LAB MEMBERS
Dr. Anthony Volk - is the head of the Volk Parenting Lab. Dr. Volk is currently an assistant professor in the Child and Youth Studies Department at Brock University.
Rui Jung - is the lab programmer. Rui is currently responsible for creating, updating, and modifying the Virtual Infant software.
Stephanie Bender - is an Honour's student in the lab. Steph is interested in bullying, mood disorders, anxiety distorders, and academic achievement.
Larissa Lagzdins - is an Honour's student in the lab. Larissa is interested in bullying, athletics, and multiple intelligences.
Mary Montgomery - is a lab volunteer. A 4th Year Honour's student in Psychology, Mary is interested in studying bullying, particularly amongst adolescent girls.
Bronwyn Peer - is a Research Assistant in the lab working on infant and child faces using the HAP and VIP. Bronwyn is interested in studying motivation, particularly from a clinical perspective.
Tanya Sibindi - is the second Research Assistant, courtesy of the International Work Services program. Tanya is interested in studying child development, and will be assisting Bronwyn in the study of infant and child facial cues.
LAB COLLABORATORS
Dr. Michael Ashton - Creator of the HEXACO, an alternate personality trait measure that expands on the Big Five, Michael Ashton is an evolutionary-minded personality researcher who is helping us understand personality differences in adolescents.
Jeremy Atkinson - Jeremy is a graduate student at SUNY Albany who is currently working with me on a study of how infant mortality rates influenced human psychological evolution.
Dr. Angela Book - Dr. Book studies the adaptive and personality aspects of psycopathy at Brock University.
Dr. Wendy Craig - Dr. Craig leads the Queen's University Bullying Lab. Dr. Craig collaborates with research on adolescents and parenting, and is a co-founder of PREVNet.
Dr. Andrew Dane - Dr. Dane is a clinical psychologist at Brock University, who is interested in developing interventions for children who are bullies and or victims. Along with Dr. Marini, Dr. Dane is spearheading the application of specific parental strategies based on adolescent temperament.
Dr. Zopito Marini - Dr. Marini is a cognitive developmental psychologist who studies who children think. Much of his current research focuses on how bullies cognitively justify their behaviors, and how we can change those maladaptive thought patterns.
Dr. Vernon Quinsey - Dr. Quinsey leads a forensic and evolutionary psychology lab at Queen's University in the Department of Psychology (for which he is also the Chair). Dr. Quinsey is a collaborator on many of the Infant Faces and Virtual Infant research projects.
LAB OPPORTUNITIES
I am currently interested in taking on Child and Youth Master's, and Honour's students to work in my lab. I may also consider Ph.D., Master's, and Honour's students in Psychology. The six major projects currently underway are: child facial cues, parenting, bullying, evolutionary psychology, parenting and psycopaths, and First Nations parenting. I also have room for interested volunteers to participate in active research or in the analysis of existing data. I am open to other research possibilities as long as they fall within my general interests (parenting, culture, evolutionary psychology, children) and expertise. If you'd like to discuss the possibility of working in my lab, please email me.
Created on ... November 19, 2006
