I am a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at SickKids Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I currently work with Dr. Jennifer Crosbie in the Crosbie Lab, which is housed in the Neurosciences and Mental Health Program at the SickKids Research Institute.

I hold a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Clinical Psychology, a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Clinical Psychology, and an Honours Bachelor of Science (H.B.Sc.) degree in Psychology, all from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. I worked with Dr. Michele Morningstar in the Development of Social and Emotional Communication Lab for my PhD, and with Dr. Kevin Munhall in the Speech Perception and Production Lab for my Masters and Undergraduate degrees.

My research program is focused on how youth develop the ability to socially communicate with others. I am particularly interested in how children and adolescents learn to communicate emotions using nonverbal cues, including their facial expressions and tone of voice, and how these skills may differentially develop in clinical populations. I am currently bridging my expertise in social communication, emotion, and developmental processes, with clinically-focused intervention research aimed at supporting neurodiverse youth to thrive in their social worlds using novel technologies.

My doctoral research program was supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral (CGS-D) award (2023-2026). My research has been published in a variety of general and specialty journals, including Developmental Science, Affective Science, the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and the Journal of Research on Adolescence.