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Aquino

Karl

Sauder School of Business

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Business, Ethics, Human Behavior, Management, Mental Health, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Sociology

forgiveness, victimization, bullying, moral behavior, prejudice and discrimination, justice,

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Baron

Andrew

Arts

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Adolescence, Advertising, Children, Culture, Human Behavior, Marketing, Multiculturalism, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Science

cognitive development, infancy, childhood, adolescence, racism, race, stereotypes, cooperation, bias, innateness, science education, multiculturalism, gender, ethnicity, neuromarketing, attitudes, preferences, psychology

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Barton

Jason

Medicine

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Brain, Medicine, Mental Health, Psychology, Teaching

face perception, object recognition, eye movements, higher visual function

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Beauchamp

Mark

Human Kinetics

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Psychology, Sports

Sport and exercise psychology, leadership, group processes, self-confidence beliefs, role perceptions and coach-athlete relationships

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Belton

Robert

-

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Advertising, Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Canada, Censorship, Culture, Education, Europe, Film, Fine Arts, Literacy, Media, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Teaching, Television, Theatre, Women's Issues

art criticism, art history, art theory, computer music, creativity and cognition, cultural studies, experimental music, film studies, popular music, philosophy, skepticism

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Biesanz

Jeremy

Arts

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Psychology, Statistics

personality,accuracy

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Blair

Robert

Medicine

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Aboriginal Issues, Addictions, Adolescence, Aging, Alternative Medicine, Brain, Cancer, Children, Depression, Disabled Persons, Education, Exercise, Health Care, Medicine, Mental Health, Orthopedics, Physiology, Psychiatry, Psychology, Schizophrenia, Sex/Sexuality, Sports, Stress, Suicide, Young Offenders

Yoga. Addiction, Posture, Meditation

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Brotto

Lori

Medicine

Italian

Gynecology, Psychology, Sex/Sexuality

sexuality, sexual dysfunction, psychosocial oncology, reproductive health, mindfulness treatments

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Carlson

Scott

Arts

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Addictions, Brain, Drugs, Human Behavior, Mental Health, Psychology

Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, Antisocial Personality, Mental Disorders, Vulnerability for mental disorders, Psychophysiology, Behaviour Genetics

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Christie

Brian

Arts

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Aboriginal Issues, Alzheimer's, Brain, Exercise, Psychology, Science

research into new therapies; learning and memory processes; brain functioning; learning and memory; Alzheimer's disease; amnesia; stroke; Neuroscience; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Brain Aging; Healthy Brains; Exercise and the Brain

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Christoff

Kalina

Arts

Bulgarian

Depression, Health Care, Human Behavior, Psychiatry, Psychology

brain, cognitive neuroscience, psychology, prefronal cortex, fMRI, neuroimaging, neuropsychology, executive functions, problem solving, reasoning, thinking, mind-wandering, attention, consciousness, real-time fMRI, trauma and PTSD

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Coren

Stanley

Arts

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Animals, Human Behavior, Psychology

psychology, sleep, handedness, dogs, dog behavior, canine behavior, behavior genetics, human-animal bond, animal communication

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Craig

Ken

Arts

-

Psychology

pain, pain measurement, social influences on pain, pain in children, pain in people with cognitive impairment

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Cynader

Max

Medicine

French

Addictions, Aging, Alzheimer's, Audiology, Babies, Biotechnology, Brain, Depression, Genetics, Medicine, Mental Health, Psychology, Science

eye diseases; glaucoma; dyslexia; stroke; neurotrauma; memory; vision; learning disabilities; hearing development; recovery after brain damage; ischemia; gene therapy

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Dahl

Darren

Sauder School of Business

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Advertising, AIDS, Business, Commerce, Consumers, Management, Marketing, Psychology, Sex/Sexuality

consumer behavior, new product development, social marketing, affect and emotion

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Daniluk

Judith

Education

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Human Behavior, Mental Health, Psychology, Sex/Sexuality, Women's Issues

infertility and reproductive technologies; women's sexuality and reproductive health; voluntary and involuntary childlessness; delayed and later childbearing

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Di Pietro

Nina

Medicine

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Addictions, Brain, Ethics, Mental Health, Pediatrics, Psychology, Science

Neuroscience, neuroethics, ethics, brain, autism, fetal alcohol spectrum, cerebral palsy, pediatrics, knowledge translation, drug addiction, prefrontal cortex, decision-making.

