Ally is currently in her 5th year of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral program at the University of Vermont. She received a BA in Psychology from the University of Illinois Chicago and then worked as a research assistant in clinical psychology lab at Boston University before attending graduate school at UVM.  She currently works in a lab that studies the use of mobile technology for individuals who have experienced trauma. Her personal research interests involve the examination of the impact of guilt and shame on the maintenance of PTSD in survivors of Sexual Assault. ​