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Psychology Faculty and Staff
The Psychology Program at UNBC includes 11 regular faculty members, two cross-appointed faculty members, a senior lab instructor, and an administrative assistant. In addition, we have several adjunct faculty members and occasional part-time instructors.
A PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE
The faculty and staff of the Psychology Department at UNBC are
committed to student learning by promoting excellence in teaching,
research, and service. Having excellent faculty and staff is one way in
which students in Psychology at UNBC can be assured that they are
getting the best education possible. An example of the high quality of
education offered in the Psychology Program can be seen in the number
of excellence awards that have been received by our members. In 2008,
Dr. Ken Prkachin was honoured with a Research Excellence Award. Three
of our current faculty have received Teaching Excellence Awards: Dr.
Bill Owen (2006); Dr. Paul Siakaluk (2008); and Dr. Sherry Beaumont
(2009). In addition, our Program Administrative Assistant, Loreen Obst,
received a Service Excellence Award for her contributions to students
and faculty. All of the members of the Psychology Program are dedicated
and committed to offering excellent learning experiences to UNBC
students.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
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Loreen Obst
Office: TLC 10-3538
Tel: (250) 960-6666
Fax: (250) 960-5744
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Loreen Obst is away from March 12 through June 29, 2012. For assistance, please contact Charity Gillett, Psychology Admin Assistant: gillettc@unbc.ca, (250)960-6666.
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CHAIR OF PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
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Dr. Cindy Hardy, Department Chair, Associate Professor
R.Psych., Ph.D. (Concordia)
Office: TLC 10-3584
Tel: (250) 960-5814
Fax: (250) 960-5744
E-mail: hardy@unbc.ca |  | Dr. Hardy started on faculty at UNBC in September 1994. She completed her doctorate in 1997 at Concordia University, Montreal.
Research interests:
Dr. Hardy's interests are in child and adolescent clinical
psychology, and human development. Her current research projects
address parenting, and delivery of health services to children, youth,
and families living in rural and remote Canada.
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REGULAR FACULTY
Dr. Sherry L. Beaumont, Graduate Advisor, Associate Professor
Ph.D. (University of Waterloo)
Office: TLC 10-3534
Tel: (250) 960-6501
Lab Phone: (250) 960-6062
Fax: (250) 960-5744
E-mail: beaumont@unbc.ca | 
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Dr.
Beaumont received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the
University of Waterloo in 1993. She started on faculty at UNBC in July
1994.
Research interests:
Dr. Beaumont's research lies in the fields of positive psychology and
lifespan development, with emphasis on identity and emotional
development, personality, wisdom, and meaning-in-life.
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| Dr. Loraine Lavallee, Undergraduate Advisor, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (University of British Columbia)
Office: TLC 10-3560
Tel: (250) 960-6500
E-mail: lavallel@unbc.ca |  |
Research interests:
Conservation Psychology
- factors that motivated conservation
- barriers to conservation
- values, attitudes and behaviours associated with the environment
- environmental conflict and conflict resolution
Subjective Well-Being, Coping, and the Self
- life satisfaction – measurement & link to conservation
- healthy and harmful self-esteem
- responses to stressful events, coping and well-being
The focus of my research at present is investigating the factors that motivated individuals to increase their conservation behaviour. One line of investigation involves identifying behaviours that both improve people’s life satisfaction and decrease people’s focus on material consumption.
My recent research work on self-esteem involves investigating the stability of people’s feelings of self-worth in response to daily negative and positive events and examining how unstable self-esteem is linked to defensiveness, egotism and emotional problems.
| Dr. Han Z. Li, Professor
Ph.D. (University of Victoria, Canada)
M.A. (University of Victoria, Canada)
M.P.H. (Master of Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Office: TLC 10-3532
Tel: (250) 960-6502
Fax: (250) 960-5536
E-mail: lih@unbc.ca |  | Research Interests:
Dr. Li's research concerns cross-cultural psychology/communication and health communication/promotion.
