Truelove earned her master’s degree from UNF in the general psychology program before receiving her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Washington State University. Before coming to UNF in 2012, Truelove completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University in the Institute for Energy and Environment. At UNF, Truelove works to actively engage students in their learning and infuses Community-Based Learning (CBL) activities in her Social Psychology course . In 2016-17 Truelove was awarded an Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, recognizing her excellence in teaching. Recently Truelove co-authored a paper evaluating the validity and reliability of the Community Service Attitudes Scale, frequently used to assess outcomes of CBL on students.