People

Faculty
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 Science
Dr. 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

phone604 822 3245
location_onKenny Room 1904--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Clinical
Dr. 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

phone604 822 6311
location_onKenny Room 2402--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Developmental
Dr. 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

Andrew Rivers

Lecturer

location_onKenny Room 3110--2136 West Mall
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

Health
Dr. 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

Benjamin Cheung

Benjamin Cheung

Lecturer

phone604 822 3007
location_onKenny Room 2039--2136 West Mall
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
Dr. 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.

Catharine Rankin

Catharine Rankin

Professor

phone604 822 5449
location_onOffice: Rm F155 Koerner Pavilion-2211 Wesbrook Mall | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall
Dr. 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

Catherine Rawn

Catherine Rawn

Professor of Teaching and Associate Head, Undergraduate Affairs

phone604 822 2513
location_onKenny Room 2523--2136 West Mall
Dr. 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

Christiane Hoppmann

Christiane Hoppmann

Professor

phone604 822 8428
location_onKenny Room 3509--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Health
Dr. 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

phone604 822 6771
location_onKenny Room 1902--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Clinical
Dr. 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 Science
Dr. 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

Developmental
Dr. 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

David King

Lecturer

location_onKenny Room 2406--2136 West Mall
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

Clinical
Dr. 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

Eric Kim

Eric Kim

Assistant Professor

Research Area

Health
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

Eva Zysk

she/her/hers

Lecturer

phone604 822 0018
location_onOrchard Commons Room 3015-- 6363 Agronomy Rd
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

Health
Dr. Frances Chen is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Her research combines approaches from health psychology, social psychology, and neuroendocrinology to investigate how our social lives are connected to our mental and physical health. Her work exam...Read more

Research Area

Health

Geoffrey Hall

Geoffrey Hall

Professor and Distinguished University Scholar

phone604-822-0092
location_onKenny Room 2408--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Developmental
Dr. 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

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

Hee Yeon Im

Assistant Professor

Research Area

Cognitive Science
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

Clinical
Dr. 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

phone604 822 6634
location_onOffice address: CIRS Room 4355 | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall

Research Area

Cognitive Science
Dr. 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

phone604 822 6741
location_onKenny Room 2404--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Developmental
Dr. 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

location_onKenny Room 2017--2136 West Mall
Dr. 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

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
Dr. 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).

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
Dr. 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

Jessica Flake

Jessica Flake

Assistant Professor

phone604 822 6205
location_onKenny Room 3529--2136 West Mall

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 Science
Dr. 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

Jill Dosso

She/Her

Lecturer

phone604 822 5280
location_onKenny Room 1007--2136 West Mall
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

Joan Ongchoco

she/her/hers

Assistant Professor

phone604 822 0839

Research Area

Cognitive Science
Dr. 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

Clinical
Dr. 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

Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva

they/them/theirs

Professor

phone604 822 4610
location_onKenny Room 3408--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Cognitive Science
Dr. Kalina Christoff 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 Peter Wall Inst...Read more

Research Area

Cognitive Science

Kiley Hamlin

Kiley Hamlin

Professor

phone604 822 2297
location_onKenny Room 2019--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Developmental
Dr. 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

phone604 827 5820
location_onOffice: Room F154, Koerner Pavilion--2211 Wesbrook Mall | Mailing Address: 2136 West Mall
Dr. 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

Lauren Emberson

Lauren Emberson

Associate Professor

Research Area

Developmental
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

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 Science
Dr. 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

phone604 822 2198
location_onKenny Room 3402--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Clinical
Dr. 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

Mark Lam

Lecturer

phone604 827 3768
location_onKenny Room 3523--2136 West Mall
Dr. Mark Lam is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and the Chair of the Health & Society Minor in the Faculty of Arts.

Miriam Spering

Miriam Spering

she/her

Associate Professor

location_onKoerner Room SF105 -- 2211 Wesbrook Mall

Research Area

Cognitive Science
On 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

phone604-822-5626
location_onKenny 3517--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Health
Dr. 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

Clinical
Dr. 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

phone604 822 5827
location_onKenny Room 1902--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Clinical
Dr. 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 Science
Rebecca 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

Samantha Dawson

Assistant Professor

Research Area

Clinical
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

phone604 822 2719
location_onKenny Room 1605--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Clinical
Dr. 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
Dr. 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

Stan Floresco

Stan Floresco

Professor

phone604 827 5313
location_onKoerner Pavilion F118--2211 Wesbrook Mall
Dr. 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.

Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes

Professor of Teaching and Director, Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience

location_onCIRS
Steven 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

Sunaina Assanand

Sunaina Assanand

Professor of Teaching

phone604 822 2851
location_onKenny Room 3102--2136 West Mall
Sunaina 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.

Susan Birch

Susan Birch

Associate Professor

phone604 822 3994
location_onKenny Room 2031--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Developmental
Dr. 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

phone604 822 2706
location_onKenny Room 3406--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Cognitive Science
Dr. 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

Victoria Savalei

Victoria Savalei

Professor and Area Coordinator

phone604 822 2296
location_onKenny Room 3410--2136 West Mall
Dr. 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.
Associate Member

Deborah Giaschi

Deborah Giaschi

Associate Member

phone604 875 2345 (ext 7853)

Research Area

Cognitive Science
Dr. 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 Science
Affiliated Faculty

Arthur Reber

Arthur Reber

Affiliate Professor

location_on2226 Sunrise Drive

Research Area

Cognitive Science
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 Science
Dr. 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

Dr. 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
Emeriti

Ann Cameron

Ann Cameron

Honorary Professor Emerita

phone604 822 9078
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall

Research Area

Developmental
Dr. 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

Boris Gorzalka

Professor Emeritus

location_on2136 West Mall

Research Area

Clinical
Dr. Boris Gorzalka is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at UBC.

Research Area

Clinical

Charlotte Johnston

Charlotte Johnston

Professor Emerita

Research Area

Clinical
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

Don Wilkie

Don Wilkie

Professor Emeritus

Eric Eich

Eric Eich

Professor Emeritus and Distinguished University Scholar

phone604 822 3078
location_onKenny Building—2136 West Mall

Research Area

Cognitive Science
Dr. 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

Dr. 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

Kenneth Craig

Kenneth Craig

Professor Emeritus

phone604 822 3948
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall

Research Area

Clinical
Dr. 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

Lawrence Walker

Professor Emeritus

Research Area

Developmental
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

location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall

Research Area

Cognitive Science
Dr. 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

phone604 822 6635
location_onOffice address: CIRS Room 4352 | Mailing address: 2136 West Mall

Research Area

Cognitive Science
Dr. Peter Graf is a cognitive scientist and professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia.

Research Area

Cognitive Science

Ralph Hakstian

Ralph Hakstian

Professor Emeritus

location_on2136 West Mall

Richard Tees

Richard Tees

Professor Emeritus

phone604 822 3948
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall
Dr. Richard Tees is Professor Emeritus in Psychology at the University of British Columbia.

Ronald Rensink

Ronald Rensink

Emeritus Professor

location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall

Research Area

Cognitive Science
Dr. 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

phone604 827 1897
location_onMailing address: 2136 West Mall

Research Area

Cognitive Science
Dr. 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

location_onKenny Room 2529--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Clinical
Dr. 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

Clinical
Instructor

Ingrid Söchting

Ingrid Söchting

Clinical Professor, Director of UBC Psychology Clinic

phone604 822 1958
location_onKenny 1619 - 2136 West Mall

Research Area

Clinical
Dr. 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
Lecturer

Andrew Rivers

Andrew Rivers

Lecturer

location_onKenny Room 3110--2136 West Mall
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

Benjamin Cheung

Lecturer

phone604 822 3007
location_onKenny Room 2039--2136 West Mall
Dr. Benjamin Cheung is a Lecturer and Indigenous Initiatives Coordinator in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.

David King

David King

Lecturer

location_onKenny Room 2406--2136 West Mall
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

Eva Zysk

she/her/hers

Lecturer

phone604 822 0018
location_onOrchard Commons Room 3015-- 6363 Agronomy Rd
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

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

Jill Dosso

She/Her

Lecturer

phone604 822 5280
location_onKenny Room 1007--2136 West Mall
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

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

Mark Lam

Lecturer

phone604 827 3768
location_onKenny Room 3523--2136 West Mall
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

Francesco Belardetti

Sessional Instructor

phone604 822 2892
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

Hagar Goldberg

Sessional Instructor

phone778 988 2547
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

Kaitlyn Goldsmith

Kaitlyn Goldsmith

Instructor

Research Area

Clinical
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

Zarina Giannone

Zarina Giannone

Sessional Instructor, Ph.D., R.Psych.

Research Area

Clinical
Dr. 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

Clinical
Fellows

Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva

Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva

they/them/theirs

Professor

phone604 822 4610
location_onKenny Room 3408--2136 West Mall

Research Area

Cognitive Science
Dr. Kalina Christoff 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 Peter Wall Inst...Read more

Research Area

Cognitive Science