New Journal of Family Theory & Review Editorial Board Member!
In 2026, I joined the editorial board for the Journal of Family Theory & Review, one of the leading publication outlets for review and theoretical papers covering all aspects of family science.
Honorable Mention on CUDCP Teaching Award: Best Non-Applied Course that Serves A Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program!
In 2026, I received an honorable mention for the Council of Directors of Clinical Psychology (CUDCP)'s inaugural award for the Best Non-Applied Course that Serves a Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program. The course that was recognized, Family Processes,...
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Honorable Mention on National Council on Family Relations Award!
I received an honorable mention for a solo-authored theoretical paper titled Seeing Through New Lenses (Re)examining Family Substance Use Disorders via Integrative, Theoretical, and Multi-Level Perspectives at the Theory Construction and Research Metho...
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New Service Role: Expert Consultant for the Administration for Children and Families's National and State Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-Being
In 2025, I joined the Expert Advisory Group (EAG) that advises and supports development of a new iteration of the National and State Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families in collaboration w...
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NIH Award Notification!
I am thrilled to announce that I am one of the 2025 Matilda White Riley Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Paper Competition award winners, sponsored by the National Institute of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)! The ...
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Forthcoming publication: "Temperament and Child Development in Context"
Fresh off the presses! New Publication Alert!
My recent manuscript entitled "Lifetime Maternal Alcohol Dependence Symptoms, Maternal Insensitivity to Children's Distress, and Young Children's Blunted Emotional Reactivity" was accepted for publication in Development and Psychopathology! Stayed tune...
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Dissertation Publication!
My dissertation, "Unpacking the Developmental Effects of Maternal Alcohol Dependence: A Longitudinal Focus on Parenting and Children’s Well-Being" has been published in ProQuest! Due to a two-year embargo, the full document is currently unavailable; ho... (Link)
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Exciting Announcement!
I am SO excited to announce that I will be joining the University of Washington as an Assistant Professor of Child Clinical Psychology in Fall 2022! I am honored to join such an AMAZING group of scholars, from faculty to student researchers to communit...
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Guest Appearance on the "It's Innate!" Podcast!
I had a wonderful time as a special guest on the "It's Innate!" podcast which is broadly dedicated to child development and science/empirical topics. I discussed a recent publication focused on maternal alcohol dependence and the long-term developmenta... (Link)
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Mt. Hope Family Center Research Spotlight
Working at the renowned Mt. Hope Family Center has been absolute joy. Mt. Hope and the families it serves have been integral to my research. I recently wrote a Research Spotlight to inform the Mt. Hope community about my newly published work on matern... (Link)
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Welcome!
Welcome to my blog! I will be posting on a variety of topics, especially those related to: graduate school (applying, selecting a program/lab/advisor, matriculation, and navigating graduate school), academia more broadly (e.g. mentoring, academic writi...
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