I'm a lab manager in the Deepest Beliefs Lab (PI: Dr. Kurt Gray) at The Ohio State University (previously at UNC Chapel Hill). I completed my B.S. in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and was the lab manager in the Well-Being, Health, and Interpersonal Relationships Lab (PI: Dr. Amie M. Gordon).
My research explores how psychological science can improve legal decision-making and justice outcomes.
Recent Publications
⚖️ The Psychology of Victimhood in the Law — New in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences!
Legal decisions hinge on who counts as a victim — but our judgments are biased and hard to change. We propose solutions: victim impact statements, funding restorative justice, and acknowledgments for exonerees.
📄 Read the paper HERE.
🧠 Moral Disagreement via a Universal Harm-Based Mind: Liberals and Conservatives Make Different Assumptions of Vulnerability — Accepted in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin!
📄 Read the paper HERE.
Legal decisions hinge on who counts as a victim — but our judgments are biased and hard to change. We propose solutions: victim impact statements, funding restorative justice, and acknowledgments for exonerees.
📄 Read the paper HERE.
🧠 Moral Disagreement via a Universal Harm-Based Mind: Liberals and Conservatives Make Different Assumptions of Vulnerability — Accepted in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin!
📄 Read the paper HERE.
Key Presentations
Consent Under Pressure
Does having someone with you when facing an intrusive consent request (like "Can I search your car?") make you less likely to comply?
→ Flash talk at SPSP 2025 | [Watch talk] | [View slides]
Does having someone with you when facing an intrusive consent request (like "Can I search your car?") make you less likely to comply?
→ Flash talk at SPSP 2025 | [Watch talk] | [View slides]
Fear and Victim Blaming
Does fearing being a victim of crime make you more likely to blame victims?
→ Poster at SPSP 2025 | [View poster]
Is the fear → blame relationship influenced by consuming true crime media?
→ Poster at SPSP 2026 | [View poster] ⭐ Awarded best poster at SPSP Moral Psych 2026!
Does fearing being a victim of crime make you more likely to blame victims?
→ Poster at SPSP 2025 | [View poster]
Is the fear → blame relationship influenced by consuming true crime media?
→ Poster at SPSP 2026 | [View poster] ⭐ Awarded best poster at SPSP Moral Psych 2026!
AI, Gait, and Deception Detection
How do people determine whether someone is behaving deceptively, and does AI-informed gait analysis change guilt judgments?
→ Poster at AP-LS 2025 | [View poster]
How do people determine whether someone is behaving deceptively, and does AI-informed gait analysis change guilt judgments?
→ Poster at AP-LS 2025 | [View poster]