I am a 4th year doctoral student in Personality Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

My research addresses the causes and consequences of lifespan personality development, especially in the domains of self-regulation and personal identity.

To better understand the complexity of human personality, I use a wide variety of data such as intensive assessments of momentary behaviors, life narrative interview data, and in-lab behavioral observation. I primarily work with observational, longitudinal studies, but I am also interested in the potential of experiments and interventions to identify causal developmental mechanisms. 

Prior to joining UIUC to work with Brent Roberts, I worked as a post-baccalaureate researcher at Purdue University with Louis Tay. I received my B.A. in Psychology from Kalamazoo College in 2021. My training and research is currently funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and the Illinois Distinguished Fellowship. 

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