I am a Ph.D Candidate in Biological Anthropology at Emory University working with Dr. Marcela Benítez. I completed an MSc in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology from the University of Oxford and a BA in Anthropology at Florida State University with a minor in religion. My past work includes research on social climate and the emergence of interpersonal synchrony, as well as Pan comparative genomics.  

I have broad interests in the evolution of primate social behavior, especially as it relates to the origins of human cognition and culture. I have been involved in research with humans and several different primate species including Bolivian gray-eared titi monkeys (Callicebus donacophilus) in Bolivia, bonobos (Pan paniscus) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. Leveraging my past experience in behavioral endocrinology and fieldwork in bonobo behavioral ecology, my dissertation research investigates the evolutionary processes and underlying mechanisms supporting cooperative between-group defense in wild white faced capuchins.