I am a Professor with the Clinical Division of the Psychology Department at the University of Waterloo. My students and I investigate how children learn to communicate and interact successfully with other individuals.
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Janel is the Lab Coordinator of the Cognitive Development Lab, and graduated from the University of Waterloo with a BA in Honours Psychology, and Wilfrid Laurier University with an MSW. In her final year, she conducted an honours thesis investigating the social consequences of errors in communicative perspective-taking in adult populations. Janel also works as a Registered Social Worker and Child, Youth, and Family Therapist.
Elaria holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies from the University of Waterloo. She conducted her thesis under the guidance of Dr. Uzma Rehman and now serves as a Research Coordinator for the Cognitive Development Lab and the Social Development Lab. Elaria's future aspirations include pursuing graduate studies in clinical psychology with a focus on researching socio-emotional development in children and adolescents.
Alanna will be starting her fifth year of the MA/Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology in the Fall of 2019. She is interested in studying how young children learn to work collaboratively with others. Her master's research examined the various influences of children's sharing behaviours, while her doctoral research will be focused on how children learn to take turns with others.
Nicole is in her 5th/6th year of the MA/PhD program in Clinical Psychology. For her doctoral research, she is continuing her line of research investigating how gender and socio-cognitive abilities influence children’s social interactions with peers and performance in competitive environments.
Shirley is in her 6th year of the MA/PhD program in Clinical Psychology. For her Master's research, she investigated different characteristics that influence how adults interpret different statements, namely literal and ironic messages. For her doctoral work, she is interested in examining the factors that are related to the interpretation and usage of prosocial lies.
Celina is in her 5th year of the MA/PhD program in Clinical Psychology. For her doctoral work, she is investigating adolescents’ communication on social media, including what they hope to receive from other users when posting on social media and the individual differences that influence these desires.
Charlotte is in the first year of her PhD Program in Clinical Psychology. Her research program looks at the ways in which parents’ and youths’ ability to consider the perspectives of others relates to youths’ ability to form meaningful social connections in adolescence. For her Master’s thesis, Charlotte examined how parent and youth mentalizing related to youth social ability, and how parents’ ability to respond sensitively to their teenagers changes during times of stress, like COVID-19.
Navya is in her 2nd year in the PharmD program at the University of Waterloo. She started working in the Cognitive Development Lab (CDL) as a co-op student during her undergrad. She continues to work as a part-time research assistant on various projects of graduate students, by helping with testing, coding, and general administrative tasks for the lab. She has a huge passion for cognitive and social psychology and loves to work with children.
Thuvaraka is in her fourth year of Bsc Honors Psychology minoring in Biology. She recently completed her thesis investigating the role of empathy in children’s perception of social robots in the context of teaching.
Barbara is in her fourth year in BA Honors Psychology minoring in Social Development Studies. She is interested in cognitive and clinical psychology, with a target population of children. She helps with recruitment and coding at the lab.
Sarah completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology. Her thesis examined the cognitive factors that relate to children's ability to communicate effectively, in particular to know when additional information is needed to repair a misunderstanding.
Anisha successfully defended her dissertation investigating children and adults' appreciation for the match between a speaker's tone to their conversational partner. She is now a graduate from the University of Waterloo's Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program and recently finished up her residency at BC Children’s Hospital. Anisha is working as a Clinical Psychologist in Vancouver.
Randall successfully defended her dissertation investigating children’s use of verbal/nonverbal cues to determine speaker reliability in June 2015. She is currently completing her residency training and will then pursue work as a clinical psychologist in Vancouver, BC.
Tracy graduated from the University of Waterloo's Clinical Pyschology Ph.D. program and has successfully defended her dissertation which investigated the influence of shyness on children's interpretation of figurative language. Tracy is currently working as a clinical psychologist.
Vanessa successfully defended her dissertation in November 2014. Her research focused on the behavioural and cognitive traits that impacted children’s cooperative behaviours. Once she completes her residency training she will work as a clinical psychologist in London, ON.