About

I am a M.A. student in Psychological Science at California State University, San Bernardino, and an intern with the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. I am interested in how people respond following moral transgressions, both their own and others'.

Much of my work to date has examined moral injury, a trauma-related syndrome that can develop following a severe transgression of one's moral values. With Dr. Christina Hassija, I have studied moral injury among both survivors and aggressors of interpersonal violence. Additionally, with Dr. Richard Cowden, I have worked on longitudinal studies of forgiveness, moral injury, and flourishing, as well as an international psychometric study.

Conducting these varied projects has led me to a broader question: namely, what determines how we respond when someone commits a moral transgression? With Dr. Cari Goetz, I am studying how the inferences we make about how people value each other influence our emotional responses to perceived transgressions.

Ultimately, I hope to become a professor of social psychology. I am applying to PhD programs for Fall 2027 (and yes, I am nervous!).

Painting: The Birth of Aphrodite (1887) by Ivan Aivazovsky. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.