I am an Assistant Professor in the Psychiatric Research Institute (PRI) and conduct functional neuroimaging research in the Brain Imaging Research Center. I am also a member of the Psychology Internship Training Committee and provide outpatient therapy within the PRI's Walker Family Clinic. I received my doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville in 2010 under the mentorship of Jeff Lohr. My research at that time focused on emotional and cognitive mechanisms that mediate anxiety disorders. I completed my clinical internship at the Medical University of South Carolina through the National Crime Victim Research and Treatment Center. I worked with Ananda Amstadter on research focused towards understanding risk factors for psychopathology following trauma, with a particular focus on assaultive events (e.g., physical and sexual assault). I then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Brain Imaging Research Center under the mentorship of Clint Kilts (the BIRC's Director), where I received specialized training in fMRI methodology and advanced computational approaches to imaging analysis. My research focuses on identifying disruptions at the neural network level of analysis that mediate risk for mental health disorders following assaultive violence exposure and understanding how treatment modifies functioning within these neural networks. My clinical expertise is in adult anxiety disorders, with a particular emphasis on PTSD.