My academic passions are teaching, writing, and talking about psychology. I savor psychology and am fascinated by how psychology can help make life better. I like the challenge of being as good a teacher as I can, and correspondingly, to help students learn to the best of their abilities and beyond.

Teaching: Introductory Psych, Health Psych, Research Methods, Culture, Development, and Health, First Year Seminar-- Gods, Ghosts, and Goblins: Why we believe.

Research Areas: Intervening for health; Teaching Effectiveness; Clothes & Cognition