Catherine is a first year graduate student in the NACS program. Prior to entering graduate school, Catherine earned her BA in Psychology from Salisbury University. During her undergraduate studies, Catherine worked with Dr. Echo Leaver researching the accumulative effects of sub-concussive head impacts on cognitive function in young adults. Catherine also worked with Dr. Meredith Patterson using electroencephalography to examine age differences in associative vs. item memory. Catherine is interested in studying executive function and neural dysfunction. As a graduate student, Catherine will be working under Dr. Michael Dougherty in the Decision, Attention, and Memory lab.