Hello! I am an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Iowa State University (ISU). My research bridges social, clinical, cognitive, neuroscience, and environmental approaches to psychology, to understand how physical environments and self-regulation intertwine to improve wellbeing and bolster social connection. I received my PhD from the University of Chicago in 2022 and completed postdoctoral training at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan.

I will be recruiting graduate students in the upcoming admissions cycle through the Social & Personality Psychology Area of the ISU Psychology PhD program.

Research Questions

• How do our everyday surroundings and social contexts influence emotion regulation and wellbeing?
• How do natural environments influence affective and cognitive processing for individuals and dyads?
• Can we target self-referential processing to reduce rumination in people with depression or anxiety?

To answer these questions, I draw on behavioral, experience sampling/ecological momentary assessment, and psychophysiological (e.g., EEG, ECG) methods.

Broader Impacts

In an effort to help city-dwellers experience natural stimuli on their daily lives, I co-developed a web-app called ReTUNE which generates ‘restorative’ walking routes which account for greenspace, noise levels and crime. The app currently works in pilot form for Chicago and is in the process of being expanded.

Open Science

Check out my Open Science Framework page for shared stimuli, datasets, and analysis code!