My educational training combines cognitive neuroscience, health psychology, and advanced quantitative methods, with a focus on understanding how stress and context influence human decision-making. For over a decade, I studied physiological stress responses and their impact on behavior in high-stakes domains including addiction, drunk driving, health decisions, and aging.
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This training emphasized experimental design, causal inference, and computational analysis, including multilevel and longitudinal modeling, psychometrics, and advanced behavioral analytics.
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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