2012 2013 PSYCHOLOGY AT RYERSON ANNuaL REPORT ANNUAL RESEARCH AND ACHIEVEMENT REPORT: JUNE 1, 2012 – MAY 31, 2013. Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts | Ryerson University BACK TO CONTENTS A 2012 2013 PSYCHOLOGY AT RYERSON MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR Welcome to the second Annual Research and Achievement Report for the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University, highlighting contributions for the 2012-2013 academic year. The accomplishments of our faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students comprise over 50 pages of diverse contributions spanning all major areas of Psychology, as well as a number of related fields. The report includes awards, honours, grants, publications, presentations, media interviews, and various other contributions over the previous year. Here are some highlights of the report, which includes contributions from June 2012 through May 2013: Summary of Research Accomplishments • In August 2012, the Psychology Students’ Association held its second annual Psychology Day, a welcome day for incoming • 29 prestigious external awards and honors, including first year psychology students to meet one another and upper “new investigator” and “career” awards from the Canadian year students. Psychological Association and the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science • In April 2013, our Undergraduate Honours Thesis Poster Session was held, showcasing 20 different research projects • 4 appointments to “fellow” status in national and international conducted by students registered in the thesis stream option psychology associations of our undergraduate program. • Several senior editorial appointments (e.g., editor, associate editor) to scientific journals such as the Journal of Consulting Graduate Program and Clinical Psychology and Canadian Acoustics • We received close to 300 applications for Fall 2012 admission to • 38 new external research grants, totaling more than our MA/PhD program. 16 new students were admitted across $4.2 million in funding our Psychological Science and Clinical Psychology streams. • 116 peer reviewed journal publications • Ryerson’s Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program was accredited by the Canadian Psychological Association in Fall 2012. • 49 books and book chapters published • Our second cohort of 10 clinical psychology students matched • 16 other publications for their predoctoral internships in February 2013. Despite an • 232 poster and conference presentations 84% success rate across Canada, 100% of Ryerson University students matched with an internship placement for the second • 99 workshops, invited lectures, and colloquia year in a row. Undergraduate Program • In October 2012, the Psychology Graduate Students’ Association hosted their annual Psychology Research • We received 3195 applications for Fall 2012 admission to our Symposium, an event celebrating the research of the BA program. A total of 125 students were admitted, with department’s current graduate students. Keynote speaker, Dr. a mean incoming average of 86.4% (our highest ever). All Sandra Trehub (University of Toronto) spoke on the effects of incoming students were eligible for entrance scholarships maternal singing on infants, after which the event continued based on their grades. with several graduate student talks and a well attended poster session featuring graduate student research in the Department. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR i continued... Other Highlights • In Fall 2012, the Psychology Research and Training Centre expanded from about 10,000 square feet to about 15,000 • In August 2012, the Department welcomed Dr. Karen Milligan square feet. The newly constructed space included several to Ryerson University, where she is now an assistant professor new research labs, as well as 10 rooms comprising our and Director of our Child Self-Regulation Lab. Previously, she Institute for Stress and Wellbeing Research. The Stress served as Director of Research at Integra (Canada’s only Institute is supported by more than $1 million in new research accredited mental health centre for children with mental infrastructure, including funding from the Ontario Ministry of health issues and co-occurring learning disabilities). Research and Innovation, Ryerson University, and a generous • The Department welcomed two new staff members: First, donation from Harry Rosen to support faculty and graduate Carson Pun joined us in September 2012 as our new Research student research projects in the Institute. New equipment Operations Administrator. In this role, Carson provides includes facilities for research in electrophysiology (e.g., EEG/ research support and training at the Psychology Research and ERP), neuroimaging (fNIRS), psychophysiology (e.g., EMG, Training Centre. Second, Dr. Kelly Horner joined us in early GSR), eye-tracking, hormonal assay, and virtual reality. 