This academic year she will be teaching courses on personality psychology, research methods in personality, and social psychology. Dr. Moloney grew up in DeKalb, IL and received her undergraduate degree from Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Moloney recently completed her Ph.D. in experimental social psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. Broadly her research focuses on self and identity. Recently she has been studying the different intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences of relationship transgressions, such as forgiveness and moral emotions. She is looking forward to helping facilitate research and fostering a positive teaching environment through her courses.