She obtained her PhD in 1998 from the University of California, Davis, and completed postdoctoral training at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on memory development in childhood, including children’s eyewitness abilities and suggestibility, and on children’s involvement in the legal system. Her research has been supported by grants from such agencies as the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and she has been the recipient of early career awards from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and the American Psychology–Law Society.