Department of Psychology

Winter 2007 Volume 2 Issue 2 • Welcome •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 204-474-9338 As Chair of the Public Relations Committee, 2006. Congratulations to each of you. umanitoba.ca/psychology it is my privilege to provide some introduc- Finally, we once again call upon our tory comments to the latest edition of the friends who support the various schol- newsletter. The purpose of our newsletter arship and aid programmes. is to highlight the achievements of the de- While it is the Public Relations Commit- partment and provide information on recent tee that pulls together the information and upcoming events. In this edition, we for each newsletter, we owe innumer- able thanks to a number of individuals without whom this newsletter would not be possible. First, we would like to thank Jill Latschislaw for the layout of the newsletter. We also want to thank the department staff who tirelessly label and mail the approximately 800 copies of the newsletter: Suzanne Beaudet, Heather Bowers, Gloria Derksen, Mary Kuzmeniuk and Jill Latschislaw. Marian Morry Chair, Public Relations have included our regular columns which include the departmental research pro- Committee grammes (Drs. Rayleen DeLuca and War- ren Eaton), accomplishments of our dis- tinguished graduates (Dr. Janice Ristock), graduate student research (Mr. Lee Baugh Inside: and Ms. Kerri Walters), and our colloquium MA & PhD Graduate 2 series. Two special features have also been Department Colloquia 2 included in this edition of the newsletter. Spotlight on Research 3-4 First, the Adjunct Profi les are intended to Adjuncts 5-6 provide a brief introduction to the individ- Student Research 7 uals who so graciously volunteer their time Distinguished Alumni 8 and energy working with graduate students in the department. Second, in the spirit of highlighting achievements, we report on our students who received their M.A. or Ph.D. in

One University. Many Futures. Winter 2007 • Degree Recipients 2006••••••••••••••••••••••••

M.A. Degrees Received in 2006 Ph.D Degrees Received in 2006

Brain and Cognitive Sciences Area: Clinical Psychology Programme: Susan Buchanan, Laura Beaudoin, Maya Flat, Launa Leboe, John Mc- Jason Ediger, Andrew Lubusko, and Terri Otto. Vaugh, Richard Patton, Christopher Tysiaczny, and Jady Wong. Social and Personality Psychology Area: Nathan Hall. Clinical Psychology Programme: Syras Derksen, Chantal MacDonald, Tiffany Scott, Crystal Springer, and Bradley Zacharias.

Social and Personality Psychology Area: Kathleen Fortune, Tara Haynes, and Yumiko Sakamoto.

Department Colloquia

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 FRIDAY, MARCH 2 FRIDAY, MARCH 16 Dr. Niko Troje Dr. Joe Pear Ms. Launa C. Leboe Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, 2005-2006 Vineberg Prize Recipient Queen’s University University of Manitoba Department of Psychology, “Multiple inversion effects in bio- “Psychology - Is It still the study of University of Manitoba logical motion perception: Evidence the soul?” “Item-specifi c congruency effects in for a ‘life detector’?” nonverbal auditory stroop.”

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 FRIDAY, MARCH 9 FRIDAY, MARCH 29 DDr. Lynne Honey Dr. Marlene Behrmann Dr. Marvin Chun Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Grant MacEwan College University of Toronto Yale University “When is dominance attractive? “Is face recognition ‘special’? An “The constructive nature of scene Examing the infl uence of status on examination of psychological and perception and memory.” mate choice.” neural mechanisms supporting face recognition.”

