I recently finished my PhD in Psychology, where my training focused on quantitative methods, cognitive psychology, and psycholinguistics. My dissertation investigated how people learn to use singular they pronouns and what kinds of contexts support learning. More broadly, I’m interested in questions about people’s learning and behavior, and in figuring out if systems and policies are working in the way we intend.
I’m currently freelancing as a statistical consultant, statistical programmer, data scientist, and ggplot wizard for hire. I’m also on the full time job market, considering both industry and postdoc positions, primarily in the Philadelphia metro area, other Northeast cities, or remote.
Research Interests
- language processing
- memory for language
- pronouns & reference
- singular they
- gender bias in language
- psycholinguistics-sociolinguistics interface
Skills
- statistical analysis, particularly multilevel/mixed-effects modeling and logistic regression
- statistical programming in R; translating out of SPSS,
SAS, and STATA - data wrangling and visualization in R and Python
- reproducible analysis using Quarto and R Markdown
- working with behavioral, survey, audio, and eyetracking data
- experiment coding in Python, PCIbex, and MATLAB
Elsewhere
Education
Ph.D. in Psychological Sciences | Vanderbilt University
2018–2023 Nashville, TN
Working in the Conversation Lab with Sarah Brown-Schmidt
B.S. in Brain & Cognitive Sciences | University of Rochester
2014–2018 Rochester, NY
Working in the Kinder Lab with Chigusa Kurumada
