Faculty of Arts

Our Faculty

Department Chair

Dr. Catherine OrtnerChair - Psychology

Whether in the classroom or in the lab, what I love most about teaching is witnessing students connect with psychology - whether they have found a topic that is their passion, are feeling the satisfaction of having worked through...

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Faculty

Dr. Serena GeorgeAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Serena GeorgeAssistant Teaching Professor

Dr. Serena George (she/her) holds a BA, MEd, and PhD. She is a counselling practitioner who works from a trauma-informed lens to empower and connect with others in their healing journeys. Dr. George is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with...

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Dr. Claudia GonzalezAssistant Professor

My primary research aims are to provide further understanding of the factors that affect cognitive and visuomotor function across healthy aging populations and in disease (such as mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease and others), by implementing a variety of...

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Jacqueline KampmanAssociate Teaching Professor
Dr. Jenni KarlAssociate Professor

My long-term research goal is to determine how skilled hand and mouth movements are organized in the human brain. I am especially interested in how these movements and their underlying neural substrates arose through evolution, are established during...

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Dr. Chris MontoyaAssociate Teaching Professor
Dr. Gul-e-Rana MuftiAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Catherine OrtnerChair - Psychology

Whether in the classroom or in the lab, what I love most about teaching is witnessing students connect with psychology - whether they have found a topic that is their passion, are feeling the satisfaction of having worked through...

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Dr. David O’NeillAssociate Teaching Professor
Dr. Patricia ParkerAssistant Professor

My research focuses on motivation and psychosocial factors in a variety of populations and settings (e.g., education, sport, health). I am interested in learning how to best support individuals encountering various setbacks through adaptive strategies and interventions.

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Dr. Heather PriceProfessor

My research is designed to facilitate children's (and other witness') participation in the justice system by better understanding how witnesses remember and report their experiences. I conduct basic laboratory experiments on memory and social behaviours, as well as field...

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Denise WeisgerberAssistant Teaching Professor

University Instructors & Sessionals

Lab Technician

Hayleigh ArmstrongLab Technician