She earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology (with minors in Cognition and Quantitative Methods) from Wayne State University. Her primary research interests include autobiographical memory, identity development, and the role of context and culture in shaping the life story across the life span. She is also interested in mixed method research designs, and has enjoyed integrating structural equation modeling, hierarchical linear modeling, and latent growth curves, as well as qualitative, discourse, and