Core Faculty
Alan Kingstone
Alan Kingstone
Professor and Distinguished University Scholar
phone604 822 9230
location_onOffice address: CIRS Room 4356 | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Alan Kingstone is the director of the Brain, Attention and Reality Lab at UBC. He has pioneered methods and approaches to the study of attention and cognitive ethology, such that his research strongly connects with people as they interact in the world around them. The lab’s multidisciplinary r...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Amori Mikami
Amori Mikami
Professor and Associate Head, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
emailmikami@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 3245
location_onKenny Room 1904--2136 West Mall
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Amori Mikami is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Mikami is a Canada Research Chair in Clinical Child Psychology and a registered clinical psychologist in British Columbia, Canada.
Research Area
Clinical
Andrew Baron
Andrew Baron
Professor and Area Coordinator
emailabaron@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 6311
location_onKenny Room 2402--2136 West Mall
Research Area
DevelopmentalDr. Andrew Baron is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Baron is the founder and director of the Living Lab at Science World and the Social Cognitive Development Lab.
Dr. Baron is also part of the Early Development Research Group, a consortium of six...Read more
Research Area
Developmental
Andrew Rivers
As a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Dr. Andrew Rivers seeks to further develop effective instructional methods that facilitate student learning. His past teaching experiences include working with undergraduates in Montana and California, First Nations peoples in Washington state, and inca...Read more
Anita DeLongis
Anita DeLongis
Professor and Associate Head, Graduate Affairs
phone604 822 3257
location_onKenny Room 2410--2136 West Mall
Research Area
HealthDr. Anita DeLongis received her doctorate in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley under the research supervision of Richard S. Lazarus. She completed a clinical internship in Behavioral Medicine through the University of California at San Francisco Family and Community Medicine P...Read more
Research Area
Health
Ara Norenzayan
Ara Norenzayan
Professor, Distinguished University Scholar and Area Coordinator
emailara@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 827 5134
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall, Department of Psychology
Research Area
Social & PersonalityDr. Ara Norenzayan is a Professor and Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia. Much of his research and teaching document the thumbprints of global cultural diversity on the human mind. He has published widely on the origins of religion, the psychology of supernatural ...Read more
Research Area
Social & Personality
Azim Shariff
Azim Shariff
Professor and Canada Research Chair
emailshariff@psych.ubc.ca
Research Area
Social & PersonalityDr. Azim Shariff is a social psychologist whose research focuses on where morality intersects with religion, cultural attitudes and economics. Another rapidly expanding part of his research looks at human-technology interactions and the ethics of automation, including self-driving cars.
Research Area
Social & Personality
Benjamin Cheung
Dr. Benjamin Cheung is a Lecturer and Indigenous Initiatives Coordinator in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
Catharine Winstanley
Catharine Winstanley
Professor
phone604 822 3128
location_onOffice: Rm 4503, 2215 Wesbrook Mall | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Behavioural NeuroscienceDr. Catharine Winstanley is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and a member of the Centre for Brain Health at the University of British Columbia.
Research Area
Behavioural Neuroscience
Catharine Rankin
Catharine Rankin
Professor
emailcrankin@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 5449
location_onOffice: Rm F155 Koerner Pavilion-2211 Wesbrook Mall | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Behavioural NeuroscienceDr. Catharine Rankin is a professor in the Department of Psychology and a member of the Centre for Brain Health at the University of British Columbia. Dr Rankin is internationally recognized for her work using an invertebrate model system to address fundamental psychological questions about the eff...Read more
Research Area
Behavioural Neuroscience
Catherine Rawn
Catherine Rawn
Professor of Teaching and Associate Head, Undergraduate Affairs
emailcdrawn@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 2513
location_onKenny Room 2523--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Learning EnhancementDr. Catherine Rawn (she/her/hers) is a Professor of Teaching and the Associate Head, Undergraduate Affairs in the Department of Psychology, as well as a Senator (Joint Faculties Representative) at UBC Vancouver. She specializes in teaching and educational leadership, and has served as Curriculum Com...Read more
Research Area
Learning Enhancement
Christiane Hoppmann
Christiane Hoppmann
Professor
phone604 822 8428
location_onKenny Room 3509--2136 West Mall
Research Area
HealthDr. Christiane Hoppmann is Professor, Canada Research Chair and Associate Dean Research & Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Arts. She is also a core member of the Edwin S.H. Leong Center for Healthy Aging at UBC.