2 umanitoba.ca/psychology • Spotlight on Research ••••••••••••••••••••••••• lower anxiety, higher self esteem and Selected publications: less sexual acting out. Moreover, the Romano, E., & De Luca, R. V. (2006). effects of individual treatment were Evaluation of a treatment program explored and the results were simi- for sexually abused adult males. lar to the results of group treatment. Journal of Family Violence, 21, 75- Our long term follow up studies have 88. confi rmed the benefi t of early inter- Romano, E., & De Luca, R. V. (2005). vention for children who have experi- An individual treatment programme enced childhood sexual abuse. for sexually abused adult males: The motivation to study sex offenders Description and preliminary fi nd- developed from my research team’s ings. Child Abuse Review, 14, 40- interest in prevention. Our studies 56. have identifi ed certain psychological Rayleen De Luca dimensions of male sex offenders De Luca, R. V., & Grayston, A. G. with developmental delay. A review (2001). Treatment for Children Clinical Psychology Programme of the area of female sex offending Who Have Experienced Sexual resulted in one of the fi rst publica- Abuse. In D. Hiebert-Murphy & L. Burnside (Eds.), Pieces of a Puz- Research in my lab has shown that tions in the area. zle: Perspectives on Child Sexual childhood sexual abuse often cre- Currently my research team is fo- Abuse. Fernwood Publishing and ates long term psychological diffi - cusing on components of resiliency RESOLVE. culties. My research team, made up in children who have experienced of graduate and undergraduate stu- abuse. Some of the questions we are Abdulrehman, R. Y., & De Luca, R. dents, initially explored the sequelae exploring include: Why do some chil- V. (2001). The implications of child- of sexual abuse perpetrated against dren who have experienced abuse hood sexual abuse on adult social children. Our studies corroborated exhibit psychological well being, behavior. The Journal of Family that depression, anxiety, low self- while other abused children do not? Violence,16, 193-203. esteem and sexual acting out were Is there a relationship between the De Luca, R. V., Grayston, A. G., & more evident for boys and girls who type of abuse experienced and the Romano, E. (1999). Time-limited had experienced sexual abuse when form of psychopathology exhibited? group therapy for sexually abused compared with children who had not Does attachment style in adulthood boys. In C. Schaefer (Ed.), Short- experienced sexual abuse. In our in- moderate the relationship between term Psychotherapy Groups for vestigations of adults who had been child abuse type and well being? Children. Jason Aronson, Inc. sexually abused as children, the re- Why are women who were abused Grayston, A. D., & De Luca, R. V. sults were similar, confi rming that as children more likely to experience (1999). Female perpetrators of the negative effects of the abuse ap- abuse as adults? child sexual abuse: A review of peared to be long term. Our fi ndings While working in the area of child the clinical and empirical literature. further indicated that adults who had abuse poses a number of challen- Aggression and Violent Behavior. experienced childhood sexual abuse ges, the possible benefi t for children A Review Journal, 4, 93-106. also exhibited impaired social be- is undoubtedly the motivating fac- haviour, which included fewer friends tor for myself and my students. It is and social contacts and more social encouraging that therapists in other adjustment problems. countries have replicated our clinical Early therapeutic intervention with fi ndings. The opportunity of working boys and girls became a natural with clinical psychologists in Brazil avenue to explore. Examining the and Venezuela, investigating treat- effects of group treatment for boys ment outcomes for children who and girls at various ages produced a have experienced sexual abuse, is number of studies in my lab confi rm- presently being explored. The pros- ing that group treatment was a most pect of conducting cross cultural re- promising form of intervention often search is very exciting indeed! resulting in decreased depression,

