Heeya

Hi! I am a junior pursuing a B.S. in Psychology along with a certification in Social Work under the Commonwealth Honors College. As someone deeply fascinated by and passionate about research, I am thrilled to be working as a research mentor for students at UMass. Being a student at UMass can be overwhelming at times due to the breadth of research opportunities offered in various areas of study. As a research mentor, I look forward to helping my peers navigate their journey and relationship with research based on their expectations, experience, and future aspirations. Being an avid user of the OURS myself, I recognize the importance of having support in navigating the nuances of research as an undergraduate and wish to provide the same for others.

I currently work as a research assistant in Dr. Dixon-Gordon’s Clinical Affective Science Lab which studies psychopathological domains within Borderline Personality Disorder along with examining the efficacy of mindfulness-incorporating therapy interventions, specifically Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. I am primarily involved in physiological and quantitative data coding and screening, analyzing questionnaire batteries, and conducting literature reviews for our upcoming projects and grants. I received the opportunity to join the lab via the Research Assistant Mentoring Program (RAMP) under the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department. Additionally, I also worked as a student visitor at the Institute for the Study of Resilience in Youth at McLean Hospital, where I engaged in vital quantitative and qualitative research aimed at incorporating resilience and socio-developmental learning within STEM curricula for middle school students.

As an OURS research mentor, I look forward to helping students find similar on and off-campus research experiences and simplify their journey within research!