Research Area
Health
Connor Kerns
Connor Kerns
Associate Professor
emailcmkerns@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 6771
location_onKenny Room 1902--2136 West Mall
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Connor Kerns has conducted and published studies on broad array of topics including the role of paternal age in ASD risk, the co-occurrence of childhood psychopathologies, and differential predictors of CBT efficacy for child anxiety. Her present research focuses on the overlap, assessment and t...Read more
Research Area
Clinical
Daniela Palombo
Daniela Palombo
Associate Professor
phone604 822 4156
location_onKenny Room 3108--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Daniela Palombo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. She primarily investigates cognitive and neural factors associated with how we form and retain autobiographical memories and how this may differ across individuals.
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Darko Odic
Darko Odic
Associate Professor
phone604 827 0621
location_onKenny Room 2035--2136 West Mall
Research Area
DevelopmentalDr. Darko Odic is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Odic is also part of the Early Development Research Group, a consortium of six research centers interested in the development of language, learning, and social understanding in inf...Read more
Research Area
Developmental
David King
Dr. King is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at UBC, leading courses in Personality (PSYC-305), Health Psychology (PSYC-314), and the Psychology of Sex and Gender (PSYC-320) since 2012. He also teaches a special topics course on the Psychology of Death and Dying (PSYC-208), reflecting a st...Read more
E. David Klonsky
E. David Klonsky
Professor
phone604 822 5972
location_onKenny Room 3515--2136 West Mall
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Klonsky is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. His research examines suicide, including the pursuit of parsimonious models of suicide and better understanding of suicide motivations and warning signs. Dr. Klonsky also pursues research interests in e...Read more
Research Area
Clinical
Elizabeth Dunn
Dr. Elizabeth Dunn is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Dunn conducts experimental research examining how time, money, and technology shape human happiness. She is the co-author of Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending (Simon & Schuster) wi...Read more
Research Area
Social & Personality
Eric Kim
Dr. Eric S. Kim (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. He is also a Visiting Scientist and Research Affiliate with the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness (at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), and the Human Flourishing P...Read more
Research Area
Health
Eva Zysk
Dr. Eva Zysk is 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 received awards for her teaching, including the Vice Chancellor’...Read more
Frances Chen
Frances Chen
Professor and Area Coordinator
phone604 822 2549
location_onKenny Room 3521 -- 2136 West Mall
Research Area
HealthDr. Frances Chen is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
Research Area
Health
Friedrich Götz
Friedrich Götz
Assistant Professor
phone604 822 3286
location_onKenny Room 3519--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Social & PersonalityDr Friedrich Götz is a personality researcher and Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Originally from Germany, Dr Götz bounced around the globe and obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in England before moving to beautiful British Columbia. In his ...Read more
Research Area
Social & Personality
Geoffrey Hall
Geoffrey Hall
Professor and Distinguished University Scholar
emailgeoff@psych.ubc.ca
phone604-822-0092
location_onKenny Room 2408--2136 West Mall
Research Area
DevelopmentalDr. Geoffrey Hall is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. He is also part of the Early Development Research Group, a consortium of six research centres interested in the development of language, learning, and social understanding in infants and children....Read more
Research Area
Developmental
Grace Truong
Grace Truong
Lecturer
emailgracet@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 6789
location_onKenny Room 3505--2136 West Mall
Dr. Grace Truong completed her PhD in Psychology from the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Dr. Todd Handy and is currently a UBC lecturer and affiliated researcher. Her research focuses on the attentional, perceptual, and memorial changes caused by self-relevance and mere owne...Read more
Hee Yeon Im
Dr. Hee Yeon Im is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and an investigator at the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute.
