Education
Postdoctoral Training, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Coursework: Grant writing for public health, behavioral, and biomedical research; Advanced statistical methods III; Biostatistical computing
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Program: Health Communication
*Outstanding Continuing Doctoral Student Award, 2019
*Excellence in Outreach and Service Award, 2024
Coursework: Patient-provider communication; Health communication; Social marketing and health promotion; Persuasion and advocacy; Interpersonal communication; Mediated communication; Research design; Quantitative research methods; Qualitative research methods; Measurement and psychometrics; Writing as a craft and profession; Communication theory; Professional seminar.
M.A., Rutgers University
Program: Health Communication
M.A. Advisor: Lisa Mikesell, Ph.D.
*Outstanding Student Award, 2017
Coursework: Patient-provider communication; Applied interaction research in health and wellness; Health communication; Persuasion and advocacy; Interpersonal communication; Communication research; Mediated communication; Organizational communication.
40 Ph.D. credits, Nova Southeastern University
Program: Clinical Psychology
Ph.D. Advisor: Jedidiah Siev, Ph.D.
Coursework: Health psychology, Adult psychopathology, Child psychopathology, Psychobiology, Adult and older adult development, Child and adolescent development, Research methods and design, Intelligence testing, Advanced statistics, Adult intervention, Diagnostic interviewing, Diversity in assessment, Ethics and professional issues, Systems and theory.
B.S., Sacred Heart University
Majors: Psychology, English (Writing)
Coursework: Grant writing for public health, behavioral, and biomedical research; Advanced statistical methods III; Biostatistical computing
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Program: Health Communication
- Major Competency Area: Patient-Clinician Communication
- Minor Competency Area: Persuasive Communication
*Outstanding Continuing Doctoral Student Award, 2019
*Excellence in Outreach and Service Award, 2024
Coursework: Patient-provider communication; Health communication; Social marketing and health promotion; Persuasion and advocacy; Interpersonal communication; Mediated communication; Research design; Quantitative research methods; Qualitative research methods; Measurement and psychometrics; Writing as a craft and profession; Communication theory; Professional seminar.
M.A., Rutgers University
Program: Health Communication
M.A. Advisor: Lisa Mikesell, Ph.D.
*Outstanding Student Award, 2017
Coursework: Patient-provider communication; Applied interaction research in health and wellness; Health communication; Persuasion and advocacy; Interpersonal communication; Communication research; Mediated communication; Organizational communication.
40 Ph.D. credits, Nova Southeastern University
Program: Clinical Psychology
Ph.D. Advisor: Jedidiah Siev, Ph.D.
Coursework: Health psychology, Adult psychopathology, Child psychopathology, Psychobiology, Adult and older adult development, Child and adolescent development, Research methods and design, Intelligence testing, Advanced statistics, Adult intervention, Diagnostic interviewing, Diversity in assessment, Ethics and professional issues, Systems and theory.
B.S., Sacred Heart University
Majors: Psychology, English (Writing)