Marc Klippenstine- defended his PhD dissertation entitled, "Perceptions of Sexual Assault: Expectations Regarding the Emotional Response of a Rape Victim", on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 1:00pm in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: W. Struthers, R. Schuller, M. Hynie, L. Visano, D. Pepler, B. Cutler
Gerald Keith - defended his PhD dissertation entitled, "Neural Network Models of the Dynamics of Updating Across saccades", on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 1:00pm in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: M. Fallah, D. Crawford, D. Henriques, J. Wu, R. Wildes, C. Eliasmith.
Laura Berk - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: "If Breast is Best, Why Stop now? Using the Grounded Theory Method to Understand Why Primiparous Mothers Stop Breastfeeding Earlier than Planned", on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 1:00pm in 163 Behavioural Science Building. Examining Committee: D. Rennie, J. Irvine, H. Westra, L. Visano, D. Reid, B. Toner
Vesna Sturman - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: "Coping and Adjustment to Disablity in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury", on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 11:00 am in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: S. MacDonald, Y. Bohr, K. Killian, D, McCann, C. Davis
Faye Doell - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " Enhancing Couples' Communication Through Systemic-Constructivist Couple Therapy:The Relationship Between Marital Listening and Relationship Quality", on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 9:00am in163 Behavioural Science Building. Examining Committee: J. Eastwood, D. Reid, L. Greenberg, J. Pelham, S. Fleming, M. Pancer
Constance Mara - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Paired-Samples Test of Equivalence", on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 2:00pm in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: J. Irvine, R. Cribbie, G. Monette, D. Flora
Lisa Bayrami- defended her PhD dissertation entitled: "Early Identification of Autistic Spectrum Disorders: A Retrospective Analysis of Early Social-Emotional and Communicative Indicators", on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 5:00pm in 163 Behavioural Science Building. Examining Committee: S. Adler, S. Shanker,H. Doan, D. Jopling, I. Silverman, A. Fogel.
Carrie Smith- defended her MA thesis entitled: " Monovision: Consequences for Depth Perception From Small and Large Disparities", on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 2:00pm in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: L. Wilcox, R. Allison, H. Wilson, F. Wilkinson.
Alissa Levy - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " Outcomes in Adolescents and Adults with Autism", on Monday, April 5, 2010 at 10:00am in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: J. Bebko, A. Perry, Y. Bohr, D. Crawford, M. Desrocher, V. Temple.
Carmen Bewell-Weiss - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: "A Brief Motivational Interviewing Intervention as a Prelude to Intensive Eating Disorder Treatment", on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 11:00 am in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: H. Westra, J. Mills, J. Carter, L. Wilcox, K. Fergus, K. von Ranson.
Caroline Mc Isaac-defended her PhD dissertation entitled: "Romantic Experiences and Depressive Problems In Adolescence: An Application of the Developmental Appropriateness Model", on Monday, April 12, 2010 at 12:30pm in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: D. Pepler, J. Connolly, M. Toplak, H.Tamim, M. Wintre, C. Feiring.
April Sullivan -defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " Developmental Trajectories of Young Children with Autism Enrolled in an Intensive Behavioural Intervention Program: What the ABLLS can tell us about their Progress", on Monday, April 12, 2010 at 2:00pm in102 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: J. Bebko, A. Perry, N. Freeman, C. Mayer, S. MacDonald, M. Feldman.
Lindsay Ayearst- defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " The Creation and Construct Validity of MMPI-2 RF Based Personality Disorder Scales", on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 10:00am in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: P. Kohn, D. Flora, M. Bagby, M. Singh, R. Mar, J. Tackett.
Vanessa Harrar - defended her PhD dissertation entitled :" Is Touch Coded in a Visual Reference Frame?", on Monday, April 19, 2010 at 2:00pm in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee:J. Steeves, D. Henriques, L. Harris, L. Sergio, W. Gage, J. Kennedy.
Rejeanne Dupuis - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " Nursing Leadership in Palliative Care: The Point of View of Committed and Experienced Nurse Leaders", on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 10:00am in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: N. Johnston, R. Cohen, P. Ritvo, C. Arden, J. Irvine, A. Matthew.
Longena Ng - defended her Phd dissertation entitled: " Cue-reactivity and Attention in Binge Eating Disorder", on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 10:00am in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee:S. Murtha, C. Davis, H. Westra, J. Kuk, G. Monnette, P. Colton.
Lise McLewin - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " Exploration of Factors Influencing the Early Therapeutic Alliance in a Treatment Program for Child Trauma", on Monday, May 3, 2010 at 10:00am in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: M. Desrocher, R. Muller, Y. Bohr, P. Millett, J. Eastwood, S. Paivio.
