About Me

• Education
• Clinical Interests
• Research Interests

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• Current Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) Graduate Student at the University of Connecticut (2021-Current)
  

• M.S. in Psychological Sciences (Behavioral Neuroscience concentration) and Graduate Certificate studies in the Neurobiology of Language from the University of Connecticut.

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• B.A. in Psychology from the University of Hartford, graduated (spring 2013) summa cum laude with University Honors and Thesis.​

 

• Formerly a NSF funded fellow at the UCONN IGERT program in the Neurobiology of Language, and a CT Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Summer Fellow.

  As an Audiology doctoral student, I am studying the human auditory system in order to help people manage/improve their hearing. 

  Especially in our current climate of necessary distancing due to COVID-19, we see a collection of new challenges with spoken communication.  For people with impaired hearing, or challenges with auditory processing, the transition to remote work/school and the addition of masks both pose new challenges to an already challenged perceptual system.

  Prior to working in the field of Audiology, I spent several years working as an EEG Specialist for several private Neurology practices and have had the opportunity to work with and perform electrophysiological studies with patients ages 2-weeks to 102-years.  While I miss my Neurology fellows, I am excited to bring a neuroscientific perspective to the care of hearing!

• Research interests include auditory neuroscience, neuroplasticity, bio/neurofeedback, perception of music, and issues related to auditory processing.

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• My research mainly utilizes behavioral and physiological measures, specifically Audiometry, EEG/ERP, and OAEs to look at how the peripheral and central auditory system process sound, and how music can be used as a non-invasive form of therapeutic stimulation.