Early in my undergraduate education I became interested in both developmental and quantitative psychology. I initially became interested in developmental psychology by learning about the impact that childhood events can have on adult life. My passion for quantitative psychology came after I enrolled in my Psychological Methods class. This inspired me to expand my knowledge of statistics and go outside the psychology department to enroll in Linear Regression, Analysis of Variance and other advanced statistics courses. I gained the ability to run statistical analyses in multiple packages such as R, SAS, and SPSS. These classroom experiences along with applied research and evaluation experience culminated with me wanting to obtain a Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology.
I gained extensive research experience in Dr. Ross Thompson’s Social and Emotional Development Lab where I interned for four years. Working under the supervision of Dr. Abby Winer, I examined the influence of familial demographic and emotional factors on individual differences in pre-school aged children’s early social and...