employment
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, September 2015 - Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, May 2015 - September 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology
Adviser: Danielle Dick; Co-Adviser: Kenneth Kendler
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, August 2011- May 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry
Adviser: Danielle Dick; Co-Adviser: Kenneth Kendler
education
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011
Doctor of Philosophy (Child Psychology).
Dissertation Title: Moderating processes in the link between early caregiving and adult individual and romantic functioning: The distinctive contributions of early adult romantic relationships.
Dissertation Committee: W. Andrew Collins and Jeffry A. Simpson (Co-Advisers), Megan R. Gunnar (Chair), Melissa Koenig
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2008
Master of Arts (Child Psychology).
M. A. Thesis: Interaction of demand-withdraw and affect on romantic partners’ relationship satisfaction.
Carleton College,Northfield, Minnesota, 2006
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Magna Cum Laude, Distinction in Major.
Distinction in Senior Thesis: The role of ambiguity in information processing: A study of adult attachment styles.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, September 2015 - Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, May 2015 - September 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology
Adviser: Danielle Dick; Co-Adviser: Kenneth Kendler
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, August 2011- May 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry
Adviser: Danielle Dick; Co-Adviser: Kenneth Kendler
education
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011
Doctor of Philosophy (Child Psychology).
Dissertation Title: Moderating processes in the link between early caregiving and adult individual and romantic functioning: The distinctive contributions of early adult romantic relationships.
Dissertation Committee: W. Andrew Collins and Jeffry A. Simpson (Co-Advisers), Megan R. Gunnar (Chair), Melissa Koenig
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2008
Master of Arts (Child Psychology).
M. A. Thesis: Interaction of demand-withdraw and affect on romantic partners’ relationship satisfaction.
Carleton College,Northfield, Minnesota, 2006
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Magna Cum Laude, Distinction in Major.
Distinction in Senior Thesis: The role of ambiguity in information processing: A study of adult attachment styles.
