{"id":157,"date":"2021-07-04T13:14:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T17:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/health\/research\/spdev\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:56:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:56:50","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/health\/research\/sp\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Erik Allen (Steele; PhD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Social cognition, stereotypes and prejudice, group biases, facial recognition, memory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mina Aryaie<\/strong> (White; PhD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> I am interested in the belief in supernatural phenomena in relation to other cultures and religious practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jonathan Bridekirk (Hynie; PhD)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Social and positive psychology; exploring how motivation can improve social and cognitive development; community-based research, engagement and outreach; refugee experiences and access to Canadian education and resource generation; inclusion in education; examining methods of human flourishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Courtney Chan<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (Kawakami; PhD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Implicit bias (particularly in the context of racial prejudice), emotions, social categorization, and impression management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Patricia Colaco (Steele; MA)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Social cognition, implicit bias, stereotypes, and social categorization<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alyssa DeBlaere (Muise; MA)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> romantic relationships, social attitudes, gender roles, gender inequality, and relationship well-being<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | <\/a>Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emily Drisdelle (Cheng; MA)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Competition, cooperation, social hierarchy, leadership, nonverbal signaling, and dominance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | <\/a>Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rebecca J. Dunk (Mar; PhD)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> The relationship between culture and storytelling, public perceptions of the justice system, self-reflection, and beliefs about wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-<\/a>m<\/a>ail<\/a> | <\/a>Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Graziela Farias Martelli (White; PhD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: <\/strong>Cultural research in general, in particular faith and beliefs and the ways they interact with culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chantelle Ivanski (Mar; PhD)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Feminist psychology; parents who experience regret around having children; women in media; romance novels; sex positivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Katarina Kovacevic (Muise; PhD)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Factors relating to optimal sexual functioning within relationships and its impact on relationship quality and individual wellbeing and satisfaction; integration of variant sexual preferences and practices within romantic relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jingyuan (Sophie) Li (Struthers; PhD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Interpersonal transgression and victims\u2019 post transgression responses, particularly, grudge holding; emotions; empathy and prosocial behaviours<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aubrey Peregrino (Struthers; MA)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Components of transgressions such as apologies, non-apologies, and post transgression responses, particularly, revenge seeking; the role of power in interpersonal interactions; anger; aggression; morality; dark traits<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stephanie Raposo (Muise; PhD)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Sexual desire and satisfaction in relationships, self-expansion, sexual exchange, and long-term romantic relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kayla Robinson (Steele; MA)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Implicit\/explicit biases, development and maintenance of biases in adolescence, social cognition, and early bias intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | W<\/a>e<\/a>bsite<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lilly Shoemaker (Mar; MA)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> women-focused media, romance novels, erotic literature, open research and science practices, and research accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Miranda Too (Cheng; PhD)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Economic stress, goals and motivation, self-control, consumer psychology, time perspective, organizational psychology, leadership, ethical and prosocial behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hannah Tran (Kawakami; PhD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: <\/strong>Social categorization, intergroup relations, prejudice, race and ethnicity, social norms <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eric Tu (Muise; PhD)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Initiation of romantic relationships, early relationships, maintenance of relationship and sexual satisfaction over time, and friendships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Akshita Uppot (Muise; MA)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Romantic relationships, sexual well-being, implicit relationships and sexual beliefs, motivations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | W<\/a>ebsite<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kaiwen (Kev) Zhou (Kawakami; PhD)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests:<\/strong> Intergroup perception and indicative oculomotor movements; social neuroscience; automaticity and self-regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Links: E-mail<\/a> | Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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