The following is a listing of faculty members in the MEd Concentrations in Educational Psychology program. All academic staff.
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Alain BreuleuxAssociate Professor Research interests: Cognition; Technology in Education. 514-398-6952 |
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Jacob BurackProfessor Research interests: The development of attention and cognition among typically developing children, persons with autism, and persons with specific syndromes associated with intellectual disabilities. Research website:McGill Youth Study Team 514-398-343 |
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Jeffrey DerevenskyProfessor Research interests: Child development, developmental psychopathology, addiction, gambling. Research website: International Centre for Youth Gambling & High Risk Behaviors 514-398-4249 |
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Tara FlanaganAssistant Professor Research interests: Social cognition, social inclusion, and social policy for persons with Developmental Disabilities. Profile page
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Nancy HeathJames McGill Professor Research interests: Resilient and adaptive functioning of youth in schools; affect regulation; depression; self-injury. Research website: Heath Research Team Profile page |
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Michael HooverAssociate Professor, Program Director Research Interests: Psycholinguistics; Sentence processing strategies across languages and by bilinguals; First Nations language education. 514-398-1607 |
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Susanne LajoieProfessor, Canadian Research Chair, Tier 1 Research interests: Computer-based learning and dynamic assessment in mathematics and science; cognition and instruction; individual differences. Research website: Advanced Technologies for Learning in Authentic Settings (ATLAS) Lab 514-398-3429 |
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Krista MuisAssistant Professor Research interests: Self-regulated learning, epistemic and ontologic beliefs, motivation, and mathematics and science learning. 514-398-3445 |
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Jessica RuglisAssistant Professor Research interests: School dropout, early school leaving and dis/engagement; educational trajectories; educational inequities; child and adolescent health and development; relationships between education and health; social determinants of health; social and education policy; social theory; critical race and social issues in education. 514-398-2418 |
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Alenoush SaroyanProfessor Research interests: Pedagogical/faculty development, academic leadership, quality assurance and accreditation. Research website: Higher Education Research Group (HERG) Profile page |
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Robert SavageAssociate Professor & William Dawson Scholar Research interests: The development of cognitive processes in normal reading and spelling in the early years; the cognitive psychology of poor reading and developmental dyslexia. Research website: ABRACADABRA (A Balanced Reading Approach for Canadians Designed to Achieve Best Results for All) Profile page |
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Steven ShawAssistant Professor Research interests: Resilience, pediatric psychology, and neurogenetic connections. Research website: Resilience, Pediatric Psychology, & Neurogenetic Connections Lab Profile page |
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Ingrid SladeczekAssociate Professor Research interests: Children/youth with behaviour disorders (e.g., selective mutism). Research website: Canadian Early Intervention Research Team Profile page |
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Ronald StringerAssociate Professor Research interests: Assessment, Practice of School Psychology, Reading, Reading disability, AD/HD. Research website: High Ability and Inquiry Research Group (HAIR) 514-398-3428 |
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Victoria TalwarAssociate Professor, Canadian Research Chair Tier 2 Research interests: Development of lying in children, theory of mind, and child witness testimony. Research website: Talwar Child Development Research Lab Profile page |
Research supervision & RAships
We invite applicants to make email contact with individual faculty members (non-retired) prior to applying in order to explore the fit between your own research interests and those of the faculty member. We suggest that in an exploratory email, you make an initial statement about the area of your research interests and enclose a current CV.
Visit the McGill Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) Connecting with a Supervisor page for valuable tips on how to find and connect with potential supervisors at McGill.
For those seeking RAships, consult our Working page for information on Research Assistanceships.
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