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Ingrid Söchting
Ingrid Söchting
Clinical Professor, Director of UBC Psychology Clinic
phone604 822 1958
location_onKenny 1619 - 2136 West Mall
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Ingrid Söchting has been instrumental in developing CBT group therapy program for depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, as well as interpersonal therapy (IPT) groups for later life depression. ...Read more
Research Area
Clinical
James Enns
James Enns
Professor and Distinguished University Scholar
emailjenns@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 6634
location_onOffice address: CIRS Room 4355 | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. James T. Enns is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg and Princeton University. A central theme of his research is the role of attention in human vision. He has served as Editor for the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, and has served as Associate Editor f...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Janet Werker
Janet Werker
University Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair
emailjwerker@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 6741
location_onKenny Room 2404--2136 West Mall
Research Area
DevelopmentalDr. Janet F. Werker is University Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Werker is the founder and a member of the Early Development Research Group, a consortium of six research centers interested in the development o...Read more
Research Area
Developmental
Jason Rights
Jason Rights
Associate Professor
emailjrights@psych.ubc.ca
location_onKenny Room 2017--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Quantitative MethodsDr. Jason Rights is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. His primary research focus is on addressing methodological complexities and developing statistical methods for multilevel/hierarchical data contexts (e.g., patients nested within clinici...Read more
Research Area
Quantitative Methods
Jason Snyder
Jason Snyder
Associate Professor and Area Coordinator
phone604 822 3269
location_onRoom F128, Koerner Pavilion--2211 Wesbrook Mall | Mailing Address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Behavioural NeuroscienceDr. Jason Snyder is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and a member of the Centre for Brain Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
Research Area
Behavioural Neuroscience
Jay Hosking
Jay Hosking
Lecturer, Behavioural Neuroscience advisor
location_onKenny room 3527--2136 West Mall
Dr. Jay Hosking (he, him, his) is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches a number of courses related to neuroscience and psychology. He obtained his BSc Hons in Neuroscience at the University of Toronto, graduating with High Distinction. He...Read more
Jeremy Biesanz
Jeremy Biesanz
Professor
phone604 822 6493
location_onOffice address: CIRS Rm 4351 | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Quantitative MethodsDr. Jeremy C. Biesanz mainly investigates Social psychology, Social perception, Developmental psychology, Personality and Welfare. He has researched Social perception in several fields, including Stereotype, Interpersonal relationship and Social cognition. His biological study spans a wide range of ...Read more
Research Area
Quantitative Methods
Jessica Flake
Jessica Flake
Assistant Professor
emailjk.flake@ubc.ca
phone604 822 6205
location_onKenny Room 3529--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Quantitative MethodsResearch Area
Quantitative Methods
Jessica Tracy
Jessica Tracy
Professor
emailjltracy@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 2718
location_onCIRS Room 4352--2260 West Mall
Research Area
Social & PersonalityDr. Jessica Tracy is a Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, a Sauder Distinguished Scholar and an Associate Editor at Affective Science. Her work is currently supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) insight grant.
Dr. Tracy is th...Read more
Research Area
Social & Personality
Jiaying Zhao
Jiaying Zhao
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair, UBC Sauder Distinguished Scholar
phone604 827 2203
location_onOffice address: CIRS Room 4341 | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Jiaying Zhao (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at UBC, Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Sustainability, and UBC Sauder Distinguished Scholar.
Dr. Zhao is a faculty affiliate of the Stone...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Jill Dosso
Dr. Jill Dosso (she/her) is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia where she teaches courses on biological and cognitive aspects of psychology.
Joan Ongchoco
phone604 822 0839
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Joan Ongchoco is an Assistant Professor in the Cognitive Science area and the Director of the UBC Perception & Cognition Lab. Before UBC, she was a post-doctoral fellow in the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, where she worked primarily with Martin Rolfs. She received her PhD from Yale Univer...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Joelle LeMoult
Joelle LeMoult
Associate Professor
phone604 822 3095
location_onKenny Room 3511--2136 West Mall
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Joelle LeMoult is an Associate Professor in the clinical area. She is the Director of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Laboratory, a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar, and a registered clinical psychologist.
