Tarah Raldiris earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University in 2011. In 2014, she completed her master’s degree in applied psychological research from Penn State-Harrisburg. She entered Virginia Commonwealth University’s social psychology doctoral program in Fall 2015 and defended her PhD in November 2020. Broadly, her research interests are focused on understanding how to promote positive psychological and physical aging processes. She is particularly interested in the effect of mindfulness-based interventions on cognition, health, and well-being in older adults.

This profile was last updated on December 31, 2020

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