I am currently a third-year Ph.D. student in the Developmental Science program. Before my studies at BU, I graduated with a BA in Psychology from the University of Maryland and completed a two-year post-baccalaureate position as a Faculty Research Assistant in the Neurocognitive Development Lab at UMD, supervised by Dr. Tracy Riggins.<\/p>\n
My research interests center on the effects of chronic, early experiences of stress on children’s neurocognitive development. Specifically, I am interested in how early stress impacts a child’s ability to excel in school and meet cognitive potential. Through the SAM project, I intend to understand how experiences of family strain during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic relate to children’s autobiographical memory development. We also plan to identify risk and protective factors related to autobiographical memory in the context of societal stressors. After completing my Ph.D., I intend to pursue a position within education policy. I hope that I will be able to use the skills gained during my time at BU to conduct policy-focused research that helps to close education gaps and specifically helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds succeed in the classroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16577,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16577"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8163,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6740\/revisions\/8163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}