My postdoctoral training was completed at the University of Texas at Arlington with Dr. Hunter Ball. I taught courses, mentored undergraduate and graduate students, and extended my research by making connections with prospective memory and aging research.

I completed my PhD in Cognitive Psychology in August 2020. My dissertation was a 4-study project focused on cognitive control titled "Titrating Cognitive Control: Trial-Level Dynamic Use of Proactive and Reactive Cognitive Control". I found what I believe to be a more nuanced way of investigating control, and show support for a hypothesized pattern that reflects these nuances. Working memory relationships were explored and the initial control study was replicated and extended online.

While in the PhD program at Purdue University, I also worked toward a certification in statistics. To earn this certification, I have taken additional high-level statistics courses including Bayesian Statistics, Structural Equation Modeling, Multilevel Modeling, and Multivariate Analyses.

I earned my Master of Science degree at Purdue University in 2016.

I came to Purdue in 2014, directly after undergrad, and began working in Dr. Tom Redick's Applied Cognition Lab. In my first year, I completed a "First Year Project" that has since been published. This project explored 'proactive shift' within an AX-CPT task and how this dynamic use of cognitive control relates to working memory capacity.

My thesis, "Task manipulation effects on the relationship between working memory capacity and go/no-go performance", explored an inconsistency from the literature involving relationships to working memory being far more uniform for semantic versions of the go/no-go task than perceptual versions. I came to the conclusion, over four experiments, that a large amount (though not all) of this difference could be accounted for by equating other task specifications such as inter-stimulus interval. These specifications had also been fairly consistent among semantic versions, but varied widely in the perceptual versions in the literature. This thesis is available on ProQuest, from Purdue, and a version of the project is now published.

I earned my Bachelor of Science degree, with honors and Honors Program Scholar designation, from Elmhurst College in 2014. Note: Elmhurst College has recently changed its name to Elmhurst University.

During my undergraduate studies, I studied abroad for a month travelling around Europe; was highly active in various honors societies, clubs, and a sorority; played competitive Muggle Quidditch (yes, really); and worked in the library, all while nurturing my love of science and discovery by working in labs and majoring in Biology and Psychology.

I first began Psychology research working in Dr. Sara Finley's Language Learning Lab (now at Pacific Lutheran University). I then worked with Dr. Katherine Sledge Moore in her Attention, Memory, and Cognition Lab (now at Arcadia University). Both labs allowed me to work directly with the PI's, as there were no graduate students in the Cognitive Psychology area, and present portions of the work at regional and national conferences. Dr. Finley and I have two conference proceedings papers, and Dr. Moore and I have published one regular article and one video journal article together. (Referenced works available on Pubs page)