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Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Boston College. In 2016, I earned my PhD in Psychology (with a minor in Biostatistics) from the L.L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory, housed within the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I am trained as a quantitative psychologist with a focus on psychometrics, item response theory (IRT), and models for categorical data. My primary research program focuses on the development of IRT measurement models for the analysis of survey data. As part of this research, I also examine ways in which biostatistical methodology can be used in the adaptation of measurement models to behavioral and health outcomes research. Since beginning my career as an assistant professor, this research program has further evolved to address the need for better measurement practices in clinical and health sciences. My secondary research program is centered on the evaluation and use of surveys and questionnaires in practice, mainly through collaborative work across psychology, medicine, and public health.

At BC, I teach undergraduate- and graduate-level statistics courses. I also mentor graduate students who are interested in the application of psychometric methods to their own substantive research areas.