PEOPLE
Principal Investigator
GEOFF MACDONALD, PHD
Professor of Psychology
I am a Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto. I hold a B.A. from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo. Prior to coming to Toronto, I was a SSHRC post-doctoral fellow at Wake Forest University and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland.
Graduate Students
ELAINE HOAN
PhD, Year 1
My research interests revolve around how people foster social connection. I am fascinated by how individual differences, like personality traits, can interact with interpersonal factors to sustain well-being in relationships and singlehood. My other interests include how individuals maintain meaning in life, magnanimity, and resilience through social connections.
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SHAYNE SANSCARTIER
PhD, Year 5
I'm interested in both the history of psychology and the sociology of scientific knowledge. My primary research uses text analysis of academic journals to investigate knowledge transmission between psychology departments and business schools. My other lines of work include a historical analysis of the peace psychology movement as well as research on the link between attachment avoidance and internalized stigma in members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Affiliated Graduate Students
SZE YUH NINA WANG
PhD, Year 5
My research applies computational text analysis methods to social psychology, particularly moral and political psychology. I am interested in the moral language used in the realm of politics and surrounding issues like substance use disorders and sexuality.
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Honours Thesis Student
Elisabetta Canaletti
Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Student
Jennifer Belanger
Research Assistants
Akanksha George
Alex Rose
Aliah Janoudy
Angeline Wiseman
Estella Sanchez
Gleb Poliakov
Jaemin Hwang
Jihyun (Paige) Kim
Laura Bustos Rodriguez
Marta Shahezian
Mishel Alexandrovsky
Nathalia Calderon-Carvajal
Netta Halevy
Nour Hakim
Samantha Lau
Sara Jani
Simone Rusu
Valeria Khudiakova
Victoria Zhang
Vikki Pham