She holds a BA in Psychology from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, an MA in Experimental Psychology from Towson University and PhD in Psychology from Northcentral University. Martin teaches Gerontology courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She assisted in developing McDaniel’s MS program in Gerontology (approved in 2009) and also in establishing McDaniel’s minor in Gerontology as a nationally recognized Program of Merit (POM) in 2011.