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The fi rst is that there are indeed sea- My fi nal theme emerged from repeat- son-of-birth effects associated with ed failures to attract grant funding for when babies fi rst crawl and walk. I studies subsequent to the original think the most compelling explana- Milestones Project. For grant re- tion for this phenomenon has to do viewers, milestones research seems with vitamin D exposure during the to be redolent of the 1930s, to be too middle of the fi rst year. This hypoth- far removed from the current zeitgeist esis has led me to new interests and in motor development research, or to to in-progress studies on sunlight be just weird. Thus, I’ve been forced exposure, breastfeeding, vitamin D to fi nd alternative ways to continue intake, and to research in other high this research. I have realized that latitude countries like New Zealand. our milestones methodology can be A second theme is that many par- delivered via the web, and we are ents are highly motivated to partici- establishing what I hope will become pate in research if their participation a centre for internet-based develop- is convenient. When we started the mental research. The Oxford English Milestones Study, we did not know if Dictionary was developed with the any parents would be willing to com- help of thousands of volunteers, and Warren Eaton plete daily checklists for any length in a modern parallel I hope to attract thousands of web-using parents who Developmental Area of time. We were surprised to fi nd that, on average, they completed the are willing to collaborate in the map- checklists for 6 months – without any ping of the themes and variations in My current research programme is prompting or cajoling from us. Par- how infants and children develop in the result, not of foresight and plan- ents found the process of watching their customary habitats. ning, but of a chance encounter at for subtle signs of developmental Selected publications: a scientifi c meeting 10 years ago. progress to be quite rewarding, Bodnarchuk, J. L., & Eaton, W. O. I happened to see a poster about and a number of them have even (2006). Transitions in breastfeed- season-of-birth differences in when sought to enroll more recently born ing: Daily parent diaries provide babies fi rst crawl and walk. The dif- children. Such parental enthusiasm evidence of behavior over time. ferences between spring- and fall- has led me to the realization that a Journal of Human Lactation, 22, born babies were surprisingly large, milestone-focused methodology has 166-181. and I decided to pursue the issue tremendous potential for uncover- as a secondary interest. My skep- ing developmental patterns that are Bodnarchuk, J. L., & Eaton, W. O. ticism faded and my interest grew “hidden” in the living rooms of fam- (2004). Can parent reports be after we replicated the seasonality ilies everywhere. trusted? Validity of daily checklists fi nding with a small Winnipeg sam- of gross motor milestone attain- ple. I then was able to obtain some My third theme evolved from the necessity to estimate rates of de- ment. Journal of Applied Develop- SSHRC funding to start a large, pro- mental Psychology, 25, 481-490. spective longitudinal study in 2001. velopment from developmental The resulting project, the Milestones milestones. With ubiquitous events Study, included more than 700 fam- like crawling and walking, individual ilies, most from Winnipeg, who kept variation is refl ected in the chrono- daily checklists of what their babies logical ages at which milestones are were doing each day. The results of reached. Instead of being a pre- that project, and our experiences in dictor, age becomes the outcome conducting it, have tremendously in- variable. Statistical techniques from fl uenced and broadened my interests other disciplines are ideal for analyz- to include the themes that follow. ing such age-of-attainment data, and many developmental events lend themselves to this approach.

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Dr. Beverley Fehr Dr. Ron Norton Professor, Department of Professor Emeritus, University of Psychology, University of Winnipeg Winnipeg Field: Social Psychology Field: Clinical Psychology/Experimental Specialty: Close Relationships, Emotion, In- Psychopathology timacy, Love, Commitment Specialty: Anxiety Disorders, Substance Dr. Angela Cornick Abuse, Chronic Pain, Comorbid Psycho- patholgy Director ABA Program and Psychology Services, St. Amant Field: Applied Behaviour Analysis Specialty: Autism, Developmental and Intel- lectual Disabilities, Assessment and Evalua- tion of Skills

Dr. Pauline Pearson Dr. Leslie Graff Associate Professor, Department of Associate Professor, Department Psychology, University of Winnipeg of Clinical Health Psychology, Field: Vision & Visual Cognition Faculty of Medicine, University of Specialty: Perception, Colour, Texture, Bin- Manitoba ocular Vision; Implicit & Explicit Memory Field: Health Psychology with Illness Re- lated Chronic Pain Specialty: Gastrointestinal Related Ill- ness; Infl ammatory Bowel Disease; Irrit- able Bowel Syndrome; Chronic Pain Dr. Jim Clark Professor, Department of Dr. Susan Larson Psychology, University of Winnipeg Associate Professor, Concordia Field: Cognitive Psychology College , Minnesota Specialty: Inhibition, Word Norms, Nature of Field: Behavioural Neuroscience Science Specialty: Sickness Behaviour Psychoneu- roimmunology, Animal Learning, Behavioural Pharmacology

