Dr. TeKisha Rice Wallace (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech. She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she was a National Science Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellow. Dr. Rice Wallace is the Primary Investigator of the REST Lab. Her research focuses on how experiences in close relationships are shaped by social stressors.