Margaret received her PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Margaret's research is broadly focused on intellectual development through the lifespan. Specific topics include investigation of cognitive ability, age, gender, and personality and motivational traits as related to job and training performance both in organizations and educational settings. Her research combines elements of cognitive psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, and human factors. A main focus of her current research involves investigating how to best design training for older learners. Her work has been published in journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Intelligence, and Psychology and Aging.