My educational background combines cognitive neuroscience, health psychology, and advanced quantitative methods. Across my undergraduate through doctoral training, I focused on how physiological stress responses shape human behavior—particularly in high-stakes or high-stress contexts like addiction, health decision-making, and aging.
My training emphasized both experimental design and computational analysis, including multilevel modeling, psychometrics, and longitudinal methods.
EDUCATION
August 2018 - June 2020
PHD EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
Dissertation: How early & recent life stress shape cortisol reactivity and decision making in middle-to-older adulthood
Committee: Drs. Buchanan, Rudolph, Waring
Concentrations: cognitive neuroscience and quantitative methodology
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Passed with distinction
August 2016 - May 2018
MS EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
Concentration: Cognitive neuroscience
Thesis: The role of risk information and cortisol in risk-taking behavior in gambling disorder: A conjoint analysis
Committee: Drs. Buchanan, Rudolph, Weinstock
August 2011 - May 2014
BA PSYCHOLOGY
WEBSTER UNIVERSITY
Minor: Biology
Senior Thesis: The psychological and physiological stress response to stigmatizing obesity public health campaigns among overweight and obese adults.
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