Research Interests: I am a social psychologist and data scientist leveraging a wide range of methods (e.g., online games, machine learning, brain imaging) to characterize how and why people are curious to learn about the moral people and social concepts they encounter in their everyday lives. I'm also interested in better understanding how moral praise encourages virtuous, prosocial behavior. The last piece of this puzzle is examining how individual differences in moral cognition and religious belief explain the diversity of results we see in studying these psychological phenomena.

About Me: I enjoy staying active by hitting the gym and playing soccer, putting my immersion blender to good use in new recipes, and spending quality time with family and friends. I'm also the drummer in a local punk rock band, and I practice playing regularly. I care deeply about community service, and I've volunteered extensively with the Downtown Ithaca Alliance as well as other local nonprofits such as Loaves & Fishes and Catholic Charities. I spent my childhood in Oregon, went to college at Duke, and now call Boston home.