The Urban Psychologist

Ryerson Department of Psychology Newsletter Volume I, Issue 3 Spring / Summer 2009

In This Issue: ment visit by the Deputy Minister of Boston University, University of by Dr. Jean-Paul Boudreau, Chair’s Corner with 1 Training, Colleges, and Universities. Birmingham, Minnesota/MIT, and Department of Psychology Chair Dr. Jean-Paul Boudreau The Psychology Research and the University of , who add reetings from Training Centre is operating in full new depth and breadth to the de-

Uppsala in Swe- swing and plans are underway to partment’s on-going research and Dr. Morton Beiser: 1 G den from where I expand our PRTC and support Ryer- teaching evolution. Our new MA Professor of write this piece over- son’s ambitious research ascent. Stay and PhD students are also featured; Distinction joins looking Uppsala Slott tuned for details in the fall issue of today, our program has a total of Psychology Dept. and Northern UP where we will also update you on 54 graduate students in the pro- Europe’s oldest uni- faculty research. gram (23 PhD and 31 MA) who rep- Meet our new Faculty 2 versity, founded in 1477. Responding to the department’s resent a diverse cross-section of members! As we turn the corner of summer rapid growth, we are pleased to add Canadian universities from Central and open the fall semester, it’s im- new administrative support to the , the Maritimes, and the Meet our new MA1 & 3 portant to pause and reflect. The department (effective August 1, West Coast provinces representing PhD1 students! department has been abuzz this 2009): Dr. Candice Monson as our 16 different universities. We are summer with many exciting devel- Director of Clinical Training, Dr. Mi- very proud of our student achieve- chelle Dionne as Associate Chair and ments, also cited in this issue. A PSA Welcome! 4 opments, including many firsts such as our BA graduating class, MA de- Dr. Frank Russo as Director of Psy- We hope you enjoy this issue, as fenses, and PhD class. We have chological Science Training. well as enjoy the end of summer. Ψ Congratulations: 4 received research infrastructure In this issue you will get to meet Psychology Student funding and have hosted a depart- four new faculty colleagues from - Jean-Paul Awards

Save the Date: 4 PGSA Symposium & Graduate Open House! by Dr. Jean-Paul Boudreau Principal Investigator for a number of Youth Study. r. Morton Beiser has joined studies including the Refugee Reset- Dr. Beiser chaired the federal

D the Department of Psychol- tlement Project, a ten-year study of task force on the mental health of ogy as a Professor of Distinction. He the health and experiences of more immigrants and refugees (1986- is a Professor Emeritus of Cultural than 1300 “Boat People,” from South- 1988). The final report, After the Pluralism and Health, University of east Asia; the Flower of Two Soils, an Door Has Been Opened (1988), Toronto, and Founding Director and investigation of mental health and summarized the major challenges Senior Scientist of the Toronto Cen- academic achievement among 2,000 facing immigrants and provided tre of Excellence for Research on Aboriginal children on two Canadian recommendations to alleviate the Immigration and Settlement reserves and two US reservations; distress of immigrants and refu- (CERIS). Dr. Beiser earned his MD Immigrants and Tuberculosis, an in- gees, and to facilitate their integra- from the University of British Co- vestigation of factors accounting for tion. Dr. Beiser served as a mem- lumbia. For ten years, he was on the high risk for tuberculosis among ber of the Canadian Multicultural- Dr. Morton Beiser the faculty of Social Psychiatry at immigrants and refugees; Growing Up ism Advisory Committee (1990- the Harvard School of Public Health in Canada, a study of the children of 1994), a Cabinet-appointed com- and then served for 15 years in the the Southeast Asian refugees who mittee charged with overseeing Division of Social and Cultural Psy- took part in the Refugee Resettle- the implementation of Canada’s chiatry at the University of British ment Project; Community in Distress, multiculturalism policies. He Columbia. an investigation of the mental health chaired the Medical Advisory Com- Author of one book and 175 pub- of 1600 adult Tamils living in Toronto; mittee of Citizenship and Immigra- Department of Psychology Spring / Summer 2009 lished articles, Dr. Beiser has been and The New Canadian Children and tion Canada (1999- 2006). Ψ

