I am a social psychologist studying how people form judgments and make decisions in the face of risk, uncertainty, and complex societal challenges. My research draws on social cognition and judgment and decision-making to understand how cognitive biases, social identities, and information environments shape people's perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors. I am particularly interested in understanding why people respond differently to the same information or risks, and what psychological processes motivate individual and collective action.

I obtained my Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Colorado Boulder, where I worked with Dr. Leaf Van Boven in the Environment, Decision-making, Judgment, and Identity (EDJI) Lab. My graduate research examined the psychological processes underlying political polarization, science skepticism, and public health decision-making, with a particular focus on how political identity and news media consumption influence vaccination behaviors.

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, where I extend these interests to environmental health and risk perception. My current research investigateshow people perceive and respond to wildfire smoke, examining how characteristics of environmental hazards, cognitive biases, and social influences shape risk perceptions and motivate protective health behaviors.