THE TEAM

Dr. Gordon Hodson
​Fellow of APS, SESP, SPSP
BIAS Lab Director

​Dr. Hodson is a Professor of Psychology at Brock University (Canada). He currently serves editorial journal duties at ERSP (Editor-in-Chief) . He was formerly an Associate Editor at the JESP and GPIR, and presently serves the Editorial Boards of GPIR, EJSP and JTSP. He was awarded the Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence (Brock University) 2015-2018. 

A paper by Ioannidis et al. (2019) lists Gordon Hodson as among the “top scientists” internationally based on citations. (see specific table for 2017 statistics).

ORCID ID  Google Scholar

​Dr. Hodson writes a column called "Without Prejudice" at Psychology Today.  

Twitter: @GordonHodsonPhD 

Megan Earle, MA
PhD Student

 Megan is interested in individual difference predictors of and contextual influences on prejudice (sexism, racism). Her research has focused on political ideology, perceptions of diversity and social change, news media, intergroup contact, and attitudes relevant to non-human animals.

Megan has experience in conducting cross-sectional, experimental, longitudinal, and multilevel research, and enjoys expanding her expertise in different methodological/analytical approaches and software. Her work is currently funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Personal Webpage  Twitter: @MeganEarle4
ORCID ID  Google Scholar 


Recipient of the 2015-2016 Jack M. Miller Excellence in Research Award (MA) and 2019-2020 (PhD). 
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Elvira Prusaczyk, MA
PhD student

Elvira's dissertation focuses on the impact of pornography on sexual objectification, sexual harassment, and mental health. Her other research streams explore sexism-related topics, including predictors of abortion opposition, internalization and acceptance of sexist communications (e.g., jokes), prejudice against non-gender conforming people, and self-objectification among non-White women.

Broadly, Elvira is interested in how both higher and lower status group members maintain hierarchies, focusing on relevant individual differences in system justification. Moreover, Elvira’s goal is to understand psychological phenomena and test interventions that may reduce prejudice and discrimination. 

​Elvira values transparency and Open Science. She has experience with cross-sectional, experimental, and multilevel research. She previously held an Ontario Women's Health Scholar Award  and currently holds an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

Personal Webpage 
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0252-4978
Twitter: @ElviraPrusaczyk

Nadia Ganesh, BA
MA student 

Nadia is interested in exploring intersectionality within the realm of prejudice and discrimination research. She is especially interested in studying the extent to which people who are members of multiple marginalized communities face unique discrimination compared to people who are members of one or no marginalized communities. Nadia is also interested in researching the extent to which individual differences (e.g., sexism, racism, etc.) predict prejudice and discrimination towards marginalized groups. Her current research examines the degree to which Women of Colour are discriminated against when accessing healthcare services.  
  
Her research is currently funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). 

BA Honours Thesis Students (2021-2022)

Eva Rocca

​Eva is interested in sex- and gender-based prejudice and discrimination. Particularly, she is interested in the role of emotion and legitimizing ideologies in predicting sexism, with a special interest in the phenomenon of belief in a just world.

​In addition, Eva is interested in the oppressive nature of benevolent sexism, and how these evaluations of gender contribute to the maintenance of gender inequalities in society.

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Hanna Puffer

Hanna is interested in the ways in which people are discriminated against based on the intersection of their various identities (i.e., race, sexuality, gender) and the ways in which the unique identities of individuals affect their lived experiences.

​Hanna is also interested in exploring the individual factors that contribute to and predict a person’s participation in discriminatory beliefs and behaviours.  

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Visiting Scholars

Vera Kaiser (International MSc student, Germany). Spring term 2020

​• Research Interests: Intergroup relations, human-animal relations/speciesism, feminism/sexism, social injustice, discrimination and ideologies. 
• Lab: (Prof. Frank Asbrock)
• University: Technische Universität Chemnitz (University of Technology Chemnitz)

​Researchgate Page
Twitter​​: @very_kaiser

Match-of-Minds Scholar (Summer 2020)

Kaileigh Schenck

Graduate Student Lab Affiliates

Valerie Plante-Brisebois (Rothwell) (Advisor: Dr. Shulman)

Caitlyn Gallant (Advisor: Dr. Good)

Research Assistants (2021-2022)

Kaileigh Schenck

Jasmine Gagnon

Elizabeth Cyr

Amanda White

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Lab Alumni

Former Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
​(Supervised by Dr. Hodson)

Kimberly Costello, PhD

After earning her PhD in the lab  in 2012, Kimberly became a professor at Humber College. She is presently a professor at Mohawk College.

