Ayla is a graduate student affiliate working with Dr. Lloyd. Her work focuses on gender diversity, social cognition, and social bias. In her research, she has examined stereotypes of gender and how contextual cues shape implicit and explicit bias. Ayla has presented her work at SPSP and has received competitive funding, including a Student Grant Competition award and a Graduate Education Doctoral Fellowship for Inclusive Engagement. Her recent publications adress gender diverse perspectives to psysioloigcal stimuli and systemic appraoches to understand implicit bias.