Anna is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Life-span Development Lab. She is interested in how social experiences, including social connections, behaviors, and language use, influence emotional and cognitive well-being across the lifespan. Her current research investigates how perceptions of others influence age-related stereotypes and subsequent social behavior. She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, where her dissertation focused on aging and language use.