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
Research interests: Social determinants of health, interactions between developmental, social, LGBTQ, and health psychology
Dr Blair is accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023. Please contact kblair@trentu.ca
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
Research interests: Perception and Motor Control
Michael Chan-Reynolds, Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Psychology
BSc (Trent), MA, PhD (Waterloo)
Office: LHS C119
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7534
Email: michaelchanreynolds@trentu.ca
Research interests: Utilization of environment in everyday situations
Dr Chan-Reynolds is accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023. Research will examine cognitive processes underlying attention, reading, and mathematics, ego-depletion, self-control, boredom and effort. Contact michaelchanreynolds@trentu.ca for more information
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
Dr DeCicco is not accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023
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
Dr Fournier is accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023. Please contact neilfournier@trentu.ca
Terry Humphreys, Professor
MA (Wilfrid Laurier), PhD (Guelph)
Office: LHS C114
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7773
Email: terryhumphreys@trentu.ca
Research interests: sexual consent/ negotiating sexual interactions, cognitive and behavioral aspects of first sexual experiences, sexuality and technology and sexual resourcefulness
Dr Humphreys is accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023. Please contact terryhumphreys@trentu.ca
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
Dr Lehmann is accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023. Please contact hugolehmann@trentu.ca
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
Dr Liu is accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023. Please contact moweiliu@trentu.ca
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
Dr Navara is accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023. Please contact geoffnavara@trentu.ca
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
Dr Nisbet is on sabbatical for 2022-2023 and is therefore not accepting new graduate students
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
Dr Parker is accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023. Please contact jparker@trentu.ca
Kevin Peters, Associate Professor
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
Dr Russell is accepting graduate students for 2022-2023. Please contact elizabethrussell@trentu.ca
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
Dr Scharfe is not accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023
Laura J. Summerfeldt, Professor and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies
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
Dr Summerfeldt is not accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023
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
Nancie Im-Bolter, Associate Professor
MA, PhD (York)
Office: Durham GTA 171
Phone: (905) 435-5102 Ext. 5033
Email: nimbolter@trentu.ca
Research interests: Language and Cognitive Functioning
Dr Im-Bolter is accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023. Please contact nimbolter@trentu.ca
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
Dr Smith-Chant is accepting new graduate students for 2022-2023. Please contact bresmith@trentu.ca
