​As a doctoral candidate in Kay Holekamp's behavioral ecology lab at Michigan State University, I am broadly interested in the evolution of sociality and the interaction of cooperative and competitive forces within social groups. I am particularly fascinated by the interplay between individual social behavior and physiology, and how that in turn affects group-level social dynamics. My current research focuses on the socioendocrinology of competition, cooperation, and affiliation in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta).