Biography and education

Dr. Balzarini received a dual Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Women's and Gender Studies from Sonoma State University in 2009. She assisted in labs at Harvard, University Massachusetts Boston, and Boston College from 2010-2012 before completing a Masters in Science from Stony Brook in 2013. Dr. Balzarini pursued a Ph.D. from Western University from 2014 to 2018 and received the prestigious Trillium Award to fund her doctoral studies. Dr. Balzarini then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at York University from 2018-2019 before beginning at Texas State as an Assistant Professor in the Psychology department.