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diamond

adele

Medicine

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Babies, Psychology

executive functions, cognitive control, prefrontal cortex, frontal lobe, brain development, inhibition, inhibitory control, self-control, self-regulation, working memory, attention, interventions, preschool,

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Dunn

Elizabeth

Arts

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Psychology

happiness, prosocial behavior, money and happiness, emotion, predicting emotions, moods, self-knowledge, stereotypes, savoring

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Dutton

Don

Arts

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Psychology

domestic violence, domestic homicide, workplace violence

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Enns

James

Arts

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Brain, Psychology

human cognition, vision, attention, eye movements

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Franks

Ian

Human Kinetics

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Computers in Education, Human Behavior, Psychology, Sports, Technology

human motor control; motor skill learning; computer-aided analysis of sport; coaching behaviors; soccer analysis

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Gabora

Liane

Barber School of Arts and Sciences

French

Anthropology, Artificial Intelligence, Computers, Human Behavior, Philosophy, Psychology

adaptation, cognition, creativity, computer models of creativity, computer models of cultural evolution, culture, evolution, evolutionary computation, innovation, insight, invention, social computing, worldviews

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Gallant

Carrie

Law

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Law, Psychology, Women's Issues

women and negotiation, conflict management, mediation, alternative dispute resolution

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Giaschi

Deborah

Medicine

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Brain, Children, Human Behavior, Literacy, Psychology

visual development, amblyopia, dyslexia, functional MRI

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Gouzouasis

Peter

Education

Greek

Children, Computers in Education, Education, Fine Arts, Media, Music, Psychology

early childhood music education; computer literacy through fine arts and new media; music in mass media; especially jazz, guitar

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Graf

Peter

Arts

German

Aging, Alzheimer's, Psychology

Memory, Prospective memory, Morality of Memory, Memory and Aging, Cognitive changes across the lifespan, Memory in Alzheimer's Disease

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Guhn

Martin

Medicine

German

Aboriginal Issues, Adolescence, Bilingualism, Children, Culture, Education, Psychology

wellbeing of children and youth; social determinants of developmental health; social and cultural community and neighborhood effects on child development; music and emotion

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Hamlin

Kiley

Arts

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Babies, Children, Psychology

infancy, cognitive development, social cognition, moral development

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Handy

Todd

Arts

-

Aging, Brain, Exercise, Human Behavior, Psychology, United States

aging and cognition, aging and exercise, cognitive neuroscience, mind wandering, attention, migraine, fMRI

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Henrich

Joseph

Arts

Fijian

Anthropology, Economics, Psychology, South America

Cooperation, Culture-Gene Coevolution, Cultural Change, Behavioral Economics, Evolutionary Psychology, Fiji, Amazonia, Cultural Evolution

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Hewitt

Paul

Arts

-

Depression, Mental Health, Psychology, Suicide

perfectionism

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Hodges

Nicola

Human Kinetics

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Education, Human Behavior, Psychology, Sports

practice, expert performance, motor learning, motor control, expertise, learning and coordination, instructions, feedback, observational practice and learning, self-directed practice.

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Holder

Mark

Science

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Children, Psychology

Science of Happiness Children's Well-being

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Hudson Kam

Carla

Arts

ASL

Babies, Bilingualism, Brain, Children, English as a Second Language, Language, Psychology, Teaching

Language development, second language acquisition, critical periods for learning, input and language learning, language learning and language change

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Hymel

Shelley

Education

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Adolescence, Canada, Children, Education, Human Behavior, Psychology

social and emotional learning, moral disengagement, social development, children's peer relations (social skills training, bullying, aggression, victimization, self-esteem/self-concept); assessment of children's learning/reading problems

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Illes

Judy

Medicine

French - somewhat fluent

Alzheimer's, Biotechnology, Brain, Ethics, Genetics, Human Behavior, Medicine, Mental Health, Multiculturalism, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Psychology, Research and Development, Schizophrenia, Science, Women's Issues

Neuroethics, Neuroscience and ethics, neurogenetics, neuroimaging, global health, health policy

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Jang

Kerry

Medicine

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Genetics, Human Behavior, Psychiatry, Psychology

twins research; multiple births; cloning; behavior genetics

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Kang

Shimi

Medicine

Punjabi, Hindi

Abortion, Addictions, Adolescence, Asian Affairs, Brain, Communications, Depression, Education, Families, Health Care, Human Behavior, Human Rights, Immigration, India, Media, Medicine, Mental Health, Multiculturalism, Psychiatry, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Schizophrenia, Sex/Sexuality, Smoking, Sports, Stress, Students, Suicide, Teaching, Television, Women's Issues

Mental health, addictions, substance use, motivation, culture, women's health, youth health, diversity, psychiatry,

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kang-dhaliwal

neelu

Arts

Punjabi, Hindi, rdu

Abortion, Addictions, Adolescence, Aging, Agriculture, AIDS, Bilingualism, Canada, Children, Communications, Community Planning, Consumers, Culture, Death, Depression, Drugs, Education, English as a Second Language, Families, Film, Fine Arts, Gangs, Health Care, Human Rights, Immigration, India, Media, Multiculturalism, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Religion, Research and Development, Sex/Sexuality, Sociology, Stress, Suicide, Teaching, Television, Theatre, Third World, Tourism, Women's Issues

