Shelby Bandel obtained her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Wyoming in 2016, during which time she became interested in the study of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and completed her senior thesis on ritual behavior related to NSSI engagement. She then went on to get her M.S. in Psychological Sciences at Western Kentucky University studying under the mentorship of Dr. Amy Brausch. During this time, she continued studying NSSI and suicide prevention with her master’s thesis examining the association between sleep, emotion dysregulation, and NSSI/suicide in adolescents. She began her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi working with Dr. Mike Anestis studying firearms and suicide as well as suicide prevention more broadly. Shelby recently transferred to Rutgers University to continue studying under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Anestis. Her current research interests include firearm suicide prevention, credible messengers, NSSI, emotion dysregulation, and the association between sleep and suicide. When she is not doing research related work Shelby enjoys disseminating science through the Science Simplified Network, for which she is a co-leader with Allison Bond and Taylor Rodriguez. Outside of this she enjoys hiking with her husband and spending time with her dogs (Henry and Rex) and three cats (Patches, Zoey, and Jack Jack).