I am a Professor of Psychology and an Applied Researcher. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Dominican University of California. There, I direct the Health and Motivation Research Lab. I am also a Co-Director for the Depression and Persuasion Research Lab at Claremont Graduate University and a Co-Founder of Burkmont, a research consulting group.

My expertise is in areas of social and health psychology, motivation, persuasion, research methods, and statistics.