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I am an experimental psychology PhD candidate at UC San Diego. My research program broadly investigates the origins of social cognition: How we develop to make sense of the social world. Specifically, I study the coordination problems of care and protection, ones that simple misreadings can derail: Children, the regular targets of these efforts, may mistake them for unnecessary or unwanted encroachments, while caregivers, however well-meaning, may misjudge a child’s abilities, goals, and potential to learn. 

My graduate research is funded through the US National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the UC San Diego Jacobs Endowed Fellowship, and the UC San Diego Morgan Endowed Fellowship.