Molly studies social-personality psychology (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin ’11) using dictionary-based text analysis (especially Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count, or LIWC, and related dictionaries). She analyzes naturalistic and experimental language to understand attitudes (e.g., towards films and novels), major life changes (e.g., leaving a job, breakups), and individual differences (e.g., personality, mental health vulnerabilities). Some of her early work pioneered research on how function word coordination (language style matching, or LSM) in writing and conversation relates to behavior in close relationships. She lives in the East Bay Area and enjoys cats, fiction, dogs, and hiking.