About Me
Educational and Professional Background
I am originally from Summit, New Jersey. I was first an English major at University of Delaware. I added psychology as a major after I fell in love with the feminist empiricist framework within the psychology of women. Although I identify as research scientist, I am connected to my literary background – especially the themes of nature, emotion, and intuition in the Romantics (e.g., Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, and Keats) and the moderns (E.g., William Carlos Williams, Erica Jong, James Dickey).
I earned my Ph.D. in Social and Personality Psychology in 1999 – a program that was deeply immersed in critical and postmodern theory. I taught over thirty sections of undergraduate psychology courses while in graduate school (Hunter College, Montclair State University). After completing my Ph.D., I did my postdoctoral research in social cognition and implicit measurement at the University of Washington from 2000-2001. I have been at William Paterson University since the fall of 2002.
I am a member of APS, a board member at large for APA Division 8 (social and personality) and a member of division 35 (women).
Personal
I have two spirited children whom I adore. I am a long distance runner, skier, yoga practitioner, daydreamer, music lover, and photography hack.