2013 as the Director of our Psychology Training Clinic, located • In July 2012, St. Michael’s Hospital’s Family Academic Health in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Team (which includes Ryerson’s Psychology Training Clinic) St. Michael’s Hospital. was named by the Council of the Federation Working Group on • Psychology offered 61 courses through the Chang School Health Care Innovation as one of four leading Canadian models of Continuing Education, including our 8-course Certificate for team-based health care. In Psychology, our 10-Course certificate in Mental Health • Psychology Department members were quoted in well over 100 and Addictions, and 6-course Interprofessional Certificate in media outlets, including ABC News, CBC News, CBS News, CNN, Advanced Neuroscience and Stroke Care (as well as various Discovery Channel, Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, Los Angeles standalone courses). 3087 students enrolled in our CE Times, NBC News, New York Times, Toronto Star, US News and courses last year. World Report, and Washington Post, to name a few. • In June 2013, we held our annual Psychology Research and Awards Celebration was held at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto where over 120 of our undergraduate and graduate students were honoured with various internal and external awards. On behalf of my co-editors and the entire Department of Psychology, we hope you find this report to be informative, and we look forward to sharing the current year’s accomplishments in our next report, scheduled for publication by Fall 2014! Martin M. Antony Chair, Department of Psychology Ryerson University MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR ii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 AWARDS, HONOURS, RECOGNITIONS, APPOINTMENTS (External) 4 AWARDS, HONOURS, RECOGNITIONS, APPOINTMENTS (Internal) 5 FACULTY GRANTS AND STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS (External) 9 FACULTY GRANTS AND STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS (Internal) 11 Peer-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS 19 BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS 23 OTHER PUBLICATIONS 24 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS 44 WORKSHOPS, INVITED LECTURES, AND COLLOQUIA (External) 48 WORKSHOPS, INVITED LECTURES, AND COLLOQUIA (Internal) 50 MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND REPORTS FACULTY MEMBERS POST DOCTORAL FELLOWS GRADUATE STUDENTS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS iii AWARDS, HONOURS, RECOGNITIONS, APPOINTMENTS (EXTERNAL) Martin M. Antony received the Award for Distinguished Caitlin Davey was awarded the Health Careers Scholarship Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology from and Bursary through Indspire. Award: $6,500, 2012. the Canadian Psychological Association, June 2012. Caitlin Davey was awarded a Studentship through the Martin M. Antony was elected to Fellow status in the Ontario Mental Health Foundation, 2013. Association for Psychological Science, December 2012. Abdel Elshiekh, Kathleen Lyons, and Andrea Polanco Martin M. Antony was appointed to a 3-year term on the received the Canadian Psychological Association Certificate Board of Trustees for the Psychology Foundation of Canada, of Academic Excellence (Honours Thesis), May 2013. 2013-2016. Skye Fitzpatrick was appointed as the Student Morton Beiser received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Representative of the Executive Committee of the Clinical Jubilee Medal, 2012. Section for the Canadian Psychological Association. Morton Beiser was elected a member of the Board of Skye Fitzpatrick was runner up for the Clinical Section Directors, Ontario Ministry of Health Applied Research Travel Award for the Canadian Psychological Association Network on multicultural health. for her presentation entitled “Disentangling overlap between borderline personality disorder and childhood trauma: The Morton Beiser was appointed to the Editorial Board, role of dissociation and emotion regulation.” Canadian Pediatrics Society. Bethany Gee was awarded Canadian Psychological Holly Bowen and Katlyn Peck were awarded the Council Association (CPA) Section for Students Travel Award of Canadian Departments of Psychology (CCDP) Teaching Bursary. Award: $100, 2013. Assistant Award, 2013. Bethany Gee was appointed Advocacy Coordinator Andrew E. Brankley was awarded the Best Brief Talk for Canada, American Psychological Association (APA), Award for his presentation, Escalation from fetish burglaries 2011-2013. to sexual offenses: A case study of Col. Russell Williams, at the International Academy of Investigative Psychology Alasdair M. Goodwill was appointed to the editorial board Conference in London, UK. of the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, May 2013. Andrew E. Brankley was appointed to the Editorial Review Maria Gurevich received the Canadian Psychological Board for MindPad (CPA Student Section’s Psychology Association Section for Women