I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Prior to joining NJIT, I completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Nicholas Thomson in the Injury and Violence Prevention Program at Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2024, I earned my Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology with a specialization in Health Psychology at Ohio University under the direction of Dr. Brett Peters. Prior to earning my Ph.D. and M.S. at Ohio University, I received a B.A. in Biology and a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Women's and Gender Studies from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.