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Dr. Paul A Madak, Professor
BA (St Bonaventure)
MA, PhD (Manitoba)
Office: TLC 10-3582
Tel: (250) 960-6520
Fax: (250) 960-5536
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Dr. Madak joined UNBC in 1999 as the Chair of the Education Program. Since
coming to UNBC he also served for one year as the Acting Dean of the
College of Arts, Social and Health Sciences and
served as Dean of Student Success and Enrolment Management until June 30, 2010.
He has taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels that included
instructional design courses, educational psychology, program evaluation,
statistics, research methodology classroom management, and has supervised
teaching practicums.
Dr. Madak’s areas of interest are research ethics, program evaluation, sexual
abuse prevention, grade retention, middle years education, classroom management,
K-12 and post-secondary dropouts, and research methodology.
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Dr. William J. Owen, Associate Professor
B.Sc. (Augustana University College)
M.A., Ph.D. (University of Saskatchewan)
Office: TLC 10-3050
Tel: (250) 960-6657
Fax: (250) 960-5744
E-mail: owenw@unbc.ca |  | |
Research interests:
Dr. Owen conducts research in basic reading and cognitive processes. He also engages in the scholarship of teaching and learning.
| Dr. Glenda Prkachin, Associate Professor
Ph.D. (University of British Columbia)
Office: TLC 10-3580
Tel: (250) 960-6632
Fax: (250) 960-5744
E-mail: gcp@unbc.ca |  | Dr. Glenda Prkachin started on faculty at UNBC in the summer of 1993.
Research interests:
Dr. Prkachin's research concerns cognitive neuroscience, the development of perception of emotion, and attention.
| Dr. Ken Prkachin, Professor
Ph.D.(University of British Columbia)
Office: TLC 10-3554
Tel: (250) 960-6633
Fax: (250) 960-5744
E-mail: kmprk@unbc.ca |  | Dr. Ken Prkachin came to UNBC as Chair of Psychology in the summer of 1993.
Research interests:
Dr. Prkachin's reserach deals with health psychology, clinical
psychology, pain expression, and the biobehavioural determinants of
heart disease. Dr. Prkachin also directs the activities of the
Psychophysiology Laboratory.
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Dr. Yongchao Shi, Assistant Professor
Ph.D.(McGill University)
Office: TLC 10-3562
Tel: (250) 960-5002
Fax: (250) 960-5744
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Dr. Shi received his PhD in Educational Psychology from McGill University in 2010, with a focus on statistics, research methods and learning. His dissertation is titled Culturally Situated Self-Regulated Learning in Statistics in a Computer-Supported Collaborative Environment. He had been teaching at Red Deer College in the past year.
Research interests:
Dr. Shi's research interests are: (1) to understand the mechanisms of knowledge construction, motivation, cognition, and self-regulation, and (2) to study of the role of socio-cultural environment in framing cognition and self-regulation.
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Dr. Paul D. Siakaluk, Associate Professor
Ph.D.(University of Alberta)
Office: TLC 10-3598
Tel: (250) 960-6120
Fax: (250) 960-5744
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Dr. Siakaluk started on faculty at UNBC in the summer of 2004.
Research interests:
My research interests involve taking an embodied cognition perspective on language and conceptual processing.
Potential graduate students: If you are interested in pursuing graduate
studies (M.Sc., Ph.D) under my supervision, please contact me well in
advance of the January application deadline. Undergraduate students: If
you are interested in conducting either an honours degree or
independent studies research project under my supervision, please
contact me before the April application deadline (for the honours
degree students) or before the beginning of the Fall semester (for
independent studies students).
My lab is currently funded with an NSERC Discovery Grant.
Graduate advising:
To make an appointment with Dr. Siakaluk or to obtain information about graduate training in Psychology at UNBC, email siakaluk@unbc.ca or call 250-960-6120.