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Dr. Bob Tait Dr. Robert Renaud Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Psychology at the Dr. John Walker Assistant Professor, Department University of Northern British Professor, Department of Clinical of Educational Administration, Columbia Foundations and Psychology, Field: Experimental Psychology Health Psychology, Anxiety Faculty of Education, University of Specialty: Learning, Motivation, and Man- Disorders Program, St. Boniface Manitoba agement Systems, Pavlov Conditioning, Dis- General Hospital Field: Performance Indicators in Higher Edu- aster Problems Field: Anxiety Disorders in Adults and Chil- cation dren Specialty: Critical Thinking, Structural Equa- Specialty: Health Anxiety, Cognitive Behav- tion Modeling, and Student Ratings of iour Therapy, Epidemiology, Prevention and Teaching Early Intervention

Dr. Nora Vincent Department of Clinical Health Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba Dr. Doug Williams Dr. Dieter Schonwetter Field: Clinical Health Psychology Professor, Department of Assistant Professor, Education Specialty: Sleep Disorders, Eating Disor- Psychology, University of Winnipeg Specialist, Faculty of Dentistry, ders, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Inter- personal Aspects of Depression Field: Human and Nonhuman Cognition University of Manitoba Specialty: Conditioning, Timing and Contin- Field: Health Psychology, Personality, Social gency Learning Cognition Specialty: Student Tracking Programs, Stu- dent Learning Outcomes; Higher Education Program Assessments and Evaluations; At- tribution and Locus of Control; Stress

6 umanitoba.ca/psychology • Student Research ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Lee Baugh to identify and attach meaning to and ‘action’ based cortical visual our surroundings. The dorsal (ac- streams. Capitalizing on this, I plan PhD Student tion based) stream, projecting from on examining spatial and perceptual early visual areas to the posterior distortion effects in object recogni- If we want to successfully interact parietal cortex, transforms visual in- tion, the effects of aging on visuo- with the world around us, we must formation into online information that motor control, and various disorders accomplish a number of things. First, is used to mediate the visual con- of spatial representation. we must be able to attend and fi xate trol of action. Much research has visual regions of interest around us. focused on the roles each of these Next, we have to identify and retrieve streams plays in our daily lives, but information about objects in sight re- the extent of collaboration between lated to our current goals. Finally, we the two is often overlooked. It is in must be able to program and control examining this interaction that the actions directed at those objects. Perception and Action Lab’s current Previous research has shown that research is aimed. Viewing window two cortical visual pathways have tasks, in which degraded images of evolved to process the information objects are revealed within a user required for each of these quite dis- controlled window, inherently re- tinct tasks. The ventral (perception) quires visuomotor processing which stream, projecting from early visual can be manipulated to illuminate the areas to the temporal lobe, process- interactions between the ‘perception’ es visual information that allows us