James Stieben - defended his PhD dissertation entitled: " Neuropsychological Mechanisms of Emotion Regulation for Subtypes of Externalizing Children", on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 10:30am in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: M. Desrocher, D. Pepler, M. Lewis, S. Gaetz, M. Toplak, L. Schmidt.
Guilia Zucal - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Social Competence in 22 Month Old Infants: The Role of Infant Joint Attention, Emotion Regulation and Temperament", on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 10:00 am in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: D. Flora, M. Legerstee, J. Fraser-Thomas, M. Desrocher.
Michael Prentice -defended his MA thesis entitled: " Threat, Low Hope, and Defensive Belief in Luck", on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 10:30 am in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: R. Mar, I. McGregor, P. Drake, M. Mongrain.
Adele Goldberg - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: "Heterosexual Romantic Activities in Early Adolescence: Longitudinal Analysis of Multiple and Bidirectional Influences with Parents and Peers", on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 2:30pm in278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: D. Pepler, J. Connolly, M. Wintre, H. Tamim, J. Rewana, D. Markiewicz.
Jessica Van Exan - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " The Dieter’s Dilemma: Understanding Food Choice Behaviour in Female Restrained Eaters", on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 10:00am in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: J. Goldberg, J. Mills, D. Pepler, G. Malszecki, M. Desrocher, R. Davis.
Ryan Barnhart - defended his MA thesis entitled: "The Null Hypothesis Significance Testing Controversy: Why do we Still Use NHST?", on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 9:30 am in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: C. Green, A. Rutherford, M. Ornstein, M. Pettit.
Andrea Martin -defended her PhD dissertation entitled: "An exploration of Placebo Analgesia: From Mechanisms of Action to the Ethics of Placebo Experimentation", on Monday, June 14, 2010 at 1:00 pm in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: J. Irvine, J. Katz, P. Ritvo, J. Baker, M. Pettit, C. Chambers.
Joana K. Q. Katter -defended her MA thesis entitled: "The Influence of Resilience on Stress and Appraisals of Threat and Challenge", on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 2:00pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: M. Hynie, E. Greenglass, B. Pilkington, G. Fleet.
Janine Hubbard- defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " Psychosocial Functioning in Children and Adolescents Wearing Myoelectric Prostheses", on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 2:30pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: D. Pepler, R. Muller, J. Bebko, C. Wien, A. Perry, P. Minnes.
Cheryl Fernandes - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: "The Experience of Parenting in Patients with Haematological Cancer and their Spouses", on Wednesday, June 24, 2010 at 9:00am in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: J. Weiss, R. Muller, G. Rodin, R. Steele, J. Bebko, R. Maunder.
Kira Bucca - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Sex Bias in Visual Preferences for Faces and Hindquarters in Female Macaques", on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 10:00am in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: S. MacDonald, K. Hoffman, L. Sergio, J. DeSouza.
Abbie Solish - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: "Parents' Involvement in Behavioural Intervention for their Children with Autism", on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 1:00pm in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: M. Desrocher , A. Perry, M. Toplak, M. Fallah, J. Goldberg, L. LaRose.
Kathleen Walton Smith - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: "Integrated Neural Model of Syllogistic Reasoning, Incorporating the Effects of Sequentially-and Concurrently-Presented Emotion", on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 2:00pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: N. Cepeda, V. Goel, M. Toplak, J. Pelham, S. Murtha, I. Blanchette.
Bravina Balachandar - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Cognitive Outcomes In Individuals With A History Of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)", on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 2:00pm in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: M. Desrocher, C. Till, A. Macpherson, J. Weiss.
Noelia Vásquez - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " Adding a Point of View to Fantasies: The Role of Visual Perspective in Fantasy Realization Theory ", on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 10:00am in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: W. Struthers, D. McCann, R. Mar, P. Ritvo, K. Kawakami, R. Holden.
Andy H. Ng - defended his MA thesis entitled: " Culture Differences in Attitudinal Ambivalence and Attitude Pliability", on Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 2:00 pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: R. Lalonde, M. Hynie, P. Darke, Y. Bohr.
Krista Davis-defended her MA thesis entitled: "The Right To Silence: Investigating The Comprehensibility of Canada's Police Caution", on Friday, July 30, 2010 at 10:00 am in room C202 C Wing, Glendon Campus. Examining Committee: R. Schuller, T. Moore, D. Spring, M. Desrocher.
Samantha Fuss - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Persistent Pain in a Community-Based Sample of Children and Adolescents", on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 1:00 pm in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: J. Weiss, J. Katz, P. Ritvo, M. Desrocher.
