Marjorie obtains her PhD from the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University, where she explores the entangled relationship between music, emotion, and culture. Her work investigates how cultural bias shapes judgments of cultural origin, emotional response, and meaning in music across cultures, and how intercultural musical engagement can foster empathy, understanding, and psychosocial connection. With a background that bridges psychology and music, she holds a Master of Research in Psychology from Macquarie University, a Graduate Diploma in Psychology from the University of New England, and a First-Class Honours degree in Music Studies from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music at the University of Sydney. A performer of the Chinese pipa (four-string lute), she is deeply engaged in intercultural music-making and community ensembles, drawing on lived experience to inform her scholarship.