Kerri Walters that do not require speech (i.e., non to help them use their skills in a var- vocal tasks). I hypothesize that chil- iety of situations. I’m grateful for the PhD Student dren with limited speech may do bet- graduate fellowships I have received ter on the non vocal tasks. I am cur- from the University of Manitoba and Since September 2004, I have been rently analyzing the data and I plan Social Sciences and Humanities Re- working on my Master’s degree in to complete my search Council, and for the support Applied Behaviour thesis soon. from the Strategic Training Initiative Analysis under the in Health Research grant, funded supervision of Dr. Research train- jointly by the Canadian Institutes of Yu. ing is a signifi - cant part of my Health Research and National Alli- My Master’s thesis is graduate pro- ance for Autism Research. In addi- concerned with learn- gramme and I’ve tion to my graduate training I am ing more about how been involved gaining valuable applied experience children with autism in a variety of through working with children with learn to take the per- projects at the autism in the St. Amant Applied Be- spectives of others, St. Amant Re- haviour Analysis Program directed which is an import- search Centre. by Dr. Angela Cornick. ant skill in social In addition to my I started my doctoral programme in interactions. Many thesis, my re- January 2007 and plan to continue children with autism search interests my research with children with aut- have diffi culty taking include helping ism. another person’s point of view. Cur- individuals with developmental dis- rent methods to measure this skill abilities make choices, enhancing require speech. In my research I am their independence, and how best evaluating two alternative methods 7 Winter 2007 • Our Distinguished Alumni •••••••••••••••••••• tered psychological research and also serve on the advisory board for theorizing that described female vic- the Sexuality Studies Series, Uni- tims of sexual assault as masochis- versity of British Columbia Press, tic and sexually provocative. (This and am an expert panel member for was the early ‘80s). I completed my the violence panel of The Canadian MA in Applied Social Psychology at Health Network. the University of Guelph and then I have received a number of awards a PhD in Community Psychology from the University of Manitoba in- at OISE/University of Toronto. My cluding a Faculty of Arts Outstand- time at OISE was particularly grati- ing Achievement award and an fying because I was exposed to the Outstanding Teaching award, a Uni- perspective of feminist psychology versity of Manitoba Outreach award, and worked closely with Jeri Dawn an Rh award for Outstanding Contri- Wine, a pioneer in the fi eld. Today I butions to Interdisciplinary Scholar- feel privileged to be in the Women’s ship and Research, a YWCA/YMCA Studies Programme at the University Woman of Distinction Award, and a of Manitoba. More recently I have Book award for No More Secrets: taken on the role of Associate Dean Violence in Lesbian Relationships Dr. Janice Ristock (Research) and feel fortunate to have from the American Psychological As- Dr. Janice Ristock is Associate the opportunity to support social sci- sociation. ence and humanities researchers. Dean (Research) and Professor of Selected publications: Women’s Studies, Faculty of Arts, My own research is not that far re- Brownridge, D., Chan, K. L., Hiebert- moved from the topic of my hon- University of Manitoba Murphy, D., Ristock, J. L., Tiwari, ours thesis. I engage in commun- I completed my BA (Hons.) at the A., Leung, W. C., & Santos, S. C. (in ity-based, qualitative research in the press). The Elevated Risk for Non- University of Manitoba. Dr. Lorna area of health, sexuality, and gen- Sandler was the advisor for my hon- Lethal Post-Separated Violence in der. More specifi cally my work has Canada: A comparison of separat- ours thesis project on “The psycho- focused on issues of relationship social factors effecting women’s ed, divorced and married women. violence, the impact of homophobia Journal of Interpersonal Violence. breast self-examination practice”. I and other forms of oppression, and also worked as a research assist- programme evaluations of social ant with Dr. John Adair in his social service agencies. I have three new Iwasaki, Y. & Ristock, J. (in press). psychology lab. My experiences as research grants in these areas: A The Nature of Stress Experi- an honours student were extremely CIHR project (with Randy Jackson, enced by Gay Men and Les- positive. I have fond memories of par- Canadian Aboriginal Aids Network) bians. Anxiety, Stress and Cop- ticipating in an active undergraduate entitled, “Two-Spirit Women’s Ex- ing: An International Journal. psychology club, Friday afternoon perience of Homophobia in the Con- wine and cheese parties, and even a text of HIV/AIDS Service Provision”; Ristock, J. L. (2005). Taking off few baseball games with faculty and A CIHR project on “Vulnerability and the gender-lens in Women’s students. In the honours programme Resilience among Sexual Minorities Studies: Queering violence I received a very solid foundation in in Canada” and a SSHRC project, against women. Canadian research that made the transition to “Understanding Women’s Percep- Woman Studies, 24(2/3), 65-66. graduate school a relatively easy tions of Risk for Intimate Partner one. That said, in my undergraduate Violence with an Intersectionality Holmes, C. & Ristock, J. L. (2004). years, I struggled with trying to rec- Framework: The Case of Disabled, oncile contradictory experiences be- Exploring discursive constructions Separated and Lesbian Women in of lesbian abuse: Looking inside tween my life outside the university Canada”. with my studies in psychology. and out. In C. Shearer-Cremean, I currently serve on the editorial L. Parks & C. L. Winkelmann For example, I worked at a sexual board of the Canadian Journal of (Eds.), Negotiation and Narrativity assault centre where I witnessed Community Mental Health and was in Abused Women’s Rhetoric. Uni- the trauma and resilience of women Associate Editor from 2000-2005. I versity of Toronto Press: Toronto, who had been raped, yet I encoun- 94-119. 8