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Dr. Robert Tait, Professor
Ph.D.
Tel: (250) 960-5726
Fax: (250) 960-5744
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Dr. Tait’s basic research has focused on Pavlovian conditioning, while his applied research concerns the effectiveness of management in complex environments, especially in relation to disaster problems.
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Dr. William J. Tippett, Assistant Professor
B.A. (Trent University)
M.Sc. (University of Essex)
Ph.D. (York University)
Office: TLC 10-3552
Tel: (250) 960-6504
Fax: (250) 960-5744
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Research
interests:
My research
interest involves exploring the use of a non-invasive psychophysical testing
procedure to detect cognitive decline in individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease
and cerebrovascular disease. To assist in this evaluation I examine the
relationship between visuomotor ability, cognitive variables and brain changes
observable using modern neuroimaging methods.
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addition, I conduct research examining the ability of post stroke individuals
to produce effective visually guided movements. Specifically, I am examining
lesions predominantly within the right hemisphere as identified through
neuroradiological findings. The examination of individuals with focal lesions
may provide insight into the brain behaviour correlates utilized in
visuospatial performance. Furthermore, this procedure can indicate whether
individuals that are significantly beyond a stroke episode have developed
compensatory abilities to complete certain tasks.
Dr. Tippett will be accepting graduate students in the 2011-2012 academic year.
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OTHER FACULTY
Cross-Appointed Faculty
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Dr. Steven Cronshaw, Professor
Ph.D. (University of Akron)
Office: TLC 10-4536
Tel: (250) 960-6785
Fax: (250) 960-6763
E-mail: cronshaw@unbc.ca | 
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Dr. Cronshaw has been a professor with
the School of Business since 2007. He teaches in the Field of Human Resources
Management and his research interests include the factors leading to successful
adaptation of workers to conditions in the workplace.
| Dr. Henry G. Harder, Associate Professor
R.Psych., Ed.D. (University of British Columbia)
Office: TLC 10-3530
Tel: (250) 960-6506
Fax: (250) 960-5744
E-mail: harderh@unbc.ca |  | Dr.
Harder is a registered psychologist specializing in rehabilitation and
family psychology. He holds a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology, and
has been in the field of vocational rehabilitation and disability
management for approximately 17 years. Prior to joining the faculty at
UNBC, he was in private practice in Vancouver and Delta, BC. He is also
a past Training Director for the National Institute of Disability
Management and Research as well as a former Director of Vocational
Rehabilitation Services Department at the Workers’ Compensation Board
of BC. Dr. Harder is a published author and has made presentations and
conducted workshops throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe. He also serves as Chair
for the Disability Management Program.
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Senior Lab Instructor
Julie Orlando
M.Sc. (University of Northern British Columbia)
Office: TLC 10-3536
Tel: (250) 960-6131
E-mail: orlando@unbc.ca |  | Ms. Orlando made the transition from student to faculty at UNBC in July 2002.
Research interests:
Although her interest lies in the field of cognitive
neuropsychology and music production/perception, Ms. Orlando does not conduct independent research at
the university and thus is not available for supervision of independent
research or honours/graduate theses.
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Part-Time Instructors
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Tammy Klassen-Ross
Office: 10-3068
Tel: (250)960-5866
Fax: (250)960-5744
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Janice Montbriand
Office: 10-3068
Tel: (250)960-5866
Fax: (250)960-5744
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Mira Rizkalla
Office: 10-3068
Tel: (250)960-5866
Fax: (250)960-5744
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Cherisse Seaton
Office: 10-3068 Tel: (250)960-5866
Fax: (250)960-5744
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Adjunct Faculty
Altar, Ted, BA (British Columbia), MA (Regina), PhD (Simon Fraser)
Matsuba, Kyle, PhD (British Columbia)
Rocha, Elizabeth, BA (British Columbia), MSc (Northern British Columbia), PhD (Saskatchewan)
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