| Interests | |
|---|---|
| Bob Brandes Academic Coordinator |
counselling, cultural psychology, communication, and decision-making / critical thinking |
| Dr. Andrew Chiarella Academic Coordinator |
educational technology, particularly social software; educational psychology, cognition and instruction; distributed cognition; the interdisciplinary fields of the learning sciences and cognitive sciences |
| Dr. Louis Svenningsen Academic Coordinator |
career development; personalized and digital teaching; learning online course design for developing critical thinking |
| Dr. Linda Chmiliar Associate Professor |
learning disabilities, social skills instruction, collaborating with parents, and augmentative communication. I am very excited about the Diploma in Inclusive Education as I believe it offers individuals a great opportunity to increase their skills and knowledge in the area of working with special needs students in regular education settings |
| Dr. Trevor Gilbert Associate Professor |
psychological and neurodegenerative disorders, epilepsy and anticonvulsant drugs, kindling, neuropsychopharmacology, educational technology, and online learning |
| Dr. Bob Heller Associate Professor |
language; memory; aging; technology in teaching |
| Dr. Cheryl Kier Associate Professor |
child and adolescent development, family interaction, learning styles, racism and discrimination |
| Dr. Cheuk Ng Associate Professor |
environmental psychology; environment-behaviour interactions in residential, work, and retail settings; telework; cross-cultural issues; immigrant acculturation |
| Dr. Kharah M. Ross Assistant Professor |
health psychology, psychoneuroimmunology, maternal-child health, close relationship quality, health disparities |
| Dr. Faria Sana Associate Professor |
categorization, comparison, metaphor processing, exemplar-based learning and compound processing |
Updated January 06 2020 by Student & Academic Services
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