Melanie (she/her) is a Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Dr. Todd Handy. Her work focuses on variability in daily cognition in young adults, particularly how subjective assessments of cognitive abilities are influenced by variation in mood, and how these effects differ across individuals. She also investigates patterns of community mobility in young adults, and is interested in how daily cognition and mood influence our everyday movement behaviours in our communities. Outside of psychology, she has collaborated with researchers in transportation planning in the School of Community and Regional Planning, investigating how the green-gentrification cycle is influenced by active travel and transit investments.

Her research interests include daily cognition, executive functioning, metacognition, as well as resilience and coping in daily life.