​Her research focuses on dehumanization and speciesism. Her PhD thesis developed the Interspecies Model of Prejudice (see Costello & Hodson, 2014a, 2014b; Hodson & Costello, 2012, in press). 

Cara MacInnis, PhD

After earning her PhD in the lab in 2013, Cara held a SSHRC-funded postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto, working with Dr. Liz Page-Gould. Cara is presently an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. 

​Cara was awarded the 2016 SPSSI Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations award for MacInnis & Page-Gould (2015, Perspectives).  ​Click here for Cara's webpage. 
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Mark Hoffarth, PhD

Mark earned his PhD in the lab in 2017, and then pursued an NSF-funded postdoctoral fellowship at New York University (NYU) under the supervision of Dr. John Jost. As of autumn 2019 he will be a Visiting Professor at Wesleyan University. 

​While in the lab Mark was awarded the APA Division 34 best graduate student paper for Hoffarth & Hodson (2016, JEP), and his PhD was published at JPSP (Hoffarth, Hodson, & Molnar, 2018).  ​Click here for Mark's ResearchGate page

Nour Kteily, PhD

Nour earned his PhD at Harvard with Dr. Jim Sidanius, then a SSHRC-funded postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Hodson. His main postdoc project (Kteily, Hodson, & Bruneau, 2016, JPSP) introduced meta-dehumanization (feeling dehumanized by others).  ​Nour was recognized as an APS Rising Star in 2016, and a 2018 Sage Young Scholar. He is presently an Associate Professor at the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern). ​Click here for Nour's website. 

Beenish Khan, MA

For her MA Beenish explored the role of (low) empathy in explaining prejudice. 
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PJ Sangalang, MA

After graduation, PJ transitioned into a corporate trainer role in the pre-employment industry, and is currently Head of Training and Development. Whilst primarily focused on hands-on training and teaching, he has also assisted in large scale corporate due diligence projects as well as assisting in database transitions used by his clients. He is currently in living in Surrey, England, and has lived in the UK since 2008. ​

CONVOCATIONS!
​Click here for images of past convocations/graduations from the lab. 

Past Honours Thesis Students 
(Rotating Picture Gallery)

Past Research Assistants & Co-op Students
Rotating Picture Gallery

Former Graduate Student Affiliates

Becky Choma, PhD

Becky earned her PhD under the supervision of Dr. Carolyn Hafer, after which she pursued a SSHRC-funded postdoc at York (with Dr. Kerry Kawakami) and at Wilfrid Laurier (with Dr. Mindi Foster). Becky is presently an Associate Professor at Ryerson University.​​Becky was awarded the CPA New Researcher award. ​Click here for her website.  ORCID ID

Paul Adachi, PhD

Paul earned his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Teena Willoughby. He then pursued a SSHRC-Banting postdoctoral fellow at the University of Rochester with Drs. Richard Ryan and Edward Deci. ​ In 2017 he was awarded the APA Division 46 (media psychology) award for Distinguished Scientific contributions. ​Paul's Google page can be found here. ​

Malvina Skorska, PhD

Malvina earned her PhD under the supervision of Dr. Tony Bogaert. She is presently a postdoctoral fellow at CAMH in Toronto on a  CIHR-funded postdoc position. When in the Brock Laboratory of Intergroup Processes, Malvina published two papers (Hodson & Skorska, 2015; Skorska et al., 2018) on prejudice-related topics. Malvina's ResearchGate page can be found here, and her personal webpage can be found here. 

Mary MacLean, PhD

Mary earned her PhD at Brock under the supervision of Dr. Karen Arnell. She is presently a postdoctoral researcher at UC Santa Barbara. 

Visiting Scholars

Kristof Dhont, PhD

Kristof is a key collaborator of the lab, and is a frequent visitor (2013, 2016, 2019). Kristof is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the University of Kent. His website can be found here.  ORCID ID

Megan Earle, Elvira Prusaczyk, Gordon Hodson, Kristof Dhont, Alina Salmen, Victoria Krings (left to right). Interlab collaboration April 2019