Through her research she works to further our understanding of ...Read more
Research Area
Clinical
Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva
Dr. Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva is a Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Their work focuses on understanding human thought, using a combination of functional neuroimaging (fMRI), behavioral testing, and theoretical work. They have served as the Interim Director of the Pet...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Kiley Hamlin
Kiley Hamlin
Professor
phone604 822 2297
location_onKenny Room 2019--2136 West Mall
Research Area
DevelopmentalDr. J. Kiley Hamlin (she/her) is a Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, and formerly held a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Developmental Psychology. She received her doctorate from Yale University in 2010, and her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago in 2005...Read more
Research Area
Developmental
Kiran Soma
Kiran Soma
Professor
emailksoma@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 827 5820
location_onOffice: Room F154, Koerner Pavilion--2211 Wesbrook Mall | Mailing Address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Behavioural NeuroscienceDr. Kiran Soma is a professor in the Department of Psychology and a member of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at the University of British Columbia. He has published over 120 papers on neural circuits, hormones, behaviour, and immune function, and these papers have received over 7000 ...Read more
Research Area
Behavioural Neuroscience
Kristin Laurin
Kristin Laurin
Professor
emailklaurin@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 4650
location_onKenny Room 3507--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Social & PersonalityKristin is a Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She arrived at UBC after studying at McGill University and at the University of Waterloo, and as a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Research Area
Social & Personality
Lauren Emberson
Dr. Lauren Emberson (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. At UBC, Dr. Emberson's lab is a part of the Early Development Research Group, a consortium of several research centers interested in the development of perception, lang...Read more
Research Area
Developmental
Lillian May
Lillian May
Lecturer
emaillamay@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 3020
location_onKenny Room 2037--2136 West Mall
Dr. Lillian May is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She teaches classes in the area of Developmental Psychology, such as PSYC302: Infancy and PSYC319: Applied Developmental Psychology, as well as Introduction to Psychology. Dr. May is also the UBC Psi...Read more
Luke Clark
Luke Clark
Professor and Area Coordinator
phone604 827 0618
location_onOffice: Room 4342B in CIRS | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Luke Clark is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Centre for Gambling Research at UBC. The Centre was established in 2014 with funding from the Province of British Columbia government and the British Columbia Lottery Corporation.
His current research focuses on 3 m...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Lynn Alden
Lynn Alden
Professor
emaillalden@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 2198
location_onKenny Room 3402--2136 West Mall
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Lynn Alden is clinical psychologist and a Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She received her PhD from the University of Illinois-Urbana under the research supervision of Donald Peterson, and completed her clinical psychology internship at the University of Washington...Read more
Research Area
Clinical
Mark Lam
Dr. Mark Lam is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and the Chair of the Health & Society Minor in the Faculty of Arts.
Mark Schaller
Mark Schaller
Professor
phone604 822 2613
location_onOffice address: CIRS Room 4353 | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Social & PersonalityDr. Mark Schaller (he/him/his) is a Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. In recent years his research has focused on human motivational systems (e.g., the "behavioral immune system," the parental care motivational system) and their implications for social cognition and soci...Read more
Research Area
Social & Personality
Miriam Spering
location_onKoerner Room SF105 -- 2211 Wesbrook Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceOn January 1, 2025, Dr. Miriam Spering will join the Department of Psychology as Associate Professor.
Miriam Spering is an Associate Professor at UBC and a member of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience, the Institute for Computing, Information, and Cognitive Systems (ICICS), the Djavad Mowafaghi...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Nancy Sin
Nancy Sin
Associate Professor
emailnsin@psych.ubc.ca
phone604-822-5626
location_onKenny 3517--2136 West Mall
Research Area
HealthDr. Nancy L. Sin (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in health psychology, in addition to supervising undergraduate, MA, and PhD students. She is Co-Chair of the Antiracism Task Force for the Ame...Read more
Research Area
Health
Noah Silverberg
Noah Silverberg
Associate Professor
location_on2136 West Mall (Kenny) & 4255 Laurel St (GF Strong Rehab Centre)
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Silverberg completed his PhD in Clinical Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology specialty track) from the University of Windsor and a clinical internship at the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Consortium. Before joining the UBC Department of Psychology in 2020, Dr. Silverberg worked as a staff ...Read more
Research Area
Clinical
Paul Hewitt
Paul Hewitt
Professor
emailphewitt@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 5827
location_onKenny Room 1902--2136 West Mall
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Paul Hewitt is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. He is registered clinical psychologist and completed his clinical internship at the University of Washington, School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington.
