Transcript Psychology Majors Orientation Session 2016-2017

WELCOME TO THE
2016-2017
PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS
ORIENTATION SESSION
Undergraduate Program Advisors
Jan Cioe
Barb Rutherford
UBC OKANAGAN CO-OP
EDUCATION PROGRAM
M E G H AN R E I D , C O - O P & C AR E E R C O O R D I N AT O R
J AM I E S N O W , C O M M U N I TY E N G AG E M E N T &
S T U D E N T E X P E R I E N TI AL L E AR N I N G C O O R D I N AT O R
WHAT IS CO-OP?
The UBC Okanagan Co-op Program is an experiential learning opportunity
that provides you the chance to enrich your education and extend your
classroom learning through to the workplace and beyond.
Integrate 12 months of professional, paid work experience with classroom
studies.
Co-op students benefit from diverse opportunities at many different
employers from a broad range of sectors, from public institutions, non-profit
agencies and large corporations, to entrepreneurial start-ups and NGOs.
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BENEFITS OF CO-OP
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Gain valuable relevant experience before graduating
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Enhance understanding of your studies
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Apply classroom learning to a variety of work settings
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Develop leadership skills
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Explore career options
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Expand your professional network
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Increase your competitiveness in the marketplace.
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Used for on-campus, online, and community-based studies
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Shirley Hutchinson, PhD Student (Coordinator of SONA)
Paul Davies, Head of Psychology (Director of SONA)
I have questions about using SONA – how can I contact Shirley?
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Find Shirley in her office: ART 280L
By email: [email protected]
Support Staff
Initial contact person for Psychology....
Marla MacDonald
ART 321
Phone: (250) 807.9528
Email: [email protected]
Support Staff
Initial contact person for Psychology
Graduate Program....
Marlis Wecels
ASC 167A
Phone: (250) 807.8241
Email: [email protected]
Psychology Librarian
Arielle Lomness
Office: LIB246
Phone: (250) 807.8410
Email: [email protected]
THE PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY
MICHAEL WOODWORTH
B.A. (Hons.) (University of Victoria), M.Sc.
(Dalhousie), Ph.D. (Dalhousie), R.Psych.
Office: ASC 205
Phone: (250) 807.8731
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: psychopathy; violent offending; deception detection;
computer-mediated communication; assessment and treatment of
forensic populations; memory and psychiatric issues primarily
within a legal context
TEACHING: forensic psychology; advanced special topics in forensics
DERRICK WIRTZ
B.A., M.A., & Ph.D. (University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign)
Office: ART 336
Phone: (250) 807.8276
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: subjective well-being; happiness; the good life; cultural
psychology; flourishing & thriving; positive emotions; everyday
beliefs, judgments and choices; pedagogical innovation in the
teaching of psychology
TEACHING: introductory psychology; research methods and
statistics
SUSAN WELLS
B.A. (Pennsylvania State), MSW (SUNY, Albany),
Ph.D. (University of Southern California)
Postdoctoral Fellow Johns Hopkins
Office: ASC 453
Phone: (250) 807.8163
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: investigates the possible causes of overrepresentation of
African American children in the United States’ out-of-home care; reentry into out-of-home care after reunification with family; stability of
out-of-home care placements; explores child welfare case types to
identify characteristics that more closely represent the complexity of
cases seen in the field
TEACHING: program evaluation; [JOINT APPOINTMENT WITH SOCIAL
WORK: child welfare services and policy; research methods (g)]
ZACH WALSH
Hon.B.A. (University of Winnipeg), M.S.
(Rosalind Franklin University), Ph.D. R.Psych.
Postdoctoral Fellow Brown University
Office: ASC 206
Phone: (250) 807.9373
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: therapeutic, recreational and problematic substance
use; medical cannabis; intimate partner violence; personality and
violence; personality disorders
TEACHING: drugs and behaviour; psychological interventions [g]
CAROLYN SZOSTAK
B.A. (Hons.) & M.A. (Carlton University),
Ph.D. (UBC)
Office: ART 324
Phone: (250) 807.8736
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: Media and mental health stigma; the role of media in
combating stigmatizing attitudes about mental health disorders and
suicide; adjustment to university
TEACHING: psychopathology; counseling interviewing
JANICE SNYDER
B.Sc. (University of Alberta,
Lakehead), Ph.D. (University of
Alberta)
Postdoctoral Fellow Penn
Office: ART 319
Phone: (250) 807.8733
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: role of attentional orienting in navigation, visual
search, and reading readiness with an emphasis on determining
the neural correlates underlying these abilities; explores the
mechanisms and neural substrates of "selective attention" that
allow for coherent behaviour in a visually complex world
TEACHING: introductory psychology; cognition
BARBARA RUTHERFORD
B.P.E. & M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (University of
Auckland)
Office: ART318
Phone: (250) 807.8743
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: communication between the hemispheres of the
brain during reading in people with and without a reading
disability such as dyslexia; developmental trends in hemispheric
specialization for reading
TEACHING: biopsychology of behaviour; memory; cognitive basis
of behaviour [g]
STEPHEN PORTER
B.Sc. (Acadia), M.A. (UBC), PhD. (UBC),
R.Psych.
Office: ASC 204
Phone: (250) 807.9129
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: psychology and law; legal decision-making; forensic
aspects of memory/PTSD; deception detection; criminal behaviour;
psychopathic personality; examines the criminal activity of
psychopathic offenders, the accuracy of memory for traumatic
events and behavioural cues to deception
TEACHING: forensic psychology; advanced special topics in
forensics; psychopathology [g];
BRIAN O’CONNOR
B.Sc. (Hons.) (St. Francis Xavier
University), M.Sc. & Ph.D. (University of
Victoria)
Office: ART 330
Phone: (250) 807.9636
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: statistics; methods; normal and abnormal personality;
interpersonal behaviour; psychopathology; writes software for
statistical procedures
TEACHING: advanced statistics & research methods [also g]
HARRY MILLER
B.Sc. (University of Alberta), Ph.D. (The Ohio
State University), R.Psych.
Office: RHS 210
Phone: (250) 807.9860
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: assessment of memory with traumatic brain injury;
peripheral vascular disease and cognition; emotional function post
stroke; effects of alcohol use on recovery from brain injury
TEACHING: neuroscience of cognition; biological bases of behaviour
[g]; course director for DPAS (Doctor, Patient, and Society), Southern
Medical Program
CYNTHIA MATHIESON
B.A. (MacMurray), M.A. (Northern Arizona
University), B.A. Hon. (University of Ottawa),
M.Sc. & Ph.D. (University of Calgary)
Provost and Vice-Principal Academic
Office: ADM 119B
Phone: 250.807.8139
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: identity theory; narrative and thematic analyses;
health psychology; women's health; provide an understanding
of identity and its narrative as well as the barriers to health care
NOT CURRENTLY TEACHING: [community psychology; history of
psychology; health psychology]
LESLEY LUTES
B.A. (Concordia University), M.Sc. (Wake
Forest University), Ph.D. (Virginia Tech),
R.Psych.
Director of Clinical Training
Office: ASC 203
Phone: (250) 807.8128
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: obesity intervention and prevention; developing alternatives to
standard clinical treatments for obesity and associated health; examining
theoretically based alternative treatment approaches in different populations;
utilizing different treatment modalities and technologies; and examining
alternative interventionist models for treatment delivery
TEACHING: ethics & professional standards in clinical psychology [g], clinical
practica in health behavior change and internship preparation [g]
MAYA LIBBEN
B.Sc. (University of Alberta), PhD (McGill)
Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard
Office: ASC 284
Phone: (250) 807.9026
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: cognitive neuroscience; psychopathology;
schizophrenia; psycholinguistics; bilingualism; transitive inference;
figurative language processing; eating disorders; uses behavioural
and neurophysiological methods to examine
language, attention and memory in clinical and non-clinical
populations
TEACHING: introductory psychology; clinical practicum [g];
psychological interventions [g]
MARVIN KRANK
B.A. (Indiana University), Ph.D.
(McMaster University )
Office: ART 334
Phone: (250) 807-8773
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: development of substance abuse in adolescence;
vulnerabilities related to social learning; cognitive models that
differentiate implicit (unconscious) from explicit memories; the
relative role of automatic associations versus executive control;
social experiences, dispositions, memories, and thoughts that
predict transitions to substance use and to substance abuse
TEACHING: learning; drugs & behaviour; substance use and
abuse
SUSAN HOLTZMAN
B.Sc. (McMaster University), M.A. (UBC),
Ph.D. (UBC), R.Psych.
Office: ASC 283
Phone: (250) 807.8730
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: health psychology; adjustment to chronic illness; stress
and coping; close relationships; caregiving; depression; chronic
pain; organ transplantation; daily process methodologies;
pathways through which the social environment can influence
physical and emotional well-being in healthy and chronically ill
populations
TEACHING: introductory psychology; psychological assessment [g]
MARK HOLDER
B.A. (SFU), Ph.D. (UC, Berkeley)
Office: ART 320
Phone: (250) 807.8728
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: positive psychology and the science of happiness;
research has four main thrusts: 1) the predictors (e.g.,
temperament, spirituality, and social) of happiness in children; 2)
strategies and programs to promote well-being; 3) the biological
basis of happiness; and 4) developing new measures of happiness
TEACHING: introductory psychology; positive psychology
LINDA HATT
B.Sc. (University of Oklahoma), M.Sc. &
Ph.D. (University of Alberta)
Office: ART 332
Phone: (250) 807.9323
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: health psychology; pain management; experimental
analysis of behavior
TEACHING: health psychology; personality; history and theories
of psychology / contemporary theories [g]
LIANE GABORA
B.Sc. (Hons.) (University of Western
Ontario), M.Sc. (Queens), Ph.D. (Free
University of Brussels)
Office: FIP 235
Phone: (250) 807.9849
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: creativity; concepts, especially how they combine
and adapt to new contexts; origins of modern cognition;
cultural evolution; computer models of the above
TEACHING: psychology of creativity; psychology of humour
PAUL GABIAS
B.A., Ph.D. (Concordia University),
LL.D. (University of Victoria)
Office: ART 228
Phone: (250) 807.9383
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: interface between visual and haptic perception; the
comprehension and production of haptic pictures by the blind;
health and adjustment; increases our understanding of
perceptual, cognitive, and social aspects of blindness
CURRENT TEACHING: introductory psychology; perception;
psychology of touch
LINDA ALLAN,
B.A. (McMaster University), M.A.
(University of Guelph)
Office: ART 328
Phone: (250) 807.8729
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: ageist attitudes and beliefs in different
populations; the mitigation of ageist attitudes and behaviour;
ageist treatment of the elderly; cognitive ageing; a cross
sectional comparison of adults’ and university undergraduates’
attitudes and knowledge about elderly persons
TEACHING: child development; adult development and aging
JAN CIOE
B.A. (Hons.) (University of Toronto), M.A.
(University of Western Ontario), M.Phil.
(University of Cambridge) Ph.D. (University
of Western Ontario), R.Psych.
Office: ASC 285
Phone: (250) 807.8732
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: human sexuality; forensic psychology; recovery of
function from cortical lesions
TEACHING: research methods and statistics; human sexuality
PAUL G. DAVIES
B.A. (SFU), Ph.D. (Waterloo)
Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford
Office: ART 322
Phone: (250) 807.8727
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: The focus of my research is intergroup relations; specifically,
stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. One program of research
examines diverse forms of social identity threat, and a second examines
how perceived stereotypicality can influence the levels of prejudice and
discrimination that target stigmatized individuals. The majority of my
research is applied to business and law enforcement contexts.
TEACHING: social psychology
JOCELYN WENTLAND
[Adjunct]
B.A. (Hons.) (UBC), M.Sc. (University of
Guelph), Ph.D. (University of Ottawa)
Office: ART 323
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: relationship initiation, technology and modern dating;
casual sexual relationships; female sexuality; erotic photography
TEACHING: interpersonal relationships; adolescent development
TARA CARPENTER
[Sessional]
B.Sc. (Hons.) (Dalhousie), M.A (UBC),
Ph.D (in progress, UBC)
Office: ART332[T1]; ART326[T2}
Phone: (250) 807.9507
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: youth violence and aggression, psychopathy,
personality and violence, social and contextual influences on
aggression
TEACHING: personality; lifespan development
SHIRLEY HUTCHINSON
[Sessional]
B.Sc. (Hons.) (UBC), M.A (UBC), Ph.D (ABD,
UBC)
Office: ART 280L
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: errors in eyewitness identifications; stereotypes,
prejudice, discrimination; stereotype threat; terror
management theory
COURSES TAUGHT: anxiety, fear, and uncertainty in intergroup
relations; psychology of motivation
EVANYA MUSOLINO
[Sessional]
B.A (Hons). (University of Western Ontario), M.A
(Carleton University), Ph.D (in progress, UBC)
Office: ASC 281
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: how expectations influence the perception of male/
female athletes, how level of muscularity influences the
perception of female bodybuilders, and also, drug use within a
sporting context and its inherent contradictions to a non-sporting
context
COURSE TAUGHT: special topics in psychology - drugs & sports
HOLLI-ANNE PASSMORE
[Sessional]
B.A (Grant MacEwan University), M.A (UBC),
PhD (in progress, UBC)
Office: ART 280H/I
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH: The relationship between nature connectedness /
exposure to the natural environment and various indices of wellbeing such as: vitality, meaning in life, spirituality, pro-social
behaviour. Positive psychology interventions to promote wellbeing in adults and children.
COURSE TAUGHT: the psychology of meaning in life
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Meet the faculty, students, and staff from the Psychology
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Tuesday, Oct 04th , 2016
3:30-5:00 p.m.
UNC200--Ballroom
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