EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2001-2006: B.Sc. in Clinical Psychology, SUNY College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (Mentor: Michael G. MacLean)
2006-2009: M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Mentor: Laurie Chassin)
2009-2013: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Mentor: Laurie Chassin)
2013-2015: T-32 Postdoctoral Alcohol-Research Fellowship, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia (T32-AA013526; Mentors: Kenneth J. Sher and Dennis K. Miller)
2015-2016: Postdoctoral Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Fellowship, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia (Mentor: Kenneth J. Sher)
EMPLOYMENT
2016-2018: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri
2018-2023: Assistant Professor, Center of Alcohol Studies, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey
2023-Current: Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, Arizona State University
TEACHING AND MENTORSHIP EXPERTISE
- Advising students on career paths within academia, research, and applied psychology fields
- Teaching social science courses with emphases on research methodology (including ethics), statistics, addiction, developmental psychopathology, lifespan development, and health psychology (including sociodemographic mental- and physical-health disparities)
- Developing curricula that integrate theory with hands-on research skills
- Mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in research design, analysis, writing, and manuscript preparation
- Leading student coauthored publications and supervising student-led research projects (e.g., posters, Masters capstones)
- Research training and mentorship via managing teams of graduate-student lab employees assisting with large-scale NIH-funded human-subjects research
COURSES TAUGHT
Graduate courses at Rutgers University-New Brunswick:
- Spring 2019: Research Methods
- Fall 2019: Foundations in Addiction Studies
- Spring 2020: Research Methods
- Fall 2020: Foundations in Addiction Studies
- Spring 2021: Statistical Methods and Research Design
- Fall 2021: Lifespan Development and Addiction
- Fall 2022: Lifespan Development and Addiction
Undergraduate courses at the University of Missouri-Columbia:
- Fall 2015: Health Psychology
- Fall 2015: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
- Spring 2016: Research Methods
- Spring 2016: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
Undergraduate courses at Arizona State University
- Spring 2011: Research Methods
- Spring 2010: Introductory Statistics
OTHER AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Authored over 20 research publications primarily on addiction from a lifespan developmental perspective
- Extensive data-analytic skills for longitudinal psychology research (e.g., descriptives, data visualization, correlation, analysis of variance [ANOVA], regression, structural equation modeling, latent and multilevel growth modeling, latent-class analysis, exploratory/confirmatory factor analysis, integrative data analysis via moderated nonlinear factor analyses, Monte Carlo simulation), with software proficiencies including Mplus, SAS, R, and SPSS.
- Grant writing and grant-funded human-subjects research, including large-scale NIH-funded research projects
- Five years of training as a provider of clinical services (e.g., psychotherapy) as a clinical psychology PhD student at Arizona State University from 2007-2012.