He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychologic...Read more
Research Area
Clinical
Rebecca Todd
Rebecca Todd
Associate Professor
phone604 827 2074
location_onOffice address: CIRS Room 4342 | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceRebecca Todd (she/her/they) is an Associate Professor in UBC’s Department of Psychology and a member of the Centre for Brain Health working in the area of Cognitive Neuroscience. She is currently a CIHR New Investigator (2016) and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2017). Befo...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Samantha Dawson
Dr. Samantha Dawson is an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of British Columbia. Since 2009, her research program has focused on identifying mechanisms contributing to sexual function in individuals and couples, with the goal of using these mechanisms to develo...Read more
Research Area
Clinical
Sheila Woody
Sheila Woody
Professor, Area Coordinator, and Director of Clinical Training
emailsheila.woody@ubc.ca
phone604 822 2719
location_onKenny Room 1605--2136 West Mall
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Sheila Woody is a registered psychologist and a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
Research Area
Clinical
Simon Lolliot
Simon Lolliot
Associate Professor of Teaching and Chair, Vantage One Arts Program
phone604 827 3765
location_onKenny Room 1005--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Learning EnhancementDr. Simon Lolliot is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Psychology and the University of British Columbia. Prior to UBC, Lolliot received a Rhodes scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he completed his doctorate in social psychology. While at Oxford, Lolliot studied the...Read more
Research Area
Learning Enhancement
Stan Floresco
Stan Floresco
Professor
phone604 827 5313
location_onKoerner Pavilion F118--2211 Wesbrook Mall
Research Area
Behavioural NeuroscienceDr. Stan Floresco is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and an Investigator at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at the University of British Columbia.
Research Area
Behavioural Neuroscience
Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes
Professor of Teaching and Director, Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience
emailsjb@psych.ubc.ca
location_onCIRS
Research Area
Learning EnhancementSteven J. Barnes (he/him/his) is well-regarded for his work related to online learning technologies (e.g., the Tapestry Project; see tapestry-tool.com), student mental health and wellbeing, and bipolar disorder (BD). Steven is deputy co-lead of the Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial i...Read more
Research Area
Learning Enhancement
Steven Heine
Steven Heine
Professor, Distinguished University Scholar, and Sauder Distinguished Scholar
emailheine@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 6908
location_onKenny Room 2021--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Social & PersonalityDr. Steven J. Heine is Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Social and Cultural Psychology at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on a few topics that converge on how people come to understand themselves and the world around them. In particular, he studies how peopl...Read more
Research Area
Social & Personality
Sunaina Assanand
Sunaina Assanand
Professor of Teaching
phone604 822 2851
location_onKenny Room 3102--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Learning EnhancementSunaina Assanand is a cultural psychologist. She completed her graduate studies with UBC Psychology having developed a strong passion for teaching as a graduate student. Sunaina joined the UBC Department of Psychology as a faculty member in 2009.
Research Area
Learning Enhancement
Susan Birch
Susan Birch
Associate Professor
emailsbirch@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 3994
location_onKenny Room 2031--2136 West Mall
Research Area
DevelopmentalDr. Susan Birch is part of the Early Development Research Group, a consortium of six research centers interested in the development of language, learning, and social understanding in infants and children.
Research Area
Developmental
Todd Handy
Todd Handy
Professor
emailtodd@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 2706
location_onKenny Room 3406--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Todd Handy is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. His research expertise is in the domain of cognitive electrophysiology, with an emphasis on applying this method in three main lines of study: attentional deficits contributing to falls in the elderl...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Toni Schmader
Toni Schmader
Professor and Department Head
phone604-822-5610
location_onKenny Room 2503A--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Social & PersonalityDr. Toni Schmader is the Head of the Department of Psychology at UBC. Dr. Schmader is also the Director of the Engendering Success in STEM Consortium. She has served as an Associate Editor at the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and on the E...Read more
Research Area
Social & Personality
Victoria Savalei
Victoria Savalei
Professor and Area Coordinator
emailv.savalei@ubc.ca
phone604 822 2296
location_onKenny Room 3410--2136 West Mall
Research Area
Quantitative MethodsDr. Victoria Savalei is a Professor in the Department of Psychology. At present she is continuing work on the new estimation method for incomplete data, called the two-stage (TS) method.