Indian/Punjabi/Sikh diaspora,Violence against women( public and domestic), women activism/welfare/status/movement in India and Canada, Indian/Punjabi family, culture, traditions,Sikh life style and patterns,rural and agricultural India/Punjab,indebtedness in Punjab, Punjab's history and economy,Punjabi immigration and history in Canada and other countries,Popular Indian/Punjabi media and films,aging population of Indians in Canada, cultural reproduction of Indians/Punjabis in diaspora, Indo-Canadian legal, social and cultural issues

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Kingstone

Alan

Arts

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Psychology, Science

Real world cognition Human attention

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Klonsky

E David

Arts

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Psychiatry, Psychology

suicide, self-injury, self-harm, emotion regulation, impulsivity, cutting, evidence-based practice, psychotherapy effectiveness, psychological treatments that work

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Koch

William

Medicine

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Ethics, Mental Health, Psychology, Stress, Women's Issues, Work

psychological responses to stress or trauma; forensic psychology; psychosocial stress and mental health; traumatic stress; relationship of psychology to law; stress-related to motor vehicle accidents, rape, assault; effects of sexual assault; disability secondary to stress and emotional disorders; economics of mental health

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Krank

Marvin

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Addictions, Adolescence, Advertising, Drugs, Mental Health, Psychology, Sex/Sexuality, Smoking, Stress

addiction, adolescent risk behaviours, substance abuse, drug effects, motivational models of risk, prevention programs

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Kruk

Edward

Social Work and Family Studies

Polish

Addictions, Children, Drugs, Ethics, Families, Human Rights, Psychology, Sociology

divorce; family law; child custody; family mediation; fathering; women and addiction; harm reduction

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Lucyshyn

Joe

Education

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Psychology

positive behaviour support, behavioural family intervention, applied behaviour analysis, behaviour disorders, single-subject research

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McCormick

Rod

Education

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Aboriginal Issues, Alternative Medicine, Education, Mental Health, Psychology, Research and Development, Suicide

Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Residential school healing, First Nations and Indian health, Aboriginal health research, Aboriginal mental health, Indigenous psychology, traditional healing, healing and nature, Aboriginal career counselling, Aboriginal suicide prevention, Aboriginal grief and loss, Aboriginal education

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McIntosh

Kent

Education

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Education, Human Behavior, Psychology, Teaching, Young Offenders

school violence prevention, school bullying, supporting teachers in dealing with challenging behaviour

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McKee

William

Education

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Children, Human Behavior, Psychology, Students, Teaching

school psychology; special education; school-based teams; classroom intervention; behavior problems in children

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Meitner

Michael

Forestry

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Computers, Environment, Forestry, Geography, Human Behavior, Internet, Natural Resources, Psychology, Stress, Sustainability, Technology

forest aesthetics and scenic beauty, outdoor recreation, environmental visualization, geographic information systems, visual perception, agent-based modeling

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Miller

Lynn

Education

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Mental Health, Psychology, Children, Families

anxiety disorders, child, youth and family mental health

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Norenzayan

Ara

Arts

French, Arabic, Armenian

Culture, Middle East, Multiculturalism, Psychology, Religion

social psychology; cultural psychology; evolutionary psychology; religion; culture; human cooperation; human universals; thinking across cultures

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Paulhus

Del

Arts

-

Ethics, Human Behavior, Psychology

academic dishonesty, faking on questionnaires, dark personalities

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Poole

Gary

Medicine

-

Education, Health Care, Psychology

coping with illness, making lifestyle changes, social support, Higher education teaching and research

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Porath

Marion

Education

-

Children, Education, Psychology, Teaching

Gifted children, cognitive development, social development, developmental approaches to instruction, early childhood, educational psychology, problem-oriented learning, arts-based research

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Porter

Stephen

Arts

-

Crime, Law, Mental Health, Psychology

detecting deception, criminal psychology, psychopathy, mental disorder and crime, violence, victims, eyewitness memory, trauma, legal-decision-making

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Rawn

Catherine

Arts

-

Education, Psychology, Students, Teaching

study skills, learning success, self-improvement, procrastination

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Rensink

Ronald

Arts

-

Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Computers, Psychology, Science

vision, attention, consciousness, interface design

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Robichaud

Melisa

Medicine

French

Human Behavior, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychology, Stress

anxiety disorders, cognitive-behavioural therapy, CBT, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, clinical psychology

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Robinson

John

Graduate Studies

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Communications, Community Planning, Computers in Education, Environment, International Studies, Internet, Natural Resources, Philosophy, Pollution, Psychology, Science, Technology, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Sustainability, Olympics

sustainable development, sustainability, climate change, scenarios, energy policy, futures studies, science / policy studies

