Overview
I am an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science in the Division of Social Sciences at Duke Kunshan University. My research examines judgment and decision-making, with a focus on how people value outcomes that are delayed, uncertain, or both, and how these valuations change across the adult lifespan. I am interested in how financial resources, cognitive ability, and personality shape these age differences.
I received my Ph.D. in Psychological & Brain Sciences from Washington University in St. Louis (2026) and my B.A. in Economics and Psychology from Reed College.
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science at Duke Kunshan University
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2026 - Present
DKU Faculty
Recent Scholarly Works
Delay-probability asymmetry in discounting: An anomaly in multiattribute choice.
Journal article Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · July 2026 The discounting of delayed rewards plays an important role in everyday decision making, and steep discounting is associated with numerous behavioral problems. Most tasks used to assess delay discounting, however, are far simpler than many everyday decision ... Full text CiteBehavioral economic analysis of pigeons' token accumulation and reinforcer demand in a laboratory-based token economy.
Journal article Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · March 2026 The present study examined pigeons' token accumulation and food reinforcer demand within a token economy using a behavioral economic approach. Six pigeons were exposed to a token reinforcement procedure, in which responses on a token-production key produce ... Full text CiteAge, income, and the discounting of delayed monetary losses.
Journal article The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · October 2025 ObjectivesPrevious studies failed to find age-related differences in the discounting of delayed, monetary losses, potentially due to their failure to examine the effects of income and their use of relatively small loss amounts. Accordingly, the pr ... Full text CiteEducation
Washington University in St. Louis ·
2026
Ph.D.
Reed College ·
2021
B.A.