Faculty Research Interests

The following is a list of faculty members in the Psychology Department who may be available to supervise M.A. and or Ph.D. students who will enter the program in September 2027. The application deadline is December 1, 2026 for September 2027 admission. Clicking on the faculty name will take you to individual pages with contact information, expanded research interests, and recent publications. We have also provided keywords for research interests to help you in your search to identify possible supervisors, and links to lab websites where available.

Core Psychology FacultyAvailable to supervise students starting September 2027GRE RecommendedResearch interestsLab website
Karen ArnellYesNoattention; dual task; distraction; individual differences; emotion; EEG & ERPsVisit lab website
Michael AshtonNoN/Apersonality structure and assessment; other individual differences
Angela BookNoN/Aforensic; psychopathy; victim selection
Michael BusseriYesNosubjective well-being; temporal self-appraisals; lifespan developmentVisit lab website
Karen CampbellYesNoaging, attention; memory; fMRI; EEG/ERPs; effective & functional connectivity; eye-trackingVisit lab website
Kimberly CoteNoN/Asleep; performance and cognition; EEG and ERPsVisit lab website
Andrew DaneYesNochildren & adolescents aggression; problem gambling; parenting; temperament
Paula Duarte-GutermanYesNobehavioural neuroscience in rodents, hormones, metabolism, parental experience, environment, adult neurogenesis and plasticity, aging, learning and memoryVisit lab website
Veena DwivediYesYesbehavioural and electrophysiological investigations of language, especially with respect to sentence processingVisit lab website
Stephen EmrichYesNocognitive neuroscience; visual working memory; attention; perception; ERPs; fMRIVisit lab website
Angela EvansYesNodevelopment of deception behaviours; interviewing children; social-cognitive development; executive functioningVisit lab website
William HallYesNodiversity; inclusion; genderVisit lab website
Gordon HodsonNoN/Aintergroup relations; prejudice; stereotyping; discrimination, personality, individual differences; intergroup contact, dehumanization; disgust; anxiety, empathyVisit lab website
Kathleen LyonsYesNonaturalistic paradigms, fMRI, cognitive & social development, neurodevelopmental disorders
Caitlin MahyYesNodevelopment of prospective memory; children’s episodic future thinking; children’s procrastination, executive functioning;  theory of mind; lifespan developmentVisit lab website
Cameron MuirYesNobehavioural neuroendocrinology; reproductive and stress physiology
Scott NeufeldNoN/AStigma, Substance Use, Housing, Identity Representations, Community-Based Qualitative Research
Gary PickeringYesYespsychophysics; taste, olfaction; genetics of chemosensory perception; wine
Charlis RainekiYesNoearly-life adversity, prenatal alcohol exposure, mental health, neurobehavioral development, immune function, stress.Visit lab website
Elizabeth ShulmanYesNoadolescent development; psychosocial maturation; reward sensitivity; risk-taking; decision-making; juvenile justiceVisit lab website
Danielle Sirianni MolnarYesNoAdolescent mental and physical health; perfectionism; personality; parent-teen relationships; self-compassion; mixed methods (quantitative & qualitative techniques)Visit lab website
Sabrina ThaiYesNosocial comparison; close relationships; experience sampling methodologyVisit lab website
Tony VolkYesNoevolutionary psychology; bullying; parenting; personality; Dark Triad; psychopathy; dating; adolescent relationships Visit lab website
Larissa ZwarYesNoinformal/unpaid/family care; long-term care, stigma and discrimination in the care context, views of aging (e.g. age stereotypes); ageism, healthy aging; psychosocial risk and protective factors for informal caregivers; mental health and suicidalityVisit lab website