Dr. Tierra Stimson is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the College of Applied Science and Technology. Her Ph.D. from the University of California Riverside is in Social/Personality Psychology, with an emphasis in Cognitive, Developmental, and Quantitative Psychology. Her teaching interests are in statistics and research methods, but has experience and enjoys teaching a variety of courses, such as Abnormal Psychology, Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Human Sexuality, Introductory Psychology, Lessons of the Holocaust, Personality Psychology, and Social Psychology. She has taught in multiple modalities, including face-to-face, blended, and online courses. In addition to her teaching experience, Dr. Stimson has experience working in collaborative environments and across disciplines e.g. business, criminal justice, education, health, social work) including working with private corporations and the public service sector. For example, she held positions as a research associate in the education field, a clinical trials rater for children with ADHD, an investigator for the Arizona Department of Child Safety, and has been a small business owner and operator. When she has the time, Dr. Stimson enjoys doing research. Her research examines motivational processes and their outcomes by examining individuals’ goals in important life domains e.g. academics and social relationships) Selecting appropriate goals and doing well at them has the potential to increase positive outcomes such as happiness. But what are the factors that lead to appropriate goal choice and attainment? What people choose to do may be determined by personal factors, such as personality traits and attitudes or by past or present background characteristics, such as financial support and physical, emotional, or intellectual setbacks. These factors may also determine why people succeed at what they choose to do. Dr. Stimson has developed a goal attainment model as a framework for examining the important predictors of goal choice and attainment and the outcomes associated with success and failure.