Meet Your Associate Dean
About Michael Chan-Reynolds (he/him)
Dr. Michael Chan-Reynolds is an Associate Professor, who joined the Psychology Department at Trent University in 2006. Michael received his Ph.D. degree in 2005 from the University of Waterloo, under the supervision of Prof. Derek Besner. In 2012, Michael won the prestigious Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation’s Early Researcher Award for studying how digital technologies affect the way people think.
Currently, his research examines the cognitive process that underlie skilled reading, mathematics and attention. He has received funding support from CFI/ORF, NSERC, SSHRC, and MITACS. Michael mentors undergraduate students with diverse interests (from psychological judgements about the ethics of autonomous vehicles to the mental representations of orthographic knowledge). Dr. Chan-Reynolds also supervises graduate students as a member of the Psychology graduate program and well as the Public Texts and Applied Modeling and Quantitative Methods (AMOD) programs.
Michael previously held the position of Chair, Department of Psychology and has served on various committees, including the University Senate, the Board of Governors and the Committee on Academic Personnel (COAP).
email: michaelchanreynolds@trentu.ca
phone: 705-7481011 ext 7534