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Unit: School of Education and Human Development
Department: School of Education and Human Development
Office location and address
Ruffner Hall 126
405 Emmet St S
Charlottesville,
Virginia
22903
Education
Ph.D., Georgetown University, 2013
B.S., Lehigh University, 2003
B.S., Lehigh University, 2003
Biography
I am fundamentally interested in how children’s brains develop to acquire the skills necessary for success in the classroom, how this acquisition goes awry in those with learning difficulties, and what can be done to successfully remediate these skills in struggling students. As a developmental cognitive neuroscientist, my research employs neuroscience methodology to examine how individual differences relate to brain architecture and function, with the overarching goal of leveraging this knowledge to inform educational practice.
Publications
Sponsored Awards
Longitudinal Investigation into Declarative and Procedural Memory Brain Systems Supporting the Development of Math Skills
Source: U.S. NIH Institute of Child Health & Human Develop
September 04, 2020 – July 31, 2025
Courses
Credits: 3
Students in Neuroscience major are expected to participate in active research, supervised by a faculty research mentor. The course grade is based on 10 hours/week lab work toward achieving term goals that are determined individually at the beginning of the term. Students are expected to submit a Term Plan one month after the first day of classes and a Progress Report two weeks before the last day of classes.
Credits: 3
This course provides opportunities for first and second year students who have not yet declared a major to engage in supervised research activities.
Credits: 3
Required Thesis for Interdisciplinary majors.
Credits: 3
Required Thesis for Interdisciplinary majors.
Credits: 1–6
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1–12
Designed to give masters students experience conducting research in professional settings appropriate to their disciplines. Prerequisites: Permission of Advisor
Credits: 1–12
Under close faculty guidance, students work on an area of interest not covered by the curriculum. A plan of study must be signed by the faculty sponsor and filed in the student's permanent file in the Office of Student Affairs. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3–12
Designed to give doctoral students experience conducting research in professional settings appropriate to their disciplines. Prerequisites: Advisor Permission Required.