THE TEAM
Dr. Gordon Hodson
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Elvira Prusaczyk, MA
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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).
Her research is currently funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Hanna Puffer (BA)
MA Student
Hanna is interested in studying sexism, anti-LGBT+ bias, among other forms of prejudice. She has a research interest in attitudes toward transactional sex. Hanna's MA research is examining intergroup contact as a tool to reduce prejudice.
MA Student
Hanna is interested in studying sexism, anti-LGBT+ bias, among other forms of prejudice. She has a research interest in attitudes toward transactional sex. Hanna's MA research is examining intergroup contact as a tool to reduce prejudice.
BA Honours Thesis Students (2022-2023)
Azreen Rasna
Azreen is interested in prejudicial attitudes related to religious identification and stereotypes.
Lyndsey Howell
Lyndsey is interested in a wide range of prejudices.
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Deborah Shulman, PhD
Deborah is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of East Anglia (UK) co-supervised by Rose Meleady, Richard Crisp, and Gordon Hodson.
Deborah's work broadly focuses on the psychology of intergroup relations. Her current research explores whether, and under what conditions, intergroup contact can encourage more flexible and creative ways of thinking.
Deborah's overarching goal is to develop evidence-based psychological interventions that have the potential to benefit society. In her PhD (supervised by Eran Halperin, Michal Reifen-Tagar, & Thomas Kessler), Deborah has developed and tested interventions to reduce support for ingroup harmdoing toward outgroup members, primarily in the context of violent intergroup conflict. Deborah is also interested in understanding the role of moral identity, moral emotions, and moral reasoning as both barriers and facilitators of attitude and behavioural change.
Follow on Google scholar; Twitter @DeborahShulman
Deborah is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of East Anglia (UK) co-supervised by Rose Meleady, Richard Crisp, and Gordon Hodson.
Deborah's work broadly focuses on the psychology of intergroup relations. Her current research explores whether, and under what conditions, intergroup contact can encourage more flexible and creative ways of thinking.
Deborah's overarching goal is to develop evidence-based psychological interventions that have the potential to benefit society. In her PhD (supervised by Eran Halperin, Michal Reifen-Tagar, & Thomas Kessler), Deborah has developed and tested interventions to reduce support for ingroup harmdoing toward outgroup members, primarily in the context of violent intergroup conflict. Deborah is also interested in understanding the role of moral identity, moral emotions, and moral reasoning as both barriers and facilitators of attitude and behavioural change.
Follow on Google scholar; Twitter @DeborahShulman
Research Assistants (2022-2023)
Kaileigh Schenck
Brianne Grandmont
Sara Palewicz
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Grace-Anna Piett
Amanda White
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Lab Alumni
Former Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
(Supervised by Dr. Hodson)
(Supervised by Dr. Hodson)
Kimberly Costello, PhDAfter 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, PhDAfter 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 was an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary, and is now an Assistant Professor at Acadia University.
Cara was awarded the 2016 SPSSI Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations award for MacInnis & Page-Gould (2015, Perspectives). Click here for Cara's webpage. |
Mark Hoffarth, PhDMark 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. In autumn 2019 he was a Visiting Professor at Wesleyan University. He is presently working in industry.
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 |
Megan Earle, PhD
Megan earned her PhD in the autumn of 2021. She is currently a data scientist at the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR), one of Canada’s oldest housing rights non-profit organizations.
Nour Kteily, PhDNour 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 a (Full) Professor at the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern). Click here for Nour's website.
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Beenish Khan, MAFor her MA Beenish explored the role of (low) empathy in explaining prejudice.
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PJ Sangalang, MAAfter 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.
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CONVOCATIONS!
Click here for images of past convocations/graduations from the lab.
Click here for images of past convocations/graduations from the lab.
Past Honours Thesis Students
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Past Research Assistants & Co-op Students
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Former Graduate Student Affiliates
Becky Choma, PhDBecky 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
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Paul Adachi, PhDPaul 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.
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Malvina Skorska, PhDMalvina 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.
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Mary MacLean, PhDMary earned her PhD at Brock under the supervision of Dr. Karen Arnell. She is presently a postdoctoral researcher at UC Santa Barbara.
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Caitlyn Gallant, PhD
Caitlyn earned her PhD under the supervision of Dr. Dawn Good. She conducted research with Dr. Hodson during her PhD. Caitlyn is currently a postdoctoral fellow at York University (Canada) |
Valerie Rothwell, MA Valerie earned her BA thesis in the BIAS lab (and published her thesis!); she later earned her MA under supervision of Liz Shulman. |
Visiting Scholars
Kristof Dhont, PhD |
Megan Earle, Elvira Prusaczyk, Gordon Hodson, Kristof Dhont, Alina Salmen, Victoria Krings (left to right). Interlab collaboration April 2019
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