About Me

In 2025, I graduated with my PhD from the Department of Psychology (Cognitive, Developmental, and Brain Sciences research cluster) at Western University, in London, ON, Canada. I was co-supervised by Ken McRae and Ryan A. Stevenson, and part of the Centre for Brain and Mind. My dissertation research was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada.

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 has focused on people’s knowledge and experience of meaningful patterns of behaviours in the world (like "going grocery shopping"), called event knowledge. More specifically, I studied how event knowledge relates to traits associated with autism, particularly social communication skills, and how autistic and non-autistic individuals experience everyday events. I have also worked on projects investigating ADHD traits, social anxiety traits, sensory perception, language, and academic skills. I am further interested in cognition more broadly, neurodiversity, health, and mental health.

I am enthusiastic about science communication and knowledge translation, as well as various forms of scientific writing (including literature reviews, research proposals, scientific summaries, technical and methodology writing, and editing). I'm also interested in program coordination and event planning. In the past, I was Conference Co-Chair and Head of Media & Design for the Inspiring Diversity in STEM 2024 conference, aimed at encouraging and promoting EDI in STEM fields. Advocacy for inclusion in education, research, and communities is important to me.

Outside of science, I love nature walks, travel photography, and the arts in many of its forms. I also have a pet hedgehog named after Ada Lovelace.