Urszula Hogue - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " Childhood Externalizing Behaviour and Parent-Child Interaction: Associations Among Cortisol Reactivity, Emotion, Child and Parent Psychopathology", on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 2:00 pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: M. Desrocher, D. Pepler, I. Granic, H. Jenkin, T. Vaillancourt.
Nidhi Luthra - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Family Impact of Raising a Child with Autism Across Families From Different Cultures", on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 10:00 am in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: J. Rawana, A. Perry, S. Maiter, T. Moore.
Amanda Stewart - defended her MA thesis entitled: " The Role of Self-Concept Clarity in the Quality and Content of Autobiographical Memory in Emerging Adulthood", on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 1:00pm in 328A Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: M. Hynie, M. Desrosher, N. Israelite, A. Rutherford.
Genevieve Vrana - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Changing Emotion with Emotion Versus Changing Emotion with Cognition: A Therapy Analogue Study", on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 3:00pm in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: A. Pos, L. Greenberg, C. Wien, M. Mongrain.
Aileen Chau -defended her MA thesis entitled: " Prefontal Cortex Involvement in Joke Detection and Appreciation", on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 1:00 pm in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: W. Heinrichs, V. Goel, V. Gottschling, M. Desrocher.
Joanna Rajchel - defended her MA thesis entitled: "Feature Processing, Illusory Conjunctions and Long-term Memory in Early Infancy", on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 1:00pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: J. DeSouza, S. Adler, S. Shanker, J. Bebko.
Hein Nguyen - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Risk and Protective Predictors of Depression Trajectories Among Adolescents From Immigrant Backgrounds", on Friday August 20, 2010 at 1:00 pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: D. Flora, J. Rewana. J. Fraser-Thomas, J. Connolly.
Kristen Adams - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: "Therapist Influence on Depressed Clients' Therapeutic Experiencing and Outcome", on Monday, August 23, 2010 at 9:00 am in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: L. Angus. J. Eastwood, L. Greenberg, S. Alsop, S. Toukmanian, S. Paivio.
Helen Macaulay -defended her PhD dissertation entitled: "A Comparison of Narrative Process Sequences in Cognitive Behavioural and Emotion-Focused Therapies for Depression", on Monday, August 23, 2010 at 2:00pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: S. Toukmanian, L. Angus, L. Greenberg, L. Visano, H. Westra, A. Pascual-Leone.
Ashley Curtis - defended her MA thesis entitled: "Attention and Visual Short-term Memory Across the Lifespan: Effects of Cross-modal Cueing", on Monday, August 23, 2010 at 10:00am in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: R. Murray, S. Murtha, J. Baker, M. Fallah.
Janet Kaldas -defended her MA thesis entitled: " Perfectionism, Dependency, Shame, and Stress within the context of Evaluative Threat", on Monday, August 23, 2010 at 10:00 am in 328A Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee:M. Mongrain, G. Flett, S. MacDonald, L. Visano, B. Pilkington.
Karen Wong - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Early Alliance Formation in Experiential Therapy for Depression: The Influence of Interpersonal Processes", on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 11:00 am in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: J. Eastwood,A. Pos, M. Waller, L. Angus.
Taryn Nepon - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Perfectionism, Negative Social Feedback and Interpersonal Rumination in Depression and Social Anxiety", on Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 10:00am in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: D. McCann, G. Flett, P. Safai, A. Pos.
Evelina Lou - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Bicultural Conflict: How Emotions can Shape Cultural Values in Chinese Canadians", on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 2:00 pm in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: R. Mar, R. Lalonde, A. Kim, D. McCann.
Adi Aviram -defended her MA thesis entitled: " The Impact of Motivational Interviewing on Resistance in Cognitive - Behavioural Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorders: A Process Analysis", on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 11:30 am in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: J. Eastwood, H. Westra, B. Pilkington, K. Fergus.
Lila Hakim -defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " A Comparative Analysis of the Qualities of Therapists’ Communications in Three Empirically-Supported Psychotherapies", on Friday, September 10, 2010 at 1:00pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: D. Rennie, L. Angus, S. Toukmanian, L. Visano, K. Fergus, S. Paivio.
Kristin Thornback - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Change in Parent-Child Discordance in Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy", on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 12:00 pm in 014A Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: R. Cribbie, R. Muller, K. Swift, J. Weiss.
Mirisse Foroughe - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " Examining Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents With Restricting Eating Disorders", on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 2:00 pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: J. Mills, M. Desrocher, C. Davis, A. LaFrance, A. O'Reilly, A. Perry, K. Jasper.
