I received my undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Georgia before completing my master's degree in Family Studies and Human Development at the University of Arizona with Dr. Emily Butler. I am a 5th-year graduate student studying Clinical Psychology working with Dave Sbarra, Ph.D.

My research focuses on a central question: How does our social world influence our health?

More specifically, I am interested in how interpersonal processes influence individuals' and dyads' psychological and physical well-being over time and the potential bidirectional nature of this relationship. In pursuit of this work, I utilize advanced quantitative methods, including multilevel modeling and Bayesian statistics. Over the past several years, I have examined autonomic physiological linkage (i.e., any form of statistical interdependence between the physiological signals of interacting partners) among romantic partners and strangers, including the mechanisms, context-dependency, and non-linear modeling of linkage. In my clinical work, I am interested in translating findings from relationship science to develop new interventions that promote mental, physical, and relational well-being among couples and families.