Lab Members

I am a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Waterloo. I completed my B.Sc. in Psychology at McMaster University and my Ph.D. in Human Development at the University of Maryland-College Park. I joined the faculty at UW in July 2014.

Serena McDiarmid is a fourth-year doctoral candidate and Vanier Scholar with the Social Development Lab. Serena graduated with a BSc. Hons. in Health Studies & Gerontology from UW, a BEd. from Wilfrid Laurier University's Faculty of Education, and a MASc in Developmental & Communication Science from the UW.

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 Social Development Lab and the Cognitive 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.

Sarah is a PhD student in Developmental Psychology at the University of Waterloo. She completed the MASc program in 2021. Sarah earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Mount Allison University in 2019, where she returned to complete her Honours Certificate in Psychology in 2020.

Nadine completed her Bachelor of Science in Health Studies and a minor in Psychology at the University of Waterloo. She is currently completing her MA in Developmental Psychology, co-supervised by Dr. Heather Henderson and Dr. Stephanie Denison. Her research uses mobile eye-tracking to examine parent and child problem-solving and joint attention during challenging tasks.

4B, Honours Arts and Business, Psychology Co-op.

Sucheta's honours thesis aims to investigate how shyness in children affects peer perception and whether effective conversational skills in shy children serves as a protective factor when evaluated by their peers.

4B Honours Arts, Psychology Co-op, with Research Intensive Specialization and Legal Studies Minor.

Cali is conducting research on the association between self-referential processing and social competence in 9- to 12-year-old children and whether this association is mediated by affective theory of mind abilities.