Sadia Zafar - defended her MA thesis entitled: "Stereotypes of Child Sexual Abuse Survivors", on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 10:00 am in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: R. Schuller, E. Ross, K. Killian, A. Rutherford.
Sabrina Hassan- defended her MA thesis entitled:" Perfectionism, Distress Intolerance, Emotional Self-Efficacy, and Psychological Distress: An Analysis of Emotional Perfectionism", on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 10:00 am in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: L. Angus, G Flett, L. Visano, J. Irvine.
Adria Hoover - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Sound Localization in Human Observers Who Lost One Eye Early In Life", on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 10:00 am in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: L. Harris, J. Steeves, D. Henriques, S. MacDonald.
Tatyana Misik - defended her MA thesis entitled: "Impact of Gender Stereotypes and Complainant Ethnicity on Mock Jurors' Evaluation of a Sexual Assault", on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 1:30pm in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: M. Hynie, R. Schuller, L. Visano, E. Ross.
Odilia Yim - defended her MA thesis entitled: " The Relationship Between Code-Switching and Task Switching in Cantonese-English Bilinguals", on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 2:00 pm in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: R. Lalonde, E. Bialystok, P. Angermeyer, N. Cepeda.
Donna Kwan - defended her MA thesis entitled: " Examining the Development of Mental Time Travel and its Role in Time-Based Thinking", on Friday, November 5, 2010 at 1:00 pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: R. Mar, S. Rosenbaum. K. Andrews, C. Till.
Matthew Sigal - defended his MA thesis entitled: " APA Style: The Development of Publication Standards for American Psychology, 1900-1952", on Monday, November 8, 2010 at 10:30 am in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee: C. Green, M. Pettit, K. Kroker, A. Rutherford.
Laura Pynn -defended her MA thesis entitled: "The Effect of Attention on Unisensory & Multisensory Processing in the Parieto-Frontatal Network", on Monday, November 22, 2010 at 1:00pm in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee:N. Cepeda, J. DeSouza, L. Sergio, R. Mar.
Chang Su - defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " A Cross-Cultural Study on the Experience and Self-regulation of Shame and Guilt", on Friday, November 26, 2010 at 11:00 am in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: R. Lalonde, M. Desrocher, M. Hynie, A. Kim, S. MacDonald, S. Safdar.
Jennifer Lewin -defended her PhD dissertation entitled: " The Importance of Emotional – Reflexive Patterns for Productive Experiential Therapy: A Narrative Analysis of Emotion-Focused and Client-Centred Psychotherapy",on Friday, November 26, 2010 at 2:00 pm in 278 York Lanes. Examining Committee:L. Greenberg, L. Angus, D. Reid, J. Pelham, R. Muller, C. Classen.
Zdravko Marjanovic - defended his PhD dissertation entitled: " Sucking Out The Poison: Novel Approaches for Identifying Random Responders in Self-Report Questionnaire Data", on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 2:30 pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: D. Flora, E. Greenglass, R. Cribbie, C. Bell, R. Mar, F. Sirois.
Dilys Haner- defended her MA thesis entitled: "Adolescent Experiences of Confidential Internet Counselling at Kids Help Phone", on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 10:00 am in 232 York Lanes. Examining Committee: M. Desrocher, D. Pepler, J. Jenson, R. Muller.
Melina Condren -defended her MA thesis entitled: " The Effects of Perceived Emotional Support on Minority Stress in Lesbians and Gay Men", on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 3:00 pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: E. Ross, E. Greenglass, I. Daiski, D. Wiesenthal.
James Roseborough - will defend his MA thesis entitled: " Narcissism and the Belief in an Unjust World: The Influence of Personality on Perceptions of Injustice, Driving Anger, and Aggressive Driving", on Monday, December 13, 2010 at 2:00 pm in 232 York Lanes. Examining Committee: G. Flett, D. Wiesenthal, R. Cribbie, L. Ripley, E. Greenglass.
Christina Balioussis - will defend her PhD dissertation entitled: " The Development of Narrative and Persuasive Writing: Links to Mental Attention, Executive Function, and Oral Production", on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 12:00 pm in 232 York Lanes. Examining Committee: E. Bialystok, J. Johnson, J. Pascual-Leone, J. Bell, R. Mar, R. Martinussen.
Effie Avgoustis -will defend her PhD dissertation entitled: " The Developmental Course of Physical Aggression and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: Predictors of Trajectory Group Membership", on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 1:00 pm in163 Behavioural Sciences Building. Examining Committee: M. Desrocher, J. Rawana, D. Pepler, K. Killian, H. Jenkin, Z. Marini.