Research Area
Quantitative MethodsAssociate Member
Deborah Giaschi
Deborah Giaschi
Associate Member
emailgiaschi@mail.ubc.ca
phone604 875 2345 (ext 7853)
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Deborah Giaschi is a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, an associate member of the Department of Psychology, and an investigator at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute.
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceAffiliated Faculty
Arthur Reber
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, 1966-1970.
Associate Professor, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, (CUNY) 1970-1980
Professor, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of CUNY, 1980-1998
Broeklundian Professor Brooklyn Colle...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Benoit-Antoine Bacon
Benoit-Antoine Bacon
President and Vice-Chancellor of UBC and Professor of Psychology
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon started a five-year term as the 17th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia on November 1, 2023. Since 2020, he has also been serving on the Board of Directors of Universities Canada.
As President, Dr. Bacon leads the academic mission and o...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Liisa Galea
Liisa Galea
Affiliate Professor
Research Area
Behavioural NeuroscienceDr. Liisa Galea is a senior scientist and the inaugural womenmind Treliving Family Chair in Women’s Mental Health, and she also leads the Women’s Health Research Cluster at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Prior to this, Dr. Galea was a Professor in the Department of Psychol...Read more
Research Area
Behavioural Neuroscience
Rhianon Allen
Rhianon Allen is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and the City University of New York. She is now an Affiliate Professor at the University of British Columbia, and a Professor Emerita at Long Island University-Brooklyn. Originally trained in Developmental Psychology, she has also pub...Read more
Emeriti
Ann Cameron
Ann Cameron
Honorary Professor Emerita
phone604 822 9078
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
DevelopmentalDr. Ann Cameron is Honorary Professor in Psychology at the University of British Columbia; Emerita and Honorary Research Professor at the University of New Brunswick, where she taught and conducted research for over three decades; and Affiliate Member at the University of Victoria.
Research Area
Developmental
Boris Gorzalka
Dr. Boris Gorzalka is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at UBC.
Research Area
Clinical
Charlotte Johnston
Dr. Charlotte Johnston is a Professor Emerita in the Department of Psychology at UBC, and serves as the Director of the Parenting Lab.
Research Area
Clinical
Darrin Lehman
Darrin Lehman
Professor Emeritus
emaildarrin.lehman@ubc.ca
location_on2136 West Mall
Research Area
Social & PersonalityResearch Area
Social & Personality
Delroy Paulhus
Dr. Delroy L. Paulhus is a personality researcher who continues to focus broadly on response styles and dark personalities using self-report, peer-rating, and laboratory techniques. Using a variety of psychometric methods, Dr. Paulhus has developed and validated measures of socially desirable respon...Read more
Research Area
Social & Personality
Don Dutton
Don Dutton
Professor Emeritus
emailddutton@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 4592
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Social & PersonalityDr. Don Dutton is a tenured Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Department of Psychology. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Toronto in 1970. He has published over 125 peer reviewed journal articles and 11 books, including the Domestic...Read more
Research Area
Social & Personality
Don Wilkie
Don Wilkie
Professor Emeritus
Research Area
Behavioural NeuroscienceResearch Area
Behavioural Neuroscience
Eric Eich
Eric Eich
Professor Emeritus and Distinguished University Scholar
emailee@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 3078
location_onKenny Building—2136 West Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Eric Eich is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President Academic Affairs at the University of British Columbia.
He received his doctorate in cognitive psychology from the University of Toronto in 1979, under the research supervision of Endel Tul...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Jennifer Campbell
Jennifer Campbell
Professor Emerita
Dr. Jennifer Campbell's major research interests include self-esteem, self-concept clarity, social cognition, conformity, attraction, and self-evaluation maintenance strategies.
