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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