My research investigates the relationship between media and psychological development and identity. I earned undergraduate degrees in Brain and Cognitive Science and Comparative Media Studies from MIT, with an emphasis on psychological development, television, and new media, and a Masters from USC’s School for Cinematic Arts in Critical Studies with a focus on youth culture and identity development. I have also worked with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, and research groups at the MIT Media Lab, MIT Face & Object Recognition Lab, USC Keck Medical School, and USC’s Annenberg School for Communication. My dissertation in the field of Social Psychology focuses on demographic representation in media and its effect on group identity and message retention, as well as internalized social norms and self-perceptions.

SPSP 2012 Posters Now Available!

• Dual Identity Distress: Current Results (Quantitative & Qualitative)
• Not all Social Exclusion is the Same: Comparing Ostracism, Rejection, and A Future Alone