Expertise

Research Interest:

  • Child and adolescent development
  • Decision making and risk-taking behavior
  • Developmental methodology.

Research Projects:

  • Developmental studies of decision making and risky behavior
  • Child sleep as a mechanism and moderator in the development of health disparities.
  • A longitudinal examination of a dual-process model of attentional bias in PTSD
  • Context effects on adolescent decision making: Neuroimaging pilot studies.
Communities
Human Development
Degrees
PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Human Development and Family Studies, 2008
MS, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Human Development and Family Studies, 2005
BS, Clemson University, Psychology, 2002
Keywords
adolescents developmental psychology developmental neurobiology child development