On September 8\, join us for our first "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit.
A diverse team of people from the p sychology community will be responding to your questions from u/UBCPsych. You can also find us at < a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/UBC/">r/UBC.
This is a chance fo r new and returning students to ask us questions about our psychology progr ams\, student resources\, research opportunities\, life as an RA\, student clubs\, and much more\, in real time.
Meet the psychology people taki ng part and learn about the kinds of questions they can answer!
Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes is an Assoc
iate Professor of Teaching and Associate Head\, Undergraduate Affairs in UB
C’s Department of Psychology. He is known for his work related to online le
arning technologies (e.g.\,
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< ul>Benjamin Cheung
Benjamin Cheung is a Lecturer and Indigenous In
itiatives Coordinator in the Department of Psychology at UBC. His research
interests include scholarship of teaching and learning\, service and experi
ential learning\, cultural psychology\, and student engagement.
Deborah Gia
schi
Deborah Giaschi is a Professor in the Depar
tment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences\, and an associate member of the
Department of Psychology where she teaches courses on sensory systems and
perceptual processing. She is the recipient of a Killam Teaching Prize. Her
research at BC Children’s Hospital examines the typical and atypical devel
opment of vision and of reading. She is also the coordinator for the NSERC
Undergraduate Student Research Awards competition in the Faculty of Medicin
e.
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Kiley Hamlin
Kiley Hamlin is a Professor in the
Department of Psychology at UBC and Canada Research Chair in Developmental
Psychology. Her work explores the earliest developmental origins of the hu
man moral sense\, by examining precursors to moral cognition and action in
preverbal infants.
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Jay Hosking
Jay Hosking is a Lecturer in UBC’s Department of Psychology
where he teaches a number of courses related to neuroscience and psychology
. He is also the advisor for the BSc Behavioural Neuroscience program.
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Toni Schmader
<
span style="font-weight: 400\;">Toni Schmader is a Professor in the Department of Psychology
at UBC with expertise in Social Psychology. She is the Director of the Eng
endering Success in STEM Consortium. She is the Director of the Social Iden
tity Lab where she examines how people are affected by various social ident
ities\, stereotypes\, and biases.
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Eva Zysk
Eva Zysk i
s a lecturer in the Department of Psychology and at Vantage College\, UBC.
Her research interest include contamination fears in OCD\, virtual reality
therapy for Social Anxiety\, and student presentation anxiety. She has rece
ived awards for her teaching\, including the Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Awa
rd. She is passionate about helping students settle into and enjoy universi
ty.
Carolyn Baer
Carolyn Baer is a PhD Candidate in D
evelopmental Psychology at UBC working with Drs. Darko Odic and Susan Birch
. Her research explores the cognitive building blocks that allow children t
o learn efficiently about the world\, including critical thinking skills an
d social reasoning.
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Joshua Cunningham\, President\, Psychology Students' Association
Josh is a 4th
year B.Sc Behavioural Neuroscience Student in the Psychology Department at
UBC and the current president of the PSA. With the PSA\, Josh strives to cr
eate a community for the Psychology department with his team by organizing
social events throughout the year. Through academic events\, the team also
brings together knowledgeable experts to help the professional and academic
development of students in the PSA and hosts an undergraduate research con
ference at the end of the year. He has volunteered in the Behavioural Neuro
genetics lab with Dr. Catharine Rankin and wrote a thesis last year investi
gating how nociceptor stimulation in C. elegans development affects
habituation. Outside of school Josh spends his time volunteering at Mount S
aint Joseph Hospital as well as with St. John Ambulance as a first aid atte
ndant.
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Abhi Dasgupta\, Psi Chi Co-President
Abhi is a 3rd Year B.A Psyc
hology student with a minor in Education (Interpersonal Development) at the
University of British Columbia. He is currently a research assistant in T
he Depression\, Anxiety\, and Stress lab with Dr Joelle LeMoult studying th
e peripheral biology that characterizes co-occurring depression and anxiety
. Abhi was also a Wellness Peer at the UBC Wellness Center. He is intereste
d in providing undergraduate students with academic and professional develo
pment opportunities at the University of British Columbia.
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Jia Yu e He\, 4th Year\, BA Honours StudentJia Yue is a 4th year BA Honours student in psychology and Engli sh. She is the laboratory manager of the Social Accuracy Lab of Dr. Jeremy Biesanz\, has held a Quinn Research Assistantship and volunteers at the MAG IC lab (investigating the effects of demotivating influences on people of d iffering socioeconomic statuses) under the supervision of Dr. Kristin Lauri n\, and will be joining the Social Identity Lab as a research assistant inv estigating how gender norms affect LGBTQ+ individuals. She is deeply intere sted in interdisciplinary approaches to studying social issues\, the social impact of academic research\, education\, rhetoric and language.
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Griffin Rutledge\, 4th Year\, BSc Behavioural Neuroscience Honours Student . Under the supervision of Dr. Stan Floresco and Graduate Student Nicole Jenni\, he completed his third year t hesis investigating the functional role of the mOFC-DMS pathway in risk/rew ard decision making. In his final year\, he will be working in the Soma Lab studying the role of maternal sucrose intake on offspring behaviour\, neur odevelopment\, and neurosteroid regulation.
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Victoria Wardell
V
ictoria is a 4th year B.A.Hons in Psychology student at the University of B
ritish Columbia. She currently holds an NSERC URSA in the Memory and Imagin
ation laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Daniela Palombo. She further
volunteers at the Depression\, Anxiety and Stress lab as a study coordinato
r\, Coping with Neurological Symptoms lab as a study lead\, and Body Health
and Aging lab as a research assistant. Through these experiences she has g
ained experience in all aspects of research\, from designing studies to pub
lishing peer-reviewed articles and presenting at international conferences.
In addition\, Victoria is passionate about furthering diversity and inclus
ivity in the field\, and has co-founded a journal club beginning this year
at UBC that highlights the work of people of colour\, LGBTQ\, and other min
orities in psychology.
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