I am a postdoctoral scholar in the Climate Cognition Lab, led by Madalina Vlasceanu, at Stanford University.

My research explores how individuals' thoughts and behaviors scale up to shape collective phenomena. I use experiments, computational methods, and large scale surveys to advance pscychological theory, while aiming to apply these insights to addressing social challenges like economic inequality, climate change inaction, and institutional bias. 

My academic career began at San Diego Mesa Community College. Two years later I transferred to the University of California, San Diego where I received my BA in psychology. After graduating, I received my MA in psychology at San Diego State University.

I received my PhD in Psychology at New York University, with the support of my advisors Dave Amodio and Madalina Vlasceanu. My dissertation focused on the complex ways in which individuals are shaped by the systems they inhabit, and, in turn, how individuals’ behaviors contribute to these systems. 

After graduating from NYU, I began a postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia Business School, where I had the privilege of collaborating with brilliant colleagues in the Management Division as well as teaching Negotiations in the MBA and executive MBA programs.

Outside of the lab I love spending time with my family, trying out new recipes, reading sci-fi novels, and playing chess (poorly).