About Me

I am currently a fourth year PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology (Cognitive, Developmental, and Brain Sciences research cluster) at Western University, in London, ON, Canada. I am co-supervised by Ken McRae and Ryan A. Stevenson, and part of the Brain and Mind.

I completed my Master of Science degree in Psychology, also at Western, in 2020. My Honours Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour was completed at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. I grew up nearby in Ancaster, ON.

Most of my research is focused on people’s knowledge and experience of meaningful patterns of behaviours in the world, called event knowledge. I am further interested in how event knowledge relates to traits associated with autism, particularly social communication abilities, and how autistic and non-autistic individuals experience events.

My dissertation research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada.

I'm also very interested in science communication, and making STEM fields more inclusive. This past year, I was Conference Co-Chair and Head of Media & Design for the graduate student-run Inspiring Diversity in STEM 2024 conference.