Researcher - Aspiring Psychologist - Dancer
PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERESTS
RELATIONAL VIRTUES
Since December of 2018, Ashley has worked with Dr. Charlotte Witvliet to examine relational virtues such as accountability, forgiveness, and gratitude from genetic and physiological perspectives. This research has sparked her interest in 1). examining relational virtues within clinical populations and
2). examining the interpersonal outcomes of relational virtues.
DKEFS
Within her internship at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, Ashley assessed the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System Color Word Inference Test as an effective performance validity assessment. This research has been published in
The Clinical Neuropsychologist and can be found here.
COVID-19 IMPLICATIONS
As part of Hope College's Advanced Neuroscience Capstone, Ashley's team sought to extend the findings of Xie, et al. (2020) to assess working memory, self-regulation, and heart rate variability as predictors of COVID-19 compliance. Within this study, they have additionally implemented innovative remote data collection procedures. This work is forthcoming.
DANCE PURSUITS
Ashley received her B.A. in Dance and Psychology from Hope College, following her 14 years of training in Hadley, MI. While in college, she studied under Matt Farmer, Tracy Dunbar, Julie Powell, Linda Graham, Crystal Frazier, and Sharon Wong. Ashley has been a member in H2 Dance Company and Striketime Dance Theatre and has performed as a guest with the Chicago Tap Theatre in their show Tidings of Tap. Throughout her time at Hope, Ashley has also performed works by Mark Yonally, Richard Rivera, Hanna Brickston, and Cory Goei. Aside from her dance pursuits, Ashley hopes to obtain a graduate degree in Clinical Psychology.
