I am a graduate student in the Department of Psychology at Yale University. My research explores the origins and development of moral conflict.

I work primarily with Karen Wynn in the Infant Cognition Center and Marcia Johnson in the Memory and Cognition Lab. I also work closely with Susan Gelman in the Conceptual Development Lab at the University of Michigan. When I am not in the lab or at a nearby elementary school, you are likely to find me at Koffee?. 

Before graduate school, I was an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, where I spent my days in the Thompson-Schill Lab and the Green Line Cafe. 

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Research

Why can't we overlook a person's poor treatment of others, even though they treat us well? Why does generosity sometimes elicit resentment rather than respect? And, is it ever appropriate to accept money from a thief? Such questions illustrate the tensions that are sometimes created between our motives and values, and they also highlight a fundamental question in cognitive science: How are competing factors weighted and integrated to determine behavior?

My work has been covered by several media outlets, including Anderson Cooper 360, Huffington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, and Washington Post.