Graduate Students

Breanna Atkinson, Ph.D candidate 
Personality and Measurement
Advisor: Erin Heerey and Lorne Campbell
Office: SSC 6301
Email: batkin3@uwo.ca

Sarah Babcock, Ph.D. candidate
Cognitive ability assessment; scale development; resilience; student success
Advisor: Don Saklofske
Office: SSC 7317
Email: sbabcoc5@uwo.ca

Michal Bak, Ph.D candidate
Explaining peer influence on risky behavior
Advisor: Lynne Zarbatany
Office: WH 204A
Email: mbak7@uwo.ca

Maria Besselink, M.Sc. candidate
Intergroup relationships; racial and ethnic minorities; discrimination
Advisor: Victoria Esses
Office: SSC 6327
Email: mbesseli@uwo.ca

Nicolyn Charlot, Ph.D candidate 
Romantic relationships
Advisors: Lorne Campbell and Samantha Joel
Office: SSC 7335
Email: ncharlot@uwo.ca

Alexa Clerke, Ph.D. candidate
Social cue exchange; cooperation; deception
Advisor: Erin Heerey
Office: SSC 7335
Email: arempel6@uwo.ca

Malvika D’Costa, M.Sc. candidate
Advisor: Don Saklofske
Office: SSC 7313
Email: mdcosta4@uwo.ca  

Hiten Dave, Ph.D. candidate
Advisor: Don Saklofske
Office: SSC 7316
Email: hdave7@uwo.ca

Kiersten Dobson, Ph.D. candidate 
Romantic relationships; Sexuality
Advisor: Lorne Campbell 
Office: SSC 6324
Email: kdobson8@uwo.ca

Anita Feher, Ph.D. candidate 
Personality and measurement
Advisor: Don Saklofske
Office: SSC 7312
Email:  afeher2@uwo.ca

Laura Johnson, Ph.D. candidate
Personality and measurement
Advisor: Don Saklofske
Office: SSC 7315
Email:  ljohn47@uwo.ca

Rebecca Koessler, Ph.D. candidate 
Romantic Relationships
Advisor: Lorne Campbell
Office: SSC 6323
Email:  rkoessle@uwo.ca

Christopher Kowalski, Ph.D. candidate
Personality and measurement
Advisor: Julie Schermer and Don Saklofske
Office: SSC 7315
Email: ckowals@uwo.ca

Yixian Li, Ph.D. candidate 
Friendship formation; interpersonal liking 
Advisor: Erin Heerey
Office: SSC 6333 
Email: yli625@uwo.ca

Kristi MacDonald, M.Sc. candidate
Personality and measurement; loneliness
Advisor: Julie Schermer and Don Saklofske
Office: SSC 7325
Email: kmacd252@uwo.ca 

Paolo Palma, Ph.D. candidate 
Intergroup relationships; social cognition
Advisor: Victoria Esses
Office: SSC 63XX
Email: ppalma@uwo.ca 

Joshua Patenaude, Ph.D. candidate 
Social cognition and social interactions/relationships in atypical development
Advisor: Erin Heerey
Office: SSC 6313
Email: japtena3@uwo.ca

Carolina Patryluk, Ph.D. candidate 
Mindfulness, suicide, and methodology
Advisors: Paul Tremblay and Rachel Calogero
Office: SSC 7333
Email: cpatrylu@uwo.ca

Rachel Plouffe, Ph.D. candidate 
Personality and measurement
Advisor: Don Saklofske
Office: SSC 7312
Email: rplouffe@uwo.ca

Jaclyn Siegel, Ph.D. candidate
Feminist psychology, social identity, gender, and body image
Advisor: Rachel Calogero
Office: WH 315
Email: jsiegel3@uwo.ca

Vanessa Sinclair, Ph.D. candidate 
Personality and measurement
Advisor: Don Saklofske
Office: SSC 7313
Email:  vsincla2@uwo.ca

Claire Wilson, Ph.D. candidate 
Personality and measurement
Advisor: Don Saklofske
Office: SSC 7312
Email:  cwils26@uwo.ca