Want to know more about research, special learning opportunities and how to build your social network? Meet with our profs, research assistants and honour students—and reps from UBC’s Exchange, Trek and Co-op programs! Ask them about anything while enjoying cookies and coffee!
The panel includes Dr. Darko Odic, UBC Psychology Assistant Professor, Dr. Benjamin Cheung, UBC Psychology Lecturer, and PSA, Psi Chi, and UJP executives.
Please RSVP to let us know what events you’re attending so that we can be prepared!
Meet the Panel
Dr. Darko Odic | Research Group
I’m a developmental psychologist studying why children learn certain things quickly (e.g., language) and other things very slowly (e.g., mathematics). I run the Centre for Cognitive Development, which is part of the Early Development Research Group, a group of six developmental psychology labs within the Psychology Department. Ask me about getting involved with research more generally, about graduate school, and about why every psychology major should do much more than just take psychology classes.
Calista Leung | Research Group
4th year Psychology undergrad. Currently the lab manager of the Emotion & Self Lab. Has worked through most roles within a lab—from research assistant, research coordinator, to lab manager. Held positions in Personality, Emotion, and Behaviour Lab & Memory and Cognition Lab previously. Has gone through multiple directed studies. TA’d for PSYC217 (Research Methods) and 307 (Cultural Psychology). Started volunteering in labs in first year!
Dr. Ben Chueng | Social Network Group
Lecturer and Indigenous Initiatives Coordinator. Mainly teaches research methods and cultural psychology. Likes hockey and gaming. Loves food and eating (way too much).
Lior Torgeman | Social Network Group
3rd year BA in Psychology and International Relations. President of the PSA and previous member of PSA’s social committee. Ask me any PSA-club related questions!
Aaron Zhuo | Social Network Group
4th Year Psychology Honours. Heavy club involvement (10~ clubs). Past (2018-19) Vice President at UBC Undergraduate Journal of Psychology. Past (2018-19) Vice President External (and Incoming President) of UBC Psi Chi: International Psychology Honors Society. Past President (2018-19) at largest UBC Charity and AMS best community service club, World Vision UBC. Lab involvement: Senior RA at UBC Parenting Lab, Dr. Charlotte Johnston. Honours student and Senior RA at UBC Happy Lab (Social emotion and cognition lab), Dr. Elizabeth Dunn. Honours student at UBC Behavioural Sustainability Lab, Dr. Jiaying Zhao. Psychology 218 tutor, PSYC course notetaker, CPA Mentorship, UBC CSIC, Undergrad advising/course planning, clubs, UBC Hub, Psychology grants/awards etc. Aware of opportunities that people might want to hear about!
Asli Sozen | Unique Opportunities Group
3rd year Undergraduate student. Double Major in Creative Writing and Psychology. Works in volunteer opportunities across campus including the Reading Week Project. Designed and led a project at a non-profit organization off-campus.
Manmeet Sital | Unique Opportunities Group
BA Psychology Graduate. Participated in an International Service Learning opportunity with UBC ORICE to Uganda in Summer 2018 where I interned with Tekera Primary School at Tekera Resource Centre and Kitengesa Community Library. Went to an Exchange semester to the University of Glasgow in Fall 2018.
Dino Yao | Unique Opportunities Group
4th Year PSYC major and COMM minor. Experience working abroad. Co-op process. Challenges? Positive experiences.
Fay Alikhani | Unique Opportunities Group
UBC Alumna, graduating in the class of 2006 with a major in Psychology. She has worked at UBC for the past 5 years as an Academic Advisor in the Faculty of Arts, an Associate Advisor with International Student Initiative and an Exchange Advisor with Go Global. At Go Global she manages partner universities in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, the US and South Africa.
