Associate Professor, Psychology in Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Education; Center Associate, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh; Co-Author, "The Defining Features of Teacher Talk within Autonomy-Supportive Classroom Management" (2015, Teaching and Teacher Education), “‘Fitting In’ in High School: How Adolescent Belonging is Influenced by Locus of Control Beliefs” (2014, International Journal of Youth and Adolescence) and "Bridges and Barriers: Adolescent Perceptions of Student-Teacher Relationships (2013, Urban Education)