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TRENTU.CA / Psychology / Faculty & Research

Faculty & Research

Current Trent Psychology Faculty

Peterborough Faculty


Karen Blair, Assistant Professor

BA (Guelph), MSc (Acadia), PhD (Queen's)

Office: LHS C132
Email: kblair@trentu.ca (preferred method of contact) 

Research interests: Director of the Trent Social Relations, Attitudes & Diversity Lab. We study LGBTQ+ Psychology, Close Relationships, Social Support, Femmephobia, Holocaust Education, Prejudice, and Hate Crimes.

***Potential to be accepting practicum, research, and graduate students for Summer 2023 and the 2023-24 academic year


Liana E. Brown, Associate Professor

BSc, MSc (Waterloo), MS, PhD (Pennsylvania State)

Office: LHS C116
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7238
Email: lianabrown@trentu.ca

Website: https://actlab.squarespace.com/

Research interests: Perception and Motor Control


Michael Chan-Reynolds, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology

BSc (Trent), MA, PhD (Waterloo)

Office: LHS C119
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7534
Email: michaelchanreynolds@trentu.ca

Research interests: Cognitive Psychology, visual search, reading, mathematics, embodiment, self-control, task switching, dual task, replication-crisis


Floria Chio, Assistant Professor

BSocSc (University of Macau), MPhil, PhD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Office: LHS D241
Phone: 705-748-1011 ext. 6233
Email: floriachio@trentu.ca

Research Interests: My research interests are on mental health promotion and stigma reduction. Specifically, I work on examining the effects of mindfulness, self-compassion, compassion to others, and interconnectedness on stigma reduction and mental health promotion.

***Open to accepting practicum and research students for Winter 2023 and Summer 2023


Teresa DeCicco, Professor

BA (McMaster), BSc (Manitoba), MSc (Trent), PhD (York)

Office: LHS C104
Email: teresadecicco@trentu.ca

Research interests: Sleep Mentation (Dreams and Dreaming) and Psychology of the Self


Neil M. Fournier, Associate Professor and Director, Psychology Graduate Program

BSc (Laurentian), MSc (Dalhousie), PhD (Saskatchewan), PostDoc (Yale School of Medicine)

Office: LHS C135
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7339
Email: neilfournier@trentu.ca

Research interests: mechanisms of brain plasticity; epilepsy and associated cognitive dysfunction; neurogenesis; stress; mood disorders; memory; pain; impact of psychotropics on cognition and behaviour


Taryn Grieder, Assistant Professor 

BSc, BEd, MEd, PhD

Office: LHS C119
Phone: (705) 748-1011 
Email: taryngrieder@trentu.ca

My research (and personal) interest is in the neuropsychology of addiction. I have shown there is a neural connection between the brain’s stress and reward systems during a drug addicted and withdrawn state using animal models.

***Open to accepting practicum and research students for Winter 2023 and Summer 2023


Terry Humphreys, Professor

BA (Waterloo), MA (Wilfrid Laurier), PhD (Guelph)

Office: LHS C114
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7773
Email: terryhumphreys@trentu.ca

Instagram: scc_lab

Research interests: sexual consent/ negotiating sexual interactions, cognitive and behavioral aspects of first sexual experiences, and technology-mediated sexual communication

*** Open to accepting graduate students 2023-2024


Kateryna Keefer, Associate Professor, Teaching Intensive

BSc, MSc (Trent), PhD (Queen's)

Office: LHS C136
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7658
Email: katerynakeefer@trentu.ca

Research interests: Emotions and wellbeing, psychometrics 


  Hugo Lehmann, Associate Professor

  BA (Concordia), MSc (Alberta), PhD (Concordia)

  Office: LHS C137
  Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7238
  Email: hugolehmann@trentu.ca

  Research interests: Neurobiology of learning and memory


  Mowei Liu, Associate Professor

  MEd (Shanghai Normal), MA, PhD (Western Ontario)

