Morgan graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with Honors in Psychology and a background in biology and neuroscience. In the ANDP Lab, Morgan worked as a research specialist working on the Mood and Motivation Study, the LGB Youth Study, and the Theta Burst Stimulation Study. Previously, she worked on the Inflammation and Depression Study. During Morgan’s senior year at Pitt, she completed an Honors Thesis that investigated the roles of social and non-social stressors in the neural response to reward and prediction of future depression in adolescent girls. She was also involved in a lab that studied anxiety and physiological responses to stress in those who are susceptible to migraines. Morgan’s personal research interests include stress, brain development, socio-emotional processing, and risk for psychopathology during adolescence. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, baking, and going out to eat at new restaurants.
Morgan is pursuing a Ph.D. in Psychology at Virginia Tech.