Accepting PhD student applications for Fall 2025

I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas (and director of the MEM lab) investigating human memory in general and in aging. My research aims to understand episodic memory functioning and to develop new methods for probing the processes underlying memory, especially using eyetracking. Much of my work involves investigating memory through the lens of its interactions with other cognitive processes, such as semantic knowledge.

My primary methodological expertise is in eyetracking and cognitive task design, but I also leverage computational modeling with both eyetracking and behavioral data.

I received my Ph.D. in psychology (perception, cognition, & cognitive neuroscience concentration) from the University of California, Davis in August 2021, and B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2016. During my doctoral studies, I worked with Andrew Yonelinas and John Henderson to understand interactions between memory and visual attention. I then did postdoctoral work with Darya Zabelina examining interactions between memory and visual imagery. I was then awarded an NSF SPRF (and NIH F32) to investigate schema-memory interactions in collaboration with James Lampinen and Grant Shields.

In my free time I enjoy being outside as much as possible, gardening, running with my dog, gaming, coming up with recipes, and reading.