gression in recently returning veterans with Candice M. Monson PTSD, funded by the Centers for Disease P a g e 2 PhD, University of Nebraska Control and Prevention, as well as a U.S. Associate Professor & Department of Defense (DOD)-funded trial Alasdair M. Goodwill Director of Clinical Training of treatment for returning veterans with PhD, University of Birmingham ne of the foremost PTSD who have perpetrated intimate aggres- Assistant Professor O experts on the inter- sion. In addition to her treatment outcome personal aspects of Posttraumatic Stress efforts, Dr. Monson investigates gender dif- Disorder, Dr. Candice Monson joined the ferences in the perpetration of interpersonal r. Alasdair Goodwill department as an Associate Professor violence and its consequences. joined Psychology as an D (tenured) on July 1, 2009. She will serve as Dr. Monson holds over $6.2 million Assistant Professor on August 1, 2009. He Director of Clinical Training in Psychology’s (USD) in research grants from NIH, DOD, comes to us from the University of Birming- MA/PhD program. Centres for Disease Control & Prevention, ham, where he has been Course Director of Dr. Monson comes to Ryerson from the and VHA Office of Mental Health Services. the Doctorate in Forensic Psychology in the U.S. Veterans' Administration National Her scholarly productivity is equally impres- Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psy- Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder sive, with 32 scientific articles published in chology. Order (PTSD) in Boston, where she served leading peer-reviewed outlets, including Jour- Dr. Goodwill has developed an extensive as Deputy Director, Women’s Health Sci- nal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, along research program in forensic psychology. He ences Division. With a PhD from the Uni- with13 books or book chapters. She has is focused on offender profiling and in particu- versity of Nebraska (1998) and a post- also presented her research findings at over lar, on developing and delivering pragmatic doctoral fellowship in forensic psychology 100 domestic and international meetings and methods for suspect prioritization in serious at the University of Missouri-Kansas City symposia. and violent criminal investigations. His re- Schools of Medicine and Law, Dr. Monson’s Having taught at Dartmouth College, search includes work on profiling stranger research program explores PTSD and in- University of Missouri, and the University of rapists by victim choice consistencies, geo- terpersonal factors relating to trauma re- Nebraska, Dr. Monson will contribute to graphical profiling, and comparative analyses covery and PTSD. She is currently con- our undergraduate and graduate programs of profiling approaches. He has contributed ducting an NIMH-funded project that tests with courses in systems of psychotherapy, psychological analysis of suspects and given her Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy anxiety, trauma and stress disorders, and in substantial profiling advice on several high for PTSD. She is also Co-Principal Investi- profile sexual offence cases across the UK. clinical research methods. Ψ gator of a prevention trial of intimate ag- Dr. Goodwill earned his Master’s Degree in Investiga- tive Psychology (Liverpool, 1998) and his PhD in Forensic Psychology (Birmingham, ception in both typical and atypi- cal 2005). He brings outstanding experience to Margaret Moulson populations. Specifically, her research com- the Ryerson Psychology Department. Dr. PhD, University of Minnesota Goodwill has published in the leading journals bines behavioural and electrophysiological Assistant Professor of his field, including Behavioral Sciences and methods to investigate the psychological the Law, Psychology, Crime & Law, Journal of and neural underpinnings of aspects of face Psychology, Public Policy, & Law and Applied Postdoctoral Fellow in perception from infancy to adulthood. Dr. Cognitive Psychology. He has contributed a A the Department of Brain Moulson shows that deciphering informa- book chapter on “Heuristics and biases in and Cognitive Sciences at MIT (Cambridge, tion from faces is crucial to social function- decision-making,” as well as a chapter in The MA), Dr. Margaret Moulson joined Ryerson’s ing, and that most adults decode facial infor- Forensic Psychologist’ Casebook. Psychology Department as an Assistant Pro- mation quickly and effortlessly. In addition to his forensic research, Dr. fessor on August 1, 2009. She holds a 2007 Dr. Moulson’s NSERC-geared research in Goodwill brings advanced knowledge of sta- PhD in Psychology from the Institute of Child the Psychology Research and Training Centre tistical analysis and data modeling techniques Development (ICD) at the University of Min- at 105 Bond St. will benefit from the (e.g. Multivariate Analysis, Multidimensional nesota. government’s recently-announced decision Scaling, Structural Equation Modeling, and Dr. Moulson is an emerging star in her to award Ryerson 7.2 million in new operat- ROC analysis) to Psychology—skills vital to field, with publications in the top journals of ing funding that includes support for new Psychology’s MA/PhD program. He is an ex- her field, including Developmental Psychol- research tools in Psychology, including a high cellent teacher who will contribute to both ogy, Child Development, Infancy, and Journal -density electroencephalogram (EEG) ma- our graduate curriculum in statistics and to of Cognitive Neuroscience, with several more chine that measures and records electrical our undergraduate curriculum in areas of under review. She has also been active in activity emitted by the brain. Forensic Psychology and the Law. Dr. Good- will applies his forensic training in clinical set- conference presentations and her research Dr. Moulson is an experienced classroom tings where, for example, he conducts com- has been recognized with a 2006 Early Career teacher. She has taught in the University of munity-based therapeutic sessions and risk Researcher Award by the International Soci- Minnesota’s ICD program and Queen’s Uni- assessments for offenders with learning diffi- ety on Infant Studies. versity’s Enrichment Studies program. She Her innovative research program takes a will bring an excellent teaching record to the culties. Ψ developmental cognitive neuroscience ap- areas of Child Development, Cognitive Neu- Department of Psychology proach to understandingRyerson University the mechanisms roscience, and ExperimentalSpring / Summer Research 2009 that underlie the development of social per- Methods. Ψ