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Robinson

Sandra

Sauder School of Business

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Business, Commerce, Communications, Crime, Human Behavior, Management, Psychology, Statistics, Stress, Work, Young Offenders

employee behavior; stress; workplace crime and aggression; fairness; employee theft; dealing with difficult people; employment contracts; psychological contracts; trust/mistrust; contract breaches/broken promises

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Schaller

Mark

Arts

-

Environment, Immigration, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Science

psychological process underlying the advancement of science; psychological processes in the formation of group stereotypes and intergroup prejudice; psychological foundations of culture

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Schultz

Izabela

Education

-

Paralympics, Disabled Persons, Psychology

psychological and neuropsychological aspects of disability

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Schulz

Martin

Sauder School of Business

German

Archives, Business, Computers in Education, Ethics, Europe, Families, Human Behavior, International Studies, Management, Psychology, Sociology, United States

Archives, Bureaucracies, Business, Ethics, Europe, Human Behavior, International Studies, Knowledge, Learning, Management, Organizational Change, Psychology, Rules, Routines, Sociology, Social Change, United States

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Shapka

Jennifer

Education

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Adolescence, Computers in Education, Education, Families, Human Behavior, Internet, Media, Mental Health, Psychology, Technology

Adolescent Development, Social Development, Media, Internet, Cyberbullying and victimization, Online Privacy Behaviours, Parenting,

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Shariff

Aneesa

Counselling Services

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Depression, Families, Human Behavior, Mental Health, Multiculturalism, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Stress, Students, Suicide

mental health, students, anxiety, depression, cross cultural therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, emotional wellbeing, young adults, suicide, stress

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Silk

Tim

Sauder School of Business

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Business, Commerce, Consumers, Management, Marketing, Psychology

consumer behavior, rebates, loyalty reward programs, gift cards, pricing, promotions, branding, public policy, consumer protection

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Skarlicki

Daniel

Sauder School of Business

-

Business, Commerce, Human Behavior, Management, Psychology

perceptions of (un)fairness in organizations, e.g. layoffs, organizational change, recruiting, performance appraisal

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Stewart

S. Evelyn

Medicine

-

Adolescence, Children, Families, Genetics, Mental Health, Psychology

obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, child and adolescent psychiatry, genetics

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Suedfeld

Peter

Arts

Hungarian, Spanish

Human Behavior, Politics, Psychology, Space Exploration, Stress

Decision-making under stress; psychology of extreme environments (polar, space, etc.); genocide; sensory deprivation; flotation tanks; resilience; political psychology

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Tracy

Jessica

Arts

-

Psychology, Olympics, Paralympics

emotion, nonverbal expression, self-conscious emotions (pride, shame), the self, self-esteem, narcissism, trends in psychological science

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Vines

Bradley

Medicine

Spanish

Brain, Human Behavior, Language, Music, Psychology, Speech Sciences

cognitive science, psychology, music, Melodic Intonation Therapy, stroke recovery, neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience of music, neuro-plasticity, music perception and cognition, brain stimulation, manual dexterity

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Walsh

Zach

Arts

-

Addictions, Crime, Drugs, Mental Health, Psychology

psychopathy, domestic violence, borderline personality disorder, criminal violence, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Enhancement Therapy

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Ward

Lawrence

Arts

French but poorly

Brain, Psychology

Consciousness, attention, neural networks, brain regional networks, neural synchrony, stochastic resonance, neural noise

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White

Katherine

Sauder School of Business

-

Advertising, Commerce, Consumers, Ethics, Management, Marketing, Psychology, Sustainability

consumer psychology, sustainability marketing, corporate social responsibility, social influence, ethical consumption, consumer behavior

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Whittal

Maureen

Medicine

-

Psychology

anxiety disorders

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Winstanley

Catharine

Arts

-

Addictions, Brain, Drugs, Mental Health, Psychology

impulsivity, gambling, behavioural neuroscience, frontal cortex, dopamine, serotonin, addiction

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Woodworth

Michael

Forensic Psychololgy

-

Death, Human Behavior, Mental Health, Psychology, Young Offenders

psychopathy, deception, forensic psychology, personality disorders, criminals, abnormal behaviour, homicide, offenders, law, mental health

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Woody

Sheila

Arts

-

Mental Health, Psychology

hoarding, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety, panic

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Xu

Fei

Arts

Mandarin Chinese

Babies, Children, Education, Language, Psychology

infant cognition, cognitive development, language development, word learning, statistical learning in infants and children, developmental psychology, child development, cognitive science

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Zhu

Rui (Juliet)

Sauder School of Business

Chinese

Advertising, Consumers, Environment, Marketing, Music, Psychology

consumer information processing and psychology, advertising research, persuasion, music effect, effects of indoor structural elements on information processing, experiential processing, gender difference, motivation and information processing,

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