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Everyone is welcome to attend the thesis defences below. Please RSVP by emailing psycgrad@sfu.ca.
Maron Demecillo鈥檚 MA Thesis Defence |
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Date: |
Thursday, July 31st |
Location: |
Via Zoom / WAC 2020 (hybrid) |
Time: |
10:00 am (PST) |
Thesis Title: |
Sexual Motives as Mediators of the Association Between Social Anxiety and Sexual Satisfaction in Mixed-Gender Couples |
Defence Chair: |
Dr. Yuthika Girme |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Rebecca Cobb |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Shannon Zaitsoff |
Examiner: |
Dr. Amy Muise, Associate Professor, York University, Department of Psychology |
Jesse Scott's MA Thesis Defence |
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Date: |
Tuesday, August 5th |
Location: |
Via Zoom |
Time: |
2:00 pm (PDT) |
Thesis Title: |
Post-traumatic stress symptoms among at-risk youth: Investigating the joint effect of attachment, caregiver strain, and parent affect dysregulation |
Defence Chair: |
Dr. John McDonald |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Marlene Moretti; Dr. Sebastian Dys |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Joanna Peplak |
Examiner: |
Dr. Megan Ames, Assistant Professor, University of Victoria, Department of Psychology |
Sanam Monjazeb's PhD Dissertation Defence |
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Date: |
Wednesday, August 6th |
Location: |
Via Zoom |
Time: |
4:00 pm (PST) |
Thesis Title: |
Improving Justice Outcomes for Indigenous Peoples: Examining the Utility of a Culturally Integrated Risk Assessment Framework and Implementation Barriers to Culturally Responsive Practice |
Defence Chair: |
Dr. Tom Spalek |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Kevin Douglas |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Ron Roesch; Dr. Tonia Nicholls; Dr. Nicole Muir |
Examiner: |
Dr. Maaike Helmus, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology (SFU); Dr. Stephane M. Shepherd, Professor, Deakin University, Department of Forensic Psychology and Criminology |
Cassia McIntyre's MA Thesis Defence |
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Date: |
Thursday,August 7th |
Location: |
Via Zoom |
Time: |
9:00 am (PDT) |
Thesis Title: |
Conceptualizing coercive control in the contest of intimate partner violence: Scoping the empirical landscape |
Defence Chair: |
Dr. Tom Spalek |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Stephen Hart |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Adele Quigley-McBride; Dr. Randall Kropp |
Examiner: |
Dr. Janet Mosher, Associate Professor, York University, Department of Psychology |
Dana Cochrane's PhD Dissertation Defence |
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Date: |
Monday, August 11th |
Location: |
Via Zoom |
Time: |
8:30 am (PDT) |
Thesis Title: |
Does Intra-Individual Change in Risk Factors and Depression Predict Offending? A Longitudinal Examination in Justice-Involved Youth |
Defence Chair: |
Dr. Neil Watson |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Kevin Douglas |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Stephen Hart; Dr. Catherine Shaffer-McCuish |
Examiner: |
Dr. Zachary Rowan, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology (SFU); Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman, Professor, University of California, Irvine, Department of Psychological Science |
Nicolle Cai's MA Thesis Defence |
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Date: |
Wednesday, August 13th |
Location: |
Via Zoom |
Time: |
10:00 am (PDT) |
Thesis Title: |
Approach and Avoidance Motives as Moderators of the Association between Forgiveness and Relationship Satisfaction |
Defence Chair: |
Dr. Neil Watson |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Rebecca Cobb |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Yuthika Girme |
Examiner: |
Dr. Cheryl Harasymchuk, Professor, Carleton University, Department of Psychology |
Rachelle Yu's PhD Dissertation Defence |
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Date: |
Thursday, August 14th |
Location: |
Via Zoom |
Time: |
1:00 pm (PDT) |
Thesis Title: |
Developmental Trajectories of ADHD Symptoms and Associations with Harmful Behaviours |
Defence Chair: |
Dr. Alyssa Croft |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Robert McMahon; Dr. Natalie Goulter |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Marlene Moretti |
Examiner: |
Dr. Elina Birmingham, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education (SFU); Dr. Steven Evans, Distinguished Professor, Ohio University, Department of Psychology |
Tiara Cash's PhD Dissertation Defence |
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Date: |
Tuesday,August 19th |
Location: |
AQ 3159 |
Time: |
10:00 am (PDT) |
Thesis Title: |
Life Transitions and Well-being: Can prosociality support well-being during challenging times? |
Defence Chair: |
Dr. Mark Blair |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Lara Aknin |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Yuthika Girme; Dr. Michael Schmitt |
Examiner: |
Dr. Rebecca Cox, Professor, Faculty of Education (SFU); Dr. Kristin Layous, Associate Professor, California State University, East Bay, Department of Psychology |
Ekatrina Kiddie's MA Thesis Defence |
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Date: |
Wednesday, August 20th |
Location: |
Via Zoom |
Time: |
8:30 am (PDT) |
Thesis Title: |
The Meaning of Trauma in Trauma-Informed Care: A Scoping Review of Interventions for Justice-Involved Women |
Defence Chair: |
Dr. John McDonald |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Stephen Hart |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Tonia Nicholls; Dr. Shelley Brown |
Examiner: |
Dr. Rosemary Ricciardelli, Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of Sociology and Criminology |
Daniel Derksen's PhD Dissertation Defence |
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Date: |
Thursday, August 21st |
Location: |
WAC 2020 |
Time: |
10:00 am (PDT) |
Thesis Title: |
Investigating the Fluency Account for Truthiness |
Defence Chair: |
Dr. Alyssa Croft |
Supervisor(s): |
Dr. Deborah Connolly |
Committee Member(s): |
Dr. Daniel Bernstein; Dr. Ryan Fitzgerald |
Examiner: |
Dr. Brent McFerran, Professor, Beedie School of Business (SFU); Dr. Steven Lindsay, Professor, University of Victoria, Department of Psychology |