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Amy Brown-Bowers, CLIN (C. Monson) Raj Sandhu, SCI (B. Dyson) I completed my Bachelor of Journalism at Ryerson, equiva- I completed my H.B.Sc at the University of Waterloo. My lent of BA in Psychology at Ryerson University and York area of research interest is in cognitive neuropsychology. University. My area of interest is the intersections between Dr. Ben Dyson will be my supervisor. individual pathology and intimate relationship functioning.

Caitlin Davey, CLIN (K. McShane) Becca Stein, CLIN (J.P. Boudreau) I completed my undergraduate degree in Psychology (BA) at I completed my undergraduate degree at U of T. I'm McMaster University and will now be pursuing my MA in entering the clinical stream under the supervision of Clinical Psychology. My area of interest is in Indigenous Dr. Jean-Paul Boudreau. My research interests relate to mental health including psychotherapies that can be used to infant perception and goal-directed behaviour, and I am most effectively treat Indigenous populations. excited to be joining the CHILD lab.

Julian House, SCI (S. Want) Linda Truong, SCI (L. Yang) I have a BSc. from the . I'll be join- I did my undergraduate degree at the London School of ing Ryerson as a Master's student under the supervision Economics and Political Science but I took all of my psychol- of Dr. Lixia Yang. I am interested in studying cognition ogy courses at the University of Toronto. I plan to be investi- and I hope to improve the memory abilities of older gating the psychological effects of mass media exposure/ adults through training/intervention. participation at Ryerson.

Dianne Lam, SCI (M. Reed) Sonya Wanklyn, CLIN (D. Day) I completed my undergraduate degree at York Univer- I specialized in psychology as an undergraduate and earned sity. I am thrilled to be working with Dr. David Day, and my degree at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Cur- my primary research interests revolve around the area of rently, I am interested in the relationship between vision and forensic psychology. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Emma MacDonald, CLIN (N. Koerner) Leanne Wilkins, SCI (T. Girard) I completed my undergraduate degree at the University I completed my Bachelor of Science at St. Francis Xavier of Toronto. My research interests relate to attention and University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. My area of research memory functioning in schizophrenia and my graduate interest is Anxiety and I will be working with Dr. Naomi supervisor is Dr. Todd Girard. Koerner.

Lucy McGarry, SCI (F. Russo) Andrea Woznica, CLIN (K. Vickers) I completed my Bachelor of Science degree at the University I completed my Honours B.A. in Psychology at the of Toronto. I am interested in emotion and the arts and I University of Western Ontario. I am looking forward to will be working with Dr. Frank Russo. working with Dr. Kristin Vickers, and my research inter- ests include the cognitive and physiological correlates of anxiety disorders.

Elizabeth Pawluk, CLIN (N. Koerner) I graduated from the University of Western Ontario with an Honours Specialization in Psychology. I look forward to PhD1 Students working with Dr. Naomi Koerner in the Cognition and Psychopathology Lab. My main research interest is anxiety

disorders. Taryn Moss, CLIN (C. Carney) I completed my undergraduate degree at Wilfrid Laurier

Syb Pongracic, CLIN (T. Ornstein) University and my Master’s degree from the University of Toronto. Currently, I am working with Dr. Colleen I obtained my B.Sc. at the University of Toronto at Missis- Carney and my research interests include cognitive sauga. Dr. Ornstein is my supervisor in the fields of cogni- vulnerability to insomnia and depression. tive neuroscience & neuropsychology. My interests in- clude functional neuroanatomy, neuroimaging, neuropsy- chological testing, memory, anxiety disorders and statistics. Matilda Nowakowski, CLIN (L. Atkinson) I completed my Bachelor in Health Sciences and gradu- Jennifer Rouse, CLIN (W. Pickren) ate studies in experimental psychology at McMaster I graduated with my BA from Carleton University, but I also University. My research interests include developmen- completed half of my coursework at Brock University. My tal psychopathology, anxiety disorders, and depres- research interests include health care delivery systems, sion. I am very excited to be a part of the Clinical health psychology, anxiety disorders and depression, and Psychology program at Ryerson! Department of Psychology Ryerson University Spring / Summer 2009 the history of psychology.

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