About

Assistant Professor, Teaching
Psychology Department
Master’s of Human Behavior

COURSES TAUGHT
PSYC 248 – Historical Foundations and Contemporary Trends in Psychology
PSYC 355 – Social Psychology
PSYC 359 – Interpersonal Relations
PSYC 513 – Attitudes and Social Influence
PSYC 517 – Group Dynamics and Leadership

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
University Committee for Academic Review, 2012
Dean’s Faculty Appeals Committee, 2012
USC BlackBoard Advisory Committee, 2009 – 2011
USC Work and Family Advisory Committee 2009 – 2012
Psychology Department Undergraduate Advisory Committee 2010
Faculty Advisor for the Psychology Club and Alumni Network 2010 – 2012
Merit Review Committee 2008, 2010
McNair Scholar’s Program Mentor
Psychology Department Honor Student Mentor

HONORS
Honorable Mention Recipient of the USC Parents Association Steven B. Sample Teaching and Mentoring Award, 2012
Nominated for USC Parent’s Association Teaching and Mentoring Award, 2009 and 2010
Widney Alumni House Award 2009

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Psychology, THE CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY. 2000. Concentration: Social Psychology – Haynes Foundation Social Science Dissertation Award, 2000-2001.
Dissertation: Mother-Infant Sleep Behaviors during Solitary and Bedsharing Conditions

B.S. Public Administration, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1980. Cum Laude;
Dean’s Letter of Merit; Rufus B. Von KleinSmid Scholar; Washington D.C. Semester, 1979.