John Pinel
John Pinel
Professor Emeritus
Research Area
Behavioural NeuroscienceDr. John Pinel is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at UBC. Dr. Pinel is an award-winning teacher and the author of over 200 scientific papers. Dr. Pinel is an enthusiastic West African drummer who performs at local clubs, festivals, and drum circles with Nigerian drum master Kwas...Read more
Research Area
Behavioural Neuroscience
Kenneth Craig
Kenneth Craig
Professor Emeritus
emailkcraig@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 3948
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Kenneth Craig is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and Director of the BC Pain Research Network. He has had a long academic career at UBC where he served as Director of the Graduate Programme in Clinical Psychology and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Graduat...Read more
Research Area
Clinical
Lawrence Walker
Dr. Larry Walker is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia where he has spent most of his career since earning his PhD at the University of Toronto. For almost two decades he was the Director of the Graduate Program in the Department of Psychology and then, more recently, served f...Read more
Research Area
Developmental
Lawrence Ward
Lawrence Ward
Professor Emeritus
emaillward@psych.ubc.ca
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Lawrence Ward is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Ward was a founding member of, and has occupied several Executive positions in, the International Society for Psychophysics, including serving as its President in 2005-2006 and cur...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Peter Graf
Peter Graf
Professor Emeritus
emailpgraf@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 6635
location_onOffice address: CIRS Room 4352 | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Peter Graf is a cognitive scientist and professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia.
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Peter Suedfeld
Peter Suedfeld
Professor Emeritus
phone604 822 5713
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Social & PersonalityDr. Peter Suedfeld is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. He is one of the pioneering researchers in the field of Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST) and in his field research he has studied the reactions and adaptation of crews i...Read more
Research Area
Social & Personality
Ralph Hakstian
Research Area
Quantitative Methods
Richard Tees
Richard Tees
Professor Emeritus
emailrtees@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 3948
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Behavioural NeuroscienceDr. Richard Tees is Professor Emeritus in Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
Research Area
Behavioural Neuroscience
Robert Hare
Robert Hare
Professor Emeritus
emailrhare@mail.ubc.ca
location_onwww.hare.org
Research Area
Social & PersonalityRobert Hare is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. A researcher in the field of criminal psychology, he has become recognized as the foremost authority on psychopaths over 35 years of research at UBC. He has devoted most of his academic career to the investigation...Read more
Research Area
Social & Personality
Ronald Rensink
Ronald Rensink
Emeritus Professor
emailrensink@psych.ubc.ca
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Ronald Rensink is an emeritus professor in the Departments of Psychology and Computer Science. He is director of the UBC Visual Cognition Lab and an integral part of the Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics (VIVA), and the Cognitive Systems program. His primary interests are in computational...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Stanley Coren
Stanley Coren
Professor Emeritus
emailscoren@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 827 1897
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall
Research Area
Cognitive ScienceDr. Stanley Coren is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. He is best known to the public for his popular books on dogs and on general psychological issues, however within the scientific world he is also a highly respected scientist having done res...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science
Wolfgang Linden
Wolfgang Linden
Professor Emeritus
emailwlinden@psych.ubc.ca
location_onKenny Room 2529--2136 West Mall
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Wolfgang Linden (he/his) is a Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia. He holds Diploma in Clinical Psychology from Muenster University, Germany (1975) and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, McGill University, Montreal (1981).
