PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

   Assistant Professor, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA, July 2012 to present   

   Assistant Professor, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH, September 2009 to June 2012

   Visiting Assistant Professor, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA, July 2008 to June 2009

   Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Children’s Digital Media Center, Georgetown University, Washington, 
   DC, September 2006 to July 2008


EDUCATION

   Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2007
           Dissertation: The impact of baby videos on parent-child interaction. 
           Advisor: Dr. Daniel R. Anderson

   M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Dayton, Ohio, 2003
           Thesis: The impact of media on body image in elementary school girls.
           Advisor: Dr. Carolyn E. Roecker Phelps

   B.S., Psychology, University of Dayton, Ohio, 2000