Events - 2022

The Psychology Department Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Working Group invites undergraduates to join us for an “Applying to Graduate School in Psychology: Personal Statement Workshop” on Friday, November 11 from 3-4 pm. At this workshop you can learn what makes a compelling personal statement in graduate school applications, and also have a chance to ask any questions you might have about crafting your own personal statement.

Please join us for a Community Education Event at the Kitchener Public Library Central branch (meeting room C) on Thursday October 20, 2022 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. 

Clinical psychology graduate students Mahsa Sadeghi, Jolie Ho, Sarena Daljeet and Kendra Wasson will present a workshop on Mindfulness:

What Does Mindfulness Mean?  Exploring the Science and Practice of Mindfulness

Kevin Capobianco’s thesis is entitled: “Development of an Efficient and Broadly Applicable Measure of Case Conceptualization Quality”

This defence is being held remotely and is only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.

Midori Nishioka's thesis is entitled: “When our co-workers share their unfair experiences, do we believe them? Perceptions of workplace fairness are negatively related to perceived credibility of coworkers’ claims of injustice.”

This defence is being held remotely and is only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.

Rukhsana Merkand's thesis is entitled: “Don’t Ask, I’ll Tell: Investigating Strategy Use During Disability Disclosure at Work.”

This defence is being held remotely and is only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.

Taylor Hudd's thesis is entitled: “Social Anxiety and the Nature and Function of Social Pain.”

This defence is being held remotely and is only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.

Anna Hudson's thesis is entitled: “Examining the neural, behavioural and social responses associated with affective self-referential processing in adults and children.”

This defence is being held remotely and is only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.

Emma Green's thesis is entitled: “What do you think? Associations between social anxiety, mentalizing and social competence in middle childhood.”

This defence is being held remotely and is only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.

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Cameron Smith's thesis is entitled: “Baring Your Soul: The Good, The Bad, and The Bad Again.”

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.