Dr. Linden sees himself as scientist-practitioner and ...Read more
Research Area
ClinicalInstructor
Ingrid Söchting
Ingrid Söchting
Clinical Professor, Director of UBC Psychology Clinic
phone604 822 1958
location_onKenny 1619 - 2136 West Mall
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Ingrid Söchting has been instrumental in developing CBT group therapy program for depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, as well as interpersonal therapy (IPT) groups for later life depression. ...Read more
Research Area
ClinicalLecturer
Andrew Rivers
As a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Dr. Andrew Rivers seeks to further develop effective instructional methods that facilitate student learning. His past teaching experiences include working with undergraduates in Montana and California, First Nations peoples in Washington state, and inca...Read more
Benjamin Cheung
Dr. Benjamin Cheung is a Lecturer and Indigenous Initiatives Coordinator in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
David King
Dr. King is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at UBC, leading courses in Personality (PSYC-305), Health Psychology (PSYC-314), and the Psychology of Sex and Gender (PSYC-320) since 2012. He also teaches a special topics course on the Psychology of Death and Dying (PSYC-208), reflecting a st...Read more
Eva Zysk
Dr. Eva Zysk is 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 received awards for her teaching, including the Vice Chancellor’...Read more
Grace Truong
Grace Truong
Lecturer
emailgracet@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 6789
location_onKenny Room 3505--2136 West Mall
Dr. Grace Truong completed her PhD in Psychology from the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Dr. Todd Handy and is currently a UBC lecturer and affiliated researcher. Her research focuses on the attentional, perceptual, and memorial changes caused by self-relevance and mere owne...Read more
Jay Hosking
Jay Hosking
Lecturer, Behavioural Neuroscience advisor
location_onKenny room 3527--2136 West Mall
Dr. Jay Hosking (he, him, his) is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches a number of courses related to neuroscience and psychology. He obtained his BSc Hons in Neuroscience at the University of Toronto, graduating with High Distinction. He...Read more
Jill Dosso
Dr. Jill Dosso (she/her) is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia where she teaches courses on biological and cognitive aspects of psychology.
Lillian May
Lillian May
Lecturer
emaillamay@psych.ubc.ca
phone604 822 3020
location_onKenny Room 2037--2136 West Mall
Dr. Lillian May is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She teaches classes in the area of Developmental Psychology, such as PSYC302: Infancy and PSYC319: Applied Developmental Psychology, as well as Introduction to Psychology. Dr. May is also the UBC Psi...Read more
Mark Lam
Dr. Mark Lam is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and the Chair of the Health & Society Minor in the Faculty of Arts.
Sessional Instructor
Andrea Perrino
Andrea Perrino
Sessional Instructor (Continuing Status)
location_onAudain Arts Centre, Room 4037
Teaching with the Department of Psychology at UBC for over 17 years, Dr. Andrea Perrino acts as an Instructor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She teaches specialty classes in Health and Social Psychology such as PSYC 208: Sleep and Dreams, PSYC 311: Psychology ...Read more
Francesco Belardetti
I have been teaching "Memory and Learning" at UBC since 2012.
Previously, I taught a section of pharmacology for medical students at UT Southwestern in Dallas (1987-96) and a section of physiology for medical residents at the University of Pisa (1981-83).
Hagar Goldberg
Over the years, I have collaborated with scientists across disciplines, artists, and educators, leading research and educational projects on the behavioural and neuronal mechanisms underlying empathy, creativity, human social-emotional perception, and learning. In my teaching, I take an educational-...Read more
Research Area
Behavioural Neuroscience
Jason Martens
I have been teaching psychology courses since 2014. I have been fortunate to have taught students at several universities, including ones in Canada and Europe. For several years, I was a lecturer (assistant professor) in psychology in England before moving back to Canada in the summer of 2019.
Research Area
Social & Personality
Kaitlyn Goldsmith
Kaitlyn holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and teaches Human Sexuality in the Department of Psychology at UBC. Her research focuses on factors associated with sexual satisfaction and well-being, including body image, mindfulness, and sexual communication. Kaitlyn is also a Registered Psychologist ...Read more
Research Area
Clinical
Mikey Jose
Mikey Jose uniquely traverses seemingly opposing but inherently intertwined realms of art and science in pursuit of understanding and validating the power of music in science/medicine. As a PhD Candidate in Neuroscience, Mikey explores the intersection of music-based therapy approaches and brain hea...Read more
Research Area
Clinical
Zarina Giannone
Zarina Giannone
Sessional Instructor, Ph.D., R.Psych.
Research Area
ClinicalDr. Zarina A. Giannone is a Registered Psychologist (#2613) in British Columbia. She completed her PhD at the University of British Columbia in Counselling Psychology and completed specialized training in sport and performance psychology that focused on skills development and excellence in high pres...Read more
Research Area
ClinicalFellows
Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva
Dr. Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva is a Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Their work focuses on understanding human thought, using a combination of functional neuroimaging (fMRI), behavioral testing, and theoretical work. They have served as the Interim Director of the Pet...Read more
Research Area
Cognitive Science