Ph.D., Engineering psychology (May 2018)

Georgia Institute of Technology

• Adviser: Richard Catrambone

• Dissertation: An investigation of pedagogical interventions within the productive failure methodology (defended on 21-FEB 2018, passed with minor revisions)

• Minor concentration: Human-computer interaction

• Preliminary exam: The role of struggle and learner assistance in productive failure (passed without revisions)

• Committee (prelims/dissertation): Richard Catrambone (chair), Phil Ackerman, Jamie Gorman, Mark Guzdial, Rick Thomas

• Master's thesis: Metacognitive prompts and the paper vs. screen debate: How both factors influence reading behavior (committee: Richard Catrambone, Wendy Rogers, Bruce Walker)

• Institute awards

  • Finalist, James D. Foley Scholarship​ (GVU, 2017)

  • Recipient, Larry S. O'Hara Scholarship (College of Sciences, 2017)

  • Recipient, Presidential Fellowship (Georgia Tech, 2012)