognition (ESC) Lab and Leaf's Environment, Decision-making, Judgment, and Identity (EDJI) Lab at CU Boulder. I am interested in studying judgment and decision-making through an evolutionary lens to gain a holistic understanding of human behavior. 

How does gratitude as a social emotion help initiate and maintain cooperative partnerships? How do people decide when to help others in need? How does watching analytical news media interact with political identity to increase trust in science and adhere to Covid-19 vaccination behavior? These are the kinds of questions I am currently exploring.