Members

    The BRIYS consists of Brock faculty from the Faculties of Business, Social Sciences, Humanities, Applied Health Sciences, and Education who are actively engaged in research related to youth issues. The BRIYS also includes associate members and student affiliates.

Social Science

Heather Chalmers (Child and Youth Studies)
Drew Dane (Psychology)
Mohammed Dore (Economics)
Diane Dupont (Economics)
Jan Frijters (Child and Youth Studies)
Dorothy Griffiths (Child and Youth Studies)
Jane Helleiner (Sociology)
Linda Rose-Krasnor (Psychology)
Zopito Marini (Child and Youth Studies)
Voula Marinos (Child and Youth Studies)
Tanya Martini (Psychology)
John McNamara (Child and Youth Studies)
Richard Mitchell (Child and Youth Studies)
Tom O’Neill (Child and Youth Studies)
Frances Owen (Child and Youth Studies)
Rebecca Raby (Child and Youth Studies)
Hans Scott-Myhre (Child and Youth Studies)
Stan Sadava (Psychology)
Sid Segalowitz (Psychology)
Donato Tarulli (Child and Youth Studies)
Kim Varma (Sociology)
Tricia Vause (Child and Youth Studies)
Tony Ward (Economics)
Michelle Webber (Sociology)
Christine Tardif-Williams (Child and Youth Studies)
Teena Willoughby (Child and Youth Studies, and Psychology)

Humanities

Sandra Beckett (Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures)
Pat Dirks (History)
Hedy McGarrell (Applied Language Studies)

Education

Sheila Bennett (Pre-Service)
Sandra Bosacki (Graduate and Undergraduate Studies)
Don Dworet (Pre-Service)
Anne Elliott (Pre-Service)
Lynette Fast (Pre-Service)
Chunlei Lu (Pre-Service)
Debra McLauchlan (Pre-Service)
Ruth McQuirter Scott (Pre-service)
Vera Woloshyn (Graduate and Undergraduate Studies)

Applied Health Sciences

Tony Bogaert (Community Health Sciences)
Brent Faught (Community Health Sciences)
Kelli-an Lawrance (Community Health Sciences)
Melanie MacNeill (Nursing)
Terrance J. Wade (Community Health Sciences)

Business

Carol Sales (Human Resources)

Associate Members

Michael Busseri (YLC-CURA and COE)
Dave Derry (St. Catharines Chamber of Commerce)
Lee Ann Forsyth-Sells (Niagara Catholic District School Board)
Bill Helmeczi (NCDC)
Christopher Hobin (Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board)
Shawna Hopkins (District School Board of Niagara)
Margaret Jordan (District School Board of Niagara)
Lighthouse Niagara
Paul Niesink (Niagara Alcohol and Drug Assessment Service)
Jennifer McPhee (Brock Gambling Initiative)
Gloria Morris (Regional Niagara Public Health Dept)
Melodie Shick-Porter (Health Services)
David Wyllie (YMCA of Niagara)

Student Affiliates

Kelly Campbell (Psychology)
Jennifer Cogswell (Education, Graduate Studies)
Malinda Desjarlais (Psychology)
Sajah Fox (Education)
Shawna Hopkins (Education, Graduate Studies)
Jaselyn Jarvis-Trithardt (Child and Youth Studies)
Helen Ilios (Psychology)
Melissa Isaak (Child and Youth Studies)
Richard Kennedy (Psychology)
Dana Reker (Psychology)
Julia Samaroo (Education, Graduate Studies)
Liza Sneyd (Child & Youth Studies)
Karen Speranzini (Child & Youth Studies)
Holly Stack (Psychology)
Christina Skorobohacz (Education, Graduate Studies)
Linda Thomas (Education, Graduate Studies)

Main Research Areas

Theme: "Biological and Cognitive Contexts of Youth"
Sid Segalowitz (Psychology)

Theme: "Child and Youth Rights"
Richard Mitchell (Child and Youth Studies)

Theme: "Children, Youth and the Media"
Teena Willoughby (Child and Youth Studies, and Psychology)

Theme: "Language, Literacy, and Communication"
John McNamara (Child and Youth Studies)

Theme: "Psychosocial Adjustment"
Drew Dane (Psychology)

Theme: "Resilience, Transitions, and Developmental Pathways"
Heather Chalmers (Child and Youth Studies)

Theme: "Socio-Cultural Context of Youth"
Christine Tardif-Williams (Child and Youth Studies)