Our Faculty

Background

• Board Certified in Couple and Family Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP; 2022-present)
• Fellow status, American Psychological Association (Div. 43, 2018)
• Fellow status, Association for Psychological Science (2018)
• Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2012-2013)
• APA Executive Branch Science Fellow & AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow (2015-2016)
  Placement included duties with the following U.S. agencies and committees:
  - National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
  - Social and Behavioral Sciences Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology
  Council's Committee on Science, Executive Office of the President
  - White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault
  - Federal Partners Committee on Women and Trauma
  - Interagency Committee on Violence Against Women, Office of the Vice President
  - Fellows in Innovation, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the
  President
  - United State of Women Interagency Working Group, Executive Office of the President

Education

• PhD, MA, University of California at Los Angeles
• BA, University of Denver

Research Interests

• Changes in marriages and family functioning
• Intimate partner violence
• Psychological science impacting public policy

Clinical Interests

• Private practice
• Clinical supervisor

Teaching Interests

• Intimate relationships
• Research methods in psychology
• Statistics and research design

Awards

• Board Certified in Couple and Family Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP; 2022-present)
• Fellow status, American Psychological Association (Div. 43, 2018)
• Fellow status, Association for Psychological Science (2018)
• Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2012-2013)
• APA Executive Branch Science Fellow & AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow (2015-2016)
  Placement included duties with the following U.S. agencies and committees:
  - National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
  - Social and Behavioral Sciences Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology
  Council's Committee on Science, Executive Office of the President
  - White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault
  - Federal Partners Committee on Women and Trauma
  - Interagency Committee on Violence Against Women, Office of the Vice President
  - Fellows in Innovation, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the
  President
  - United State of Women Interagency Working Group, Executive Office of the President