I am an Assistant Professor in Residence in the Department of Psychology. In this role, I teach and advise undergraduate students at the Avery Point Campus. I received a PhD in Clinical Psychology from UConn in 2007 under the direction of Deborah Fein, PhD. My doctoral research furthered the validation of a screening instrument (M-CHAT) designed to detect autism spectrum disorders in toddlers. In 2014 I became a licensed psychologist in the state of Connecticut.