  Office: LHS C121
  Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7472
  Email: moweiliu@trentu.ca

  Research interests: Social Development from a Cultural Perspective


Geoffrey Navara, Associate Professor

MA (Wilfrid Laurier), PhD (Guelph)

Office: LHS C129
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7539
Email: geoffnavara@trentu.ca

Research interests: Family Dynamics/ Psychology of Religion


Elizabeth (Lisa) Nisbet, Associate Professor

MA, PhD (Carleton)

Office: LHS C128
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7855
Email: elizabethnisbet@trentu.ca

Research interests: Environmental personality, mental health (happiness), sustainable behavior


Fergal O’Hagan, Associate Professor, Teaching Intensive; Acting Director of Trent Online

BSc (Saskatchewan), MSc, PhD (McMaster)

Office: DNA C134
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7086
Email: fergalohagan@trentu.ca


James Parker, Professor

BA (Simon Fraser), MA, PhD (York)

Office: LHS C249
Email: jparker@trentu.ca

Research interests: alexithymia and emotional intelligence and various outcome variables


Kevin Peters, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies- Peterborough

MA, PhD (British Columbia)

Office: LHS C117
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7795
Email: kevinpeters@trentu.ca

Research interests: Ethics of enhancement/ aging and dementia


Elizabeth Russell, Associate Professor

BA, MSc, PhD (Memorial)

Office: LHS C115
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7867
Email: elizabethrussell@trentu.ca

Research interests: Aging in small towns and rural communities, age-friendly sustainability, community health psychology, health policy

***Open to accepting practicum and research students for Winter 2023 and Summer 2023

***Open to accepting graduate students for 2023-2024


Elaine Scharfe, Professor

BA (Western Ontario), MA, PhD (Simon Fraser)

Office: LHS C130
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7354
Email: escharfe@trentu.ca

Research interests: Influence of relationships on health emotional development across the lifespan

Please note, I will not be accepting graduate students for the 2023-24 school year. 


Laura J. Summerfeldt​, Professor 

MA, PhD (York)

Office: DNA C120
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7526
Email: lsummerfeldt@trentu.ca

Research interests: Personality dimensions and psychopathology in clinical and nonclinical populations, Points of continuity, Models of heterogeneity of  obsessive-compulsive disorders, and Diathesis stress models of cause and perpetuation


Durham Faculty


Jeff Adams, Associate Professor, Teaching Intensive

BA (Concordia), MA (Guelph), PhD (York)

Office: Durham GTA 163
Phone: (905) 435-5102 Ext. 5029 
Email: jadams@trentu.ca

Research interests: Human Cerebral Laterality and Dreams


Ben Bauer, Associate Professor

MA, PhD (Waterloo)

Office: Durham GTA 177
Phone: (905) 435-5102 Ext. 5037
Email: benbauer@trentu.ca

Research interests: Human Vision and Attention


Korri Bickle, Assistant Professor

Office: Durham GTA
Phone: 
Email: korribickle@trentu.ca


Jennifer Eastabrook, Assistant Professor

BSc, MSc (Trent), PhD (Queen's)

Office: Durham GTA
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7535
Email: jennifereastabrook@trentu.ca

***Open to accepting practicum and research students for Summer 2023

***Potential to be accepting graduate students for 2023-2024


Nancie Im-Bolter, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies- Durham GTA

MA, PhD (York)

Office: Durham GTA 171
Phone: (905) 435-5102 Ext. 5033
Email: nimbolter@trentu.ca

Research interests: Language and Cognitive Functioning

***Open to accepting practicum and research students for Winter 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023

***Open to accepting graduate students 2023-2024


Brenda Smith-Chant, Associate Professor

BA (Trent), MA, PhD (Carleton)

Office: Durham GTA 148
Phone: (905) 435-5102 Ext. 5069
Email: bresmith@trentu.ca

Research interests: Cognitive Development and Acquisition of Skills

***Open to accepting practicum and research students for Winter 2023 and Summer 2023


 

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