[1] At Temple University, she serves as the Director of the Cognition and Neuroscience Area.
She attended Muskegon High School and did her undergraduate degree at University of Michigan.
[7] Newer work, in collaboration with Nora Newcombe, has focused on how the brain matures to support episodic memory in young children.
[8] She has helped establish the fundamental role of neural white matter, such as the Fornix (neuroanatomy), Uncinate fasciculus, and Cerebellothalamic tract, in orchestrating complex cognitive processes such as episodic memory, person memory, and social cognition.
[9][10][11][12] Her